KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills — a place where imagination is amplified and mistakes become raw material.
Opening in August 2026 in the beautiful atelier house of the late artist Birger Carlstedt in Espoo, Finland KAAOSSTUDIO invites people and companies to explore and build creativity as a critical human capability. The studio brings together individuals and organisations of all kinds.
KAAOSSTUDIO emerges at a time when people, organisations and societies are urgently searching for ways to renew, and to find hope.
It is a space to face uncertainty not with fear, but with imagination and creativity. For all of us, but especially for young people.
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
Opening in August 2026 in the beautiful atelier house of the late artist Birger Carlstedt in Espoo, Finland KAAOSSTUDIO invites people and companies to explore and build creativity as a critical human capability. The studio brings together individuals and organisations of all kinds.
KAAOSSTUDIO emerges at a time when people, organisations and societies are urgently searching for ways to renew, and to find hope.
It is a space to face uncertainty not with fear, but with imagination and creativity. For all of us, but especially for young people.
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
OPENING PARTY Saturday
29.8. 6–10 pm
Welcome to celebrate the opening of KAAOSSTUDIO at the historic Atelje Carlstedt! Join us for an evening of music, drinks, conversations, and the chance to explore this remarkable atelier house. There will also be short speeches and a toast to our brand-new dream studio.
Programme
Opening fanfare
DJ Keisteri, 7–9 pm
Drinks and talks
Explore the gym for creativity skills
Opening of the collaborative artworks
KAAOSSTUDIO operates in Finnish, Swedish and English.
KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills. The studio is born at a time when people, organisations and societies are searching for new ways to renew themselves and find hope. We need spaces—and the ability—to face chaos and uncertainty not with fear, but with imagination and creativity.
The event is free of charge, but registration is required due to limited capacity.
The first 70 registered participants will be admitted.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/odtBKaGoc5cYaB2Q8
Welcome to celebrate the opening of KAAOSSTUDIO at the historic Atelje Carlstedt! Join us for an evening of music, drinks, conversations, and the chance to explore this remarkable atelier house. There will also be short speeches and a toast to our brand-new dream studio.
Programme
Opening fanfare
DJ Keisteri, 7–9 pm
Drinks and talks
Explore the gym for creativity skills
Opening of the collaborative artworks
KAAOSSTUDIO operates in Finnish, Swedish and English.
KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills. The studio is born at a time when people, organisations and societies are searching for new ways to renew themselves and find hope. We need spaces—and the ability—to face chaos and uncertainty not with fear, but with imagination and creativity.
The event is free of charge, but registration is required due to limited capacity.
The first 70 registered participants will be admitted.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/odtBKaGoc5cYaB2Q8
OPEN STUDIOS
KAAOS KAFFE
OPEN STUDIOS
KAAOSSTUDIO takes part in Helsinki Design Week Open Studios on Friday 28 August and Friday 4 September, from 2 pm to 7 pm.
A gym for creativity skills opens its doors in the former atelier house of artist Birger Carlstedt this August, as the building owned by the Amos Anderson Fund is opened to the public for the very first time. Leave your mark on our collaborative artworks, join conversations about creativity skills, and take home your own KAAOSSTUDIO sketchbook.
In the bright atelier spaces, you can practise making mistakes, thinking with your hands, and letting ideas incubate. Every hour on the hour, we gather for tea and a conversation about creativity skills and how they can be practised, hosted by Milla Kokko and Mari Savio.
Location & getting there
KAAOSSTUDIO / Atelje Carlstedt
Itäinen rantatie 14
Nuottaniemi, Espoo
The studio is easily accessible by public transport from Matinkylä Metro Station (buses 520 and 531) or by bicycle along the beautiful Espoo Waterfront Walk. We kindly ask visitors not to drive onto the property or courtyard. Please park along the road.
WHY?
KAAOS KAFFE
KAAOS KAFFE – Pop-up Café at KAAOSSTUDIO
Sunday 6 September, 11 am–4 pm
On Sunday 6 September, KAAOSSTUDIO hosts a pop-up café where, alongside coffee and treats, you can discover Finland's first gym for creativity skills.
Welcome to celebrate the opening of KAAOSSTUDIO at the historic Atelje Carlstedt! Join us for an evening of music, drinks, conversations, and the chance to explore this remarkable atelier house. There will also be short speeches and a toast to our brand-new dream studio.
Programme
Opening fanfare
DJ Keisteri, 7–9 pm
Drinks and talks
Explore the gym for creativity skills
Opening of the collaborative artworks
KAAOSSTUDIO operates in Finnish, Swedish and English.
KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills. The studio is born at a time when people, organisations and societies are searching for new ways to renew themselves and find hope. We need spaces—and the ability—to face chaos and uncertainty not with fear, but with imagination and creativity.
The event is free of charge, but registration is required due to limited capacity.
The first 70 registered participants will be admitted.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/odtBKaGoc5cYaB2Q8
WHY?
CreativITY skills are critically important right now. They help us navigate uncertainty, find new solutions, renew organisations, and strengthen resilience, joy and hope.
