History of the building

After a decade near the Cable Works, in February 2007 we moved to the corner of Erottajankatu and Pieni Roobertinkatu in Helsinki.

Without giving much thought about the history of the block beforehand, we realized that we had ended up in a location that is very appropriate for our business.

At one end of the block is Ludviginkatu, sometimes referred to as ’newspaper street’ because that’s where the Finnish newspapers Päivälehti and later Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat had their editorial offices – and even the printing house.

Today that block and the area surrounding it are called Helsinki’s design district, home to many high-end design shops and the Design museum.

Just what our services consist of: producing, designing – and creating new.

The building, constructed by carriage maker and saddler Erik Spennert in 1891, still bears his name. Many people know it as the former Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank building, which had a street-level bank branch and flats for the bank’s executives on the upper floors. The story goes that Chief General Manager of the bank (who eventually became the President of Finland), Juho-Kusti Paasikivi, lived in the space that houses our office.

This combination of history and tradition, new design and the vibrant surroundings offer an inspiring setting to work and create new.