{"id":2,"date":"2025-12-15T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idakukkapuro.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-10-15T08:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:32:48","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idakukkapuro.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ida Kukkapuro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am a writer, broadcaster and director based in Helsinki.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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STUDIO KUKKAPURO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I direct Studio Kukkapuro<\/a>, an initiative that preserves and expands the legacy of artist Irmeli (1934\u20132022) and professor, designer Yrj\u00f6 Kukkapuro (1933\u20132025), one of the most internationally respected figures in Nordic furniture design. Based in the iconic concrete, steel, and glass studio-home built in 1969 in Kauniainen, near Helsinki, the studio holds all intellectual property rights to Kukkapuro’s work. It includes seven-decade body of designs now produced by twelve international brands and held in the permanent collections of the Vitra Museum and the V&A. From 2027, the studio will open to the public as a platform for design thinking and education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV & Radio<\/h2>\n\n\n
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In 2026 I hosted Rakkaani, kaupunki<\/a> on YLE, a series about urban architecture. Before that I researched the YLE series Design 3000<\/a>, produced with SVT and NRK, and Stugor<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I have also worked on Basta med Kasper Str\u00f6mman<\/a> and D\u00e5lig design<\/a> (YLE, stoff.fi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On radio, I host Ytimess\u00e4<\/a> on Radio Helsinki. It covers urban planning, architecture, design and technology and may include more jingles than any other program in Finnish radio history.
Previously I founded and hosted a weekly design programme Helsinki Design Weekly<\/a> on Radio Helsinki and Uusi kaava<\/a>, the Ministry of the Environment’s podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisaruuksia<\/h2>\n\n\n
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My book Sisaruuksia<\/em> (S&S, 2025)<\/a>, is a memoir about siblings and blended families in the context of nuclear family norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It asks how we might learn to be brothers and sisters to one another.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ARTICLES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My articles have appeared in Apartamento<\/a>, Avotakka<\/a>, Form<\/a>, The Guardian<\/a>, Grafia Magazine<\/a>, Helsingin Sanomat and Slanted<\/a>, as well as in Helsinki Beyond Dreams<\/em> (2012), Out of the Blue<\/em> (Gestalten<\/a>, 2014) and Wilder Quarterly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I give interviews, speak as a guest and host events, and I moderate panel discussions and conversations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My subjects include design, architecture and the urban environment, cultural heritage, siblinghood and the work of Studio Kukkapuro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work in Finnish and English, and can mix in some Swedish when needed. Past engagements include hosting the main stage at Habitare Furniture Fair<\/a> and Finlandia Prize of Architecture gala.

To book me or ask a question, write to ida@idakukkapuro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a writer, broadcaster and director based in Helsinki. STUDIO KUKKAPURO I direct Studio Kukkapuro, an initiative that preserves and expands the legacy of artist Irmeli (1934\u20132022) and professor, designer Yrj\u00f6 Kukkapuro (1933\u20132025), one of the most internationally respected figures in Nordic furniture design. Based in the iconic concrete, steel, and glass studio-home built […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"