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28.10.2011
HSL's new bright service point is welcoming customers at the Helsinki Railway Station. The interior concept consists of a white space and colorful details. The light ceiling gives employees and customers light therapy underground.
Shiny Happy Autumn!
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15.09.2010
The Finnish Red Cross Blood service centre in Sanoma House by KOKO3 has a fresh and playful atmosphere expressing the good feeling and cause of the red-white organisation.
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15.09.2010
The advertising-, marketing- and media companies Bob Helsinki, Ainoa, Gyllene Skor, Toinen Helsinki, Kuubi and Basso Media moved to a new collective home in an old industrial warehouse building in the heart of Kallio, Helsinki. The first floor informal café, radio station, library and meeting spaces form a common free flow area for both the employees and clients. The open work spaces and project rooms in the upper floors have an idividual touch of each company. The layered atmosphere is a delicate mix of industrial, rough garage, soft velvet, old grandma and modern classic.
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28.04.2009
Red carpet glamour combined with heritage of the grand record company, Warner Music in Helsinki.
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28.04.2009
%22This honor signifies the highest standard of excellence.%22 KOKO3 Architects web site has been nominated for The 13th Annual Webby Awards in the Professional Services category.
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30.01.2009
MK%26C by KOKO3 is one of the finalists in Forum AID Awards 2008.
KOKO3 designed a unique workspace for MK%26C, a software development studio in Helsinki specialised in designing and developing human-friendly software for the Mac, iPhone and iPod touch platforms. The office has a contemporary, easygoing atmosphere with a soft lounge area and a colourful patchwork wall next to the high-tech workstations.
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30.01.2009
The National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) moved back to their roots to Helsinki Kamppi. The office was designed according to the new identity of the party. Colours like cornflower blue (symbol of Kokoomus) mixed with pure white and soft beige and a collection of modern and antique furniture give the interior an impression of contemporary without forgetting the past.
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09.12.2008
The completely redesigned Finnair Silver Wings lounge located at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport reopens white and spacious, emphasizing the core values of the Finnair brand - freshness, creativity, security and Finnishness.
The lounge shows Finnish design: forms, colours and surfaces giving the visitor a glance of our country.
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09.12.2008
The large scale bacteria and viruses have taken over Mobidiag - a company specialized in the molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases. The graphical interpretation of the bacteria and viruses create new patterns in a series of views through the new office and laboratory spaces.
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09.12.2008
Newsec - a real estate management company moved their office into the two top floors of a historically important building - a model example of 1930s Finnish functionalism - 'Postitalo' in Helsinki. The new interiors of Newsec reflect the atmosphere of the 30s with its elegant entrance halls welcoming the visitors with spectacular views all over the city. The strict black reception desk works as a contrast to the soft furniture, floors, curtains, colours and lights.
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02.06.2008
Forum AID magazine chose the Nordic area's ten best architect websites. Number ONE is KOKO3!
%22The Finnish design and architecture office Koko3's site makes other sites feel paltry.%22
%22...they are so welcoming, clickfriendly and colourful that it feels as though you've been given a real hug even before you start clicking your way around the projects.%22
%22Koko3 are unique in having a website where you feel you don't want to stop clicking before you have looked at everything. It is a smart, playful and convincing way to show their creative expertise.%22
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ABOUT
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KOKO3 is a Helsinki-based design office working locally and globally since 1997.
In line with our slogan 'superb interiors and intellectual concepts', our main skills lie in interior concepts that express the client's corporate identity. We are also involved in other fields such as architecture and having fun.
KOKO3 has worked for various clients, especially in the creative sector. Our clients include companies such as Artek, BMG, Finnair, Hasan %26 Partners and Iittala.
Contact us to discuss about your project and hear how we would approach it.
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WORK
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7. Linja
2010
The advertising-, marketing- and media companies Bob Helsinki, Ainoa, Gyllene Skor, Toinen Helsinki, Kuubi and Basso Media moved to a new collective home in an old industrial warehouse building in the heart of Kallio, Helsinki. The first floor informal café, radio station, library and meeting spaces form a common free flow area for both the employees and clients. The open work spaces and project rooms in the upper floors have an idividual touch of each company. The layered atmosphere is a delicate mix of industrial, rough garage, soft velvet, old grandma and modern classic.
Arabia
2006
Arabia - factory outlet representing the brands Iittala, Arabia and Hackman reopened after a radical facelift this September. The brands and their products are shown as own collections in a factory space with a touch of high class design.
Artek Area
2006
A seasonally reborn Alvar Aalto lounge for Artek at Helsinki-Vantaa-airport.
Bar Rytmi
2000
Relaxed bar with cultural atmosphere in the heart of Kallio district in Helsinki.
BMG
2001
A 70's standard room and corridor office - a record company office in Helsinki moves into a grooving open workspace with shining stars on lighted cabinets giving rhythm to the space.
Bob Helsinki
2004
The advertising agency's cosy domestic ambience is skillfully imported into a palace designed by Lars Sonck in 1939. Layers play an important role in the design: three floors and three different characters create an exciting working environment.