The World Economic Forum highlights creative thinking as one of the most important skills for the future working life. The Future of Jobs Report
The OECD similarly emphasises creativity as a key capability for navigating complex and rapidly changing societies. PISA Creative Thinking
Aalto University Creative Leap research project is exploring the relationship between creativity capabilities and organisational performance. Creative Leap research
But how do you actually train it?
How do you practise creativity as a set of skills in its own right, not tied to any single discipline or domain, but practised through materials, thinking, and making?
CreativITY skills are critically important right now. They help us navigate uncertainty, find new solutions, renew organisations, and strengthen resilience, joy and hope.
The World Economic Forum highlights creative thinking as one of the most important skills for the future working life. The Future of Jobs Report
The OECD similarly emphasises creativity as a key capability for navigating complex and rapidly changing societies. PISA Creative Thinking
Aalto University Creative Leap research project is exploring the relationship between creativity capabilities and organisational performance. Creative Leap research
But how do you actually train it?
How do you practise creativity as a set of skills in its own right, not tied to any single discipline or domain, but practised through materials, thinking, and making?
At KAAOSSTUDIO, creativity skills are developed through a combination of cognitive learning and, above all, bold experimentation and hands-on making.
Creativity is not a mysterious gift reserved for a few. It is a set of skills, ways of thinking and ways of working that can be developed through practice, like any other skill.
Creativity skills are not learned at a distance or remotely, but through making. We build, shape, test materials, paint, and create prototypes and unfinished work, alone and together. We practise making mistakes, three-dimensional perception, shifting perspectives, and tolerating uncertainty.
What matters is not the outcome, but the way doing opens up thinking, strengthens courage, and builds confidence in our own creativity and in finding unexpected solutions.
KAAOSSTUDIO takes part in Helsinki Design Week Open Studios on Friday 28 August and Friday 4 September, from 2 pm to 7 pm.
A gym for creativity skills opens its doors in the former atelier house of artist Birger Carlstedt this August, as the building owned by the Amos Anderson Fund is opened to the public for the very first time. Leave your mark on our collaborative artworks, join conversations about creativity skills, and take home your own KAAOSSTUDIO sketchbook.
In the bright atelier spaces, you can practise making mistakes, thinking with your hands, and letting ideas incubate. Every hour on the hour, we gather for tea and a conversation about creativity skills and how they can be practised, hosted by Milla Kokko and Mari Savio.
Location & getting there
KAAOSSTUDIO / Atelje Carlstedt
Itäinen rantatie 14
Nuottaniemi, Espoo
The studio is easily accessible by public transport from Matinkylä Metro Station (buses 520 and 531) or by bicycle along the beautiful Espoo Waterfront Walk. We kindly ask visitors not to drive onto the property or courtyard. Please park along the road.
KAAOS KAFFE – Pop-up Café at KAAOSSTUDIO
Sunday 6 September, 11 am–4 pm
On Sunday 6 September, KAAOSSTUDIO hosts a pop-up café where, alongside coffee and treats, you can discover Finland's first gym for creativity skills.
CreativITY skills are critically important right now. They help us navigate uncertainty, find new solutions, renew organisations, and strengthen resilience, joy and hope.
The World Economic Forum highlights creative thinking as one of the most important skills for the future working life. The Future of Jobs Report
The OECD similarly emphasises creativity as a key capability for navigating complex and rapidly changing societies. PISA Creative Thinking
Aalto University Creative Leap research project is exploring the relationship between creativity capabilities and organisational performance. Creative Leap research
But how do you actually train it?
How do you practise creativity as a set of skills in its own right, not tied to any single discipline or domain, but practised through materials, thinking, and making?
PROGRAM & TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS,
TEAMS AND ORGANISATIONS
Open Studio, workshops & events
Open studio days, workshops, courses, talks and guided practice sessions led by creative professionals from different fields.
Custom training & programmes
Tailored programmes for companies, communities and organisations — hands-on experiences where creativity is not discussed, but practised.
Residency
KAAOSSTUDIO also offers the possibility to work independently in the atelier house. Residency places are available through regularly opening calls.
The KAAOSSTUDIO program will be launched during summer 2026.
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
HOW?
KAAOSSTUDIO is developed in partnership with the Amos Anderson Fund.
The Fund is a forward-looking enabler of culture, education and creativity, creating the conditions for positive development in Finland.
KAAOSSTUDIO is located in Atelje Carlstedt, an iconic atelier house owned by the Fund.
Together, this collaboration makes a new kind of space possible: a physical studio where creativity is not just decoration, but a vital human capability — a shared skill, a source of power, and a force for renewal.
KAAOSTUDIO collaborates with Helsinki Design Week, Business Helsinki and Nordic Artist´s Centre Dale. If your organization is interested in collaboration, please contact us at hello@kaaos.studio
Mari Savio is a design activist, author
and pioneer of participatory design.
Her work brings together design, pedagogy and urban culture, making creative practice more accessible, encouraging and collaborative.
She is known internationally for the book Surrur — Make Your Own Marimekko and for her collaborative projects in Finland and abroad, including work with Milan Design Week, DesignMