Consulting and curations

Tikau is not only physical products.
It is also about services, lifestyle and ways of thinking.

The Tikau team is a small community with a wide network. We have extensive experience of design, concept development, sustainability and development projects.

Consulting in Design, Concept Development, Sustainability and Development Projects.

Tikau has been a pioneer in combining design thinking with aid and trade since it was founded in 2008, during which period it has been consulting also with design and textile companies. Tikau has actively shared its knowledge with policy makers and the public sector to make it easier to combine trade and aid in the future.

Our know-how and experience

Sustainability and product development and sourcing, ethical trade
Concept and product development
Interior design / styling
Consulting in concepts which combine trade and aid

Together with its sister NGO Tikau Share, Tikau has also launched and introduced the concept of Design Helps. Under this philosophy, Tikau has curated exhibitions on the theme of "How design can help".

Cases: Exhibition Curation

2019, 2018, 2017

ETHICAL AREA - HABITARE DESIGN FAIR

Tikau curates yearly an ethical exhibition area and its program for Habitare, Finland’s largest interior decoration and design fair.

The area showcased companies and organizations that place the principles of design for sustainable development in the heart of their activities - bringing together actors and products that present ethical diversity through different examples.

In 2018 Tikau got an award by Sisustustoimittajat ry with a honorable mention - the best fair stand of Habitare 2018.

2017

Pictures: Aino Huovio

Design Helps Living Room – New Delhi 2013

Design Helps - Living Room, New Delhi exhibition curated by Tikau Share ry and Tikau Ltd in collaboration with Team Finland and the Embassy of Finland in India.

Open Palm Court Gallery in India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India.

The exhibition took the principle of "Design for Sustainable Development" several steps further by involving a wide range of participants. Architecture, infrastructure and sustainable employment were among the case themes.

Exhibition structures were made from local, widely-used bamboo which grows fast and helps to prevent soil erosion. Exhibition design was made by Henri Halla-Aho.

Event web page: www.designhelps.net
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/DesignHelpsLivingRoom

More Pictures: http://timbirdphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery/Design-Helps-Living-Room-Delhi/G00001pxotGESML0/

Design Helps Living Room – Helsinki 2012

The event was curated by Tikau and Tikau Share ry. It was part of the Helsinki World Design Capital programme in 2012. The exhibition showcased innovative design solutions for sustainable employment, architecture and infrastructure development. The exhibition presented various cases answering the question: How Can Design Help?

Design Helps exhibition presented on YLE morning TV show
(national TV, in Finnish language)

More pictures: http://www.hapatedesign.org/design-helps-living-room-exhibition/

GET IN TOUCH

If you are interested in our consulting services, please contact:
Taina Snellman: taina@tikau.com

Tikau is not only physical products. It is also about services, lifestyle and ways of thinking.