2019
Art-Carpet for Helsinki Central library Oodi
Client: Helsinki Central Library / ALA Architects
Manufactured: Kymo / Koolmat
Material: Wool, hand tufted. Size: 3850 x 7300 mm
Design: COMPANY / Aamu Song & Johan Olin




The carpet is one of the six art-carpets comissioned for the new library. Ours is an ode to the late Finnish writer Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872).
The base of our artwork is a tiny cabin where Aleksis Kivi spent his last year. The cabin is reproduced in 1:1 scale in the carpet (3850 x 7300 mm).




Aleksis Kivi shared this tiny cabin with his brother’s family of wife and four children. The library users can walk in the cabin and experience the conditions of life in late 19th century.





Manufacturing of the carpet. View is from the backside of the carpet where you can see the tufting guns hanging on right.




The painting ready for production. Habiting the cabin are illustrated Aleksis Kivi (on his death-bed on right), his brother with wife and their four children.



The main room with stove.




Translating the cottage into an illustration suitable for the carpet technique.



Wiev of the room where Aleksisi Kivi spent his last year.





We measure the cabin with its contents and document all furnitures and other property.




01.2018
We start with a study trip to one of the smallest museums in Finland. The Finnish literature giant Aleksis Kivi spent his last days in this cabin. Habiting the tiny cabin simultaneously was his brother with wife and three children.