Panel discussion

29 September 2024

16:00 – 18:00

Introduction to the exhibition Dialogue by journalist Marianna Wahlsten, followed by a discussion with designers Akira Minagawa and Esa Vesmanen, along with design historian Anne Bony, Chizuko Kawarada, partner at Kengo Kuma & Associates, and architecture critic Yann Nussaume. This event provided a view to the processes of design and the connections between Japanese architecture and Nordic Modernism.

The discussion took place in English and was followed by a tea ceremony and a cocktail.

Cover: Esa Vesmanen and Akira Minagawa. Photo Pekka Kiirala