PAPU DESIGN

Papu meets art – Papu Design, Hanna-Riikka Heikkilä and Riihimäki Art Museum 11 March–11.9.2023 at Riihimäki Art Museum

Papu meets art – Papu Design, Hanna-Riikka Heikkilä and Riihimäki Art Museum 11 March–11.9.2023 at Riihimäki Art Museum

Fashion and art have always inspired each other. A particularly interest in the interaction between fashion and art seems to be right now. This growing interest is also reflected in the exhibition Papu meets art – Papu Design, Hanna-Riikka Heikkilä and Riihimäki Art Museum. The exhibition aims to reach the audience with a wide range of new, inspiring, and interesting entities at national level. Papu Design’s clothing and accessories are now exhibited for the first time in an exhibition that combines art and design. The exhibition exhibits the clothes and accessories of Papu Design Oy and works of design designer...

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Papu gives up its kid’s clothing collection and focuses on the development of the women's clothing line

Papu gives up its kid’s clothing collection and focuses on the development of the women's clothing line

Papu Design Ltd, known as the manufacturer of responsible and high-quality women's and kids clothes, has decided to focus on its women's clothing collection. The company will continue to design and produce kid’s clothing as unique collections directly to large retailers. The decision to focus on the women's collection means that Papu abandons the development of his own kid's clothing collection, where the company's story originated roughly ten years ago. This decision has been influenced by a deterioration in the demand for kid's clothing and by the lower profitability than in women's products. Correspondingly, the turnover of Papu's women's products...

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PAPU EXPANDS ITS COOPERATION WITH MOOMIN CHARACTERS

PAPU EXPANDS ITS COOPERATION WITH MOOMIN CHARACTERS

Papu's collaboration with Moomin Characters continues with a new wonderful and unique collection called Freedom. Previous collaboration collection was released spring 2022. The collection, which features black and white Freedom pattern, is adapted from the illustrations in Tove Jansson's novel Comet in Moominland. In the picture Moomin dives freely in the underwater world to find seaweed and white pearls. Freedom pattern communicates people's need for adventure and freedom.  “Tove Jansson’s delicate but determined line work and composition inspired us greatly!”, says Papu’s print designer Hanna-Riikka Heikkilä. The scale of the pattern is large, so that Tove Jansson's vivid and graphic...

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Papu’s bright SS23 collection

Papu’s bright SS23 collection

Papu’s SS23 collection’s fresh and lively True colours pattern leads the viewer to a wonderful spring after a dark winter, where colors and light are allowed to come in. The True colors pattern is made with acrylic paints, a large brush and a relaxed grip. There are many different colors in the patterns, which all go together beautifully. The timeless Sense pattern is painted with ink. The black line on the sand-colored background is strong and even masculine, but still human and sensitive. The shapes of the pattern flow in different ways in different clothes thanks to their large scale....

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Papu Design starts collaboration with Tallink Silja

Papu Design starts collaboration with Tallink Silja

Papu Design has started collaborating with Tallink Silja, which is part of AS Tallink Grupp, the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea. During the autumn 2022 products of the design brand known for its unique print designs will be sold on the most energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and most sustainable vessel on the Baltic Sea. Tallink Silja and Papu Design both invest in responsibility and environmental well-being. MyStar, Tallink's newest and most innovative and technologically advanced shuttle ferry takes its inspiration from the Baltic Sea. Optimized fuel consumption and the use of LNG ensure significantly lower environmental impact in...

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