Casa Academica
2006
An office and party room for Student Union of Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland
Cazze Optician
2000
A shop and furniture design for an optician shop in Helsinki with changing seasonal colours.
Fake Graphics
2007
Cool and relaxed loft office space for a 3D-graphics company with a welcoming loungebar, studio- and meetingrooms and an open workspace in fresh 'west-coast'-colours; turquoise, orange and lavendel.
Finnair Long Haul Lounge
2001
A light and exclusive lounge at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport reflects the brand of Finnair.
Finnair Silver Wings Lounge
2008
The completely redesigned Finnair Silver Wings lounge located at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport reopens white and spacious, emphasizing the core values of the Finnair brand - freshness, creativity, security and Finnishness.
The lounge shows Finnish design: forms, colours and surfaces giving the visitor a glance of our country.
Gramex
1995-96
Laminated glass/mirror, light steel construction and lights together create a light/commercial board for a copyright society Gramex in Helsinki.
Granlund
2007
A new executive floor continues with a fresh and modern face for the Granlund group - a leading building services consulting firm.
Hasan %26 Partners
2000
A creative factory for an advertising agency in a former factory building in Helsinki. A big open space with common worktables in a (non)-designed environment.
HSL
2011
HSL's new bright service point is welcoming customers at the Helsinki Railway Station. The interior concept consists of a white space and colorful details. The light ceiling gives employees and customers light therapy underground.
Icon Medialab Tampere
2000
The Tampere office of Icon is located in a former department store. It is planned in the same style as the Helsinki office.
Icon Medialab Helsinki
2000
A 60's modernistic office building gets an interior worth the style. An entrance cafe with big windows opens towards the street. The work areas have an open feeling in every aspect: open office layouts and open working spaces enable flow of knowledge and ideas.
Icon Medialab Paris
2000
An Icon office with a lounge cafe at street level and the open workspaces above it.
Icon Medialab Brussels
2000
Headquarter and the local Brussels office for Icon Medialab is a combination of an old bourgeois house, a backyard house and an open office space.
Icon Medialab Hamburg
1998
The design of an office space in an old gas factory was the start for KOKO3's co-operation with the international new media company Icon Medialab.
Kokoomus
2008
The National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) moved back to their roots to Helsinki Kamppi. The office was designed according to the new identity of the party. Colours like cornflower blue (symbol of Kokoomus) mixed with pure white and soft beige and a collection of modern and antique furniture give the interior an impression of contemporary without forgetting the past.
Korjaamo
2005
The Korjaamo Culture Factory in Helsinki is a colourful combination of office, restaurant, art gallery, performance venue, courtyard and lounge - practically everything that a culture vulture may need under a single roof.
Karkimedia
2005
New meeting spaces and a new lounge for a Finnish media company. Soft furniture and colourful flowercurtains create an inviting and smooth ambience.
Laundry
2007
A contemporary, temporary and super relaxed atmosphere for Laundry - a different kind of advertising agency - 2007.
MK%26C
2008
KOKO3 designed a unique workspace for MK%26C, a software development studio in Helsinki specialised in designing and developing human-friendly software for the Mac, iPhone and iPod touch platforms. The office has a contemporary, easygoing atmosphere with a soft lounge area and a colourful patchwork wall next to the high-tech workstations.
The work is one of the finalists in Forum AID Awards 2008.
Mobidiag
2008
The large scale bacteria and viruses have taken over Mobidiag - a company specialized in the molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases. The graphical interpretation of the bacteria and viruses create new patterns in a series of views through the new office and laboratory spaces.
Newsec
2008
Newsec - a real estate management company moved their office into the two top floors of a historically important building - a model example of 1930s Finnish functionalism - 'Postitalo' in Helsinki. The new interiors of Newsec reflect the atmosphere of the 30s with its elegant entrance halls welcoming the visitors with spectacular views all over the city. The strict black reception desk works as a contrast to the soft furniture, floors, curtains, colours and lights.
Red Cross
2010
The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service Centre in Sanoma House by KOKO3 has a fresh and playful atmosphere expressing the good feeling and cause of the red-white organisation.
Tallink Silja
2007
The blue-white Silja was bought by red-blue-white Tallink and it is now the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea. This is their new red-blue-white Contact Center by KOKO3 in Helsinki.
The Home Experience
2005
An experimental home - installation in collaboration with painter Kirsti Tuokko during The Helsinki Design Week 2005. An old worn out flat all in white, with colourful furniture and paintings.
Warner Music
2009
Red carpet glamour combined with heritage of the grand record company, Warner Music in Helsinki.
CONTACT
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Design office KOKO3 Ltd.
Tallberginkatu 1/101
Helsinki 18, Finland
tel: %2b358 9 685 4643
e-mail: koko3@koko3.fi
Aino Brandt
tel: %2b358 40 572 1787
e-mail: aino.brandt@koko3.fi
Jukka Halminen
tel: %2b358 40 722 0336
e-mail: jukka.halminen@koko3.fi
Helka Parkkinen
tel: %2b358 40 722 0335
e-mail: helka.parkkinen@koko3.fi