Klaus Haapaniemi’s exhibition called Vaeltajat has opened in the Lahti Museum of Visual Arts in Malva.
The exhibition also includes the sculptures *Lord of the Flies* and *Devils Haircut*.
The sculptures are in large and colorful fabric tents that the designer has put on display at the Lahti Visual Arts Museum in Malva.
Klaus Haapaniemi’s exhibition that opened on Friday is called *Vaeltajat*. It takes the viewer to a nomadic camp.
– The exhibition got the idea from the culture of nomads. Different camps, the desert and their sound world have interested me since I was a child, says the designer.
Those with keen ears can hear the buzzing of flies, the bleating of reindeer, the chirping of birds and the playing of a lute while walking through the exhibition.
Graphic light totem works and textiles are on display.
The sculptures have been created as a collaboration of several craftsmen, such as a carpenter, a glassblower and a straw craftsman.
It has been interesting to combine different materials from Haapaniemi.
– I have drawn everything on my small coffee table at home in Berlin. Some of the plans went to waste, some of them gave birth to this world.
He is characterized by a fairy-tale style that feeds the imagination. The prints have minute details of nature, plants and animals.
– Nature means a lot to me. Nature is an important, endless source of inspiration for many artists and people in the creative field.
Klaus Haapaniemi received the state award for design in 2018. Since then, he has become one of Finland’s most internationally known contemporary designers.
He has designed products for Finnish companies such as Iittala and for foreign brands.
Haapaniemi has lived and worked in different parts of the world. Home has been in Berlin for three years.
He is a citizen of the world, as the name of the exhibition suggests, a kind of wanderer himself.
*The Vaeltajat exhibition is open at the Lahti Museum of Visual Arts, Malva until September 3, 2023.*