14 Estonian companies are going to Nordic BUZZ at the Habitare design fair

THE RISING STARS OF NORDIC DESIGN AND LIFESTYLE SHARE A DEPARTMENT IN HELSINKI

Nordic Buzz, a joint Nordic design venture and exhibition, takes place for the third time. As homage to Finland’s 100 years of independence, Nordic Buzz joins Habitare lifestyle fair held in Helsinki September 13rd-17th, 2017. The Nordic Buzz department will include 46 upcoming design and lifestyle businesses from Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Sweden.

Over the past three years, Nordic Buzz has produced 250 fair participations for Nordic design companies and a colleague network at Formland (Denmark), Formex (Sweden) and this year at Habitare. In addition to offering participation in a design fair, Nordic Buzz is providing the companies with coaching on business practices and internationalization. ‘This is the first fair experience for many of them’ says Kati Uusi Rauva from AGMA, the producer organization of Nordic Buzz in Finland. ‘Nordic Buzz is a good way to ease into operating customer relations and selling internationally. At Habitare, Finnish companies can focus on contacting domestic clients. For those coming from other countries we provide first contact with Finnish clients and retailers.

AGMA Agents and Managers in Creative Industries is responsible for organising the venture in cooperation with the Danish Lifestyle & Design Cluster, Swedish Marketplace Borås and Estonian, EU-funded LOOV Eesti. The Estonian companies in NORDIC BUZZ 2017 HABITARE:

Sofable – Cubicles are disappearing – the future offices have to be more dynamic and comfortable, which stimulates relaxed collaboration and makes teams more creative. To make meetingrooms more relaxed and multifunctional we have developed Sofable – a multi-functional table which can be easily converted in to a sofa. Or used to present your ideas and results of team’s brainstorms. Sofable is targeted to creative companies, coworking spaces and business trainingrooms.
Annike Laigo works as a design studio offering design services for clients, as well produces a series of interior design products. The collection includes magnetic boards, carpets, ceramics, prints and the newest – Visible Invisible wire hanger. Searching for fresh ways to upgrade a banal, even granny-like object that yet has a unique position in the world of design we reached for the lightest and airiest, extremely minimal Visible Invisible frame for your floating still lifes.
SUME – Piret Kändler ceramic work is defined directly by her love for functional porcelain tableware. Porcelain products feature a range of creative mediums combining surface and graphic design along with ceramic qualities. Her inspiration lies in her past and present feelings and expressions.

Tanel Veenre Jewellery is the whimsical and dreamy Estonian fashion jewellery brand established in 2014. Since Tanel Veenre Jewellery’s inception, the curiously enchanting line of art and fashion jewellery has become one of the strongest and most visible design brands in Estonia. The slogan “Kingdom of Dreams” captures it`s pure essence – Tanel Veenre Jewellery is the allure to believe in fairies and miracles, winged seahorses and cosmic dust covered berries, like long forgotten memories from the gardens of paradise.
Woolish 1928 is an Estonian knitwear and home textile production company. The heritage of the 4th generation family company goes back to 1928. Live Woolish home accessories are all about to make you feel like a royalty. No matter if you are young or old, infected with the retro bug or like it traditionally nice & clean. Woolish applies to a person who has original sense for trendy, detail orientated, differential, natural, comfy and original knits.
UNIKA Cardboard Trees – Our Recycled Cardboard Christmas Trees are truly ecological and reusable for many years. “Recycled” means that the details of the trees are literally cut out from pre-used cardboard containers. You can see the fragments of printed texts and numbers on one side of the details – but take them as quaintness and as a sign from a long life that the material has lived before. Or choose a coloured cardboard tree – classical green or minimalistic white. Trees are available in wide variety of heights – from tiny pocket-sized table top christmas trees up to more common 140 cm high floor trees and even as tall as 250 cm trees are available by custom request.
Mokoko is a designer studio focusing on creating minimalist small leather goods with clever constructions. We believe that designers have a great responsibility on how things are made and we make the things we design according to these beliefs in our studio using certified vegetable tanned leathers from Italy. Responsible Business Forum in Estonia has awarded our way of working with silver level certification. From our product range you can find wallets, bags, cases for cards, coins, business cards, pens, keys etc.
Pillow & Pillow has been created for people who are looking for to sprinkle variety of mysticism and excitement in their every day interiors. Our basic idea is simply to provide people non- traditional design and unique alternatives for really any interior decoration. The concept begins with fun textiles which we use for our pillows followed by soft cushions that are covered with colorful patterns and images. Our pillows speak to you with their beautiful and rare look, as their covers are telling fascinating stories from all over the world.
Lucky Laika was created six years ago by a married couple Olivia and Tarieli Lipartia. All illustrations are created by Olivia, Tarieli takes care of the production and development. The idea behind Lucky Laika was to create funny, heart-warming and bright pictures and try bringing those pictures to as many people as possible. For this reason Lucky Laika has launched several product lines in different areas (interior, accessories, stationary etc) with wide price range.
Tie&Apron is an apron with a tie. A tie is purely decorative. At the same time, there is nothing as functional as a decent apron. Tie&Apron combines the distinction of a tie with the utility of an apron. Whether you’re cooking, serving or just enjoying food, Tie&Apron turns every dinner into an extravagant moment, a sophisticated ritual that you won’t forget. A knotted tie not only makes you look smart, it’s perfectly adjustable and there’s no chance of accidentally dipping your tie in the soup. And Tie&Apron is not only for men – it can be worn by anyone with style.
KOOSdisain is the Nordic style home textiles brand, which uses traditional materials in a modern way. Our ready-made products are suitable for livingrooms, bedrooms and for the kitchens. The collection includes plaids, bedcovers, pillows, towels, bath skirts, handbags, cushions and other home textiles. The fabrics are natural, such as linen and cotton.KOOSdisain is maintained by Anu Rajamäe and Kerly Kaljuste.
Upstairs shop – Our aim is to create functional and playful products that retains it’s simplicity interacting with the space and user. To create not only incorporate pragmatic necessity but also transmit an emotional quality within the everyday environment.
Nufnuf is Estonian design brand of dog and cat products. Nufnuf products are based on innovative Nordic design and sold in 15 countries in Europe, US and Japan. Nufnuf product development team is inclusive of talented designers, passionate pet lovers and plenty of dogs & cats.

SIKSAK is an Estonian enterprise established in 1994. We have long-time experience in sewing curtains, bed linen, bedspreads, tablecloths, pillow shams and other interior textiles. Our products are sewn from very striking gobelin fabrics. We wish to do our work better than the client expects and create a pleasant atmosphere with our furnishing products. See our products www.siksak.ee/en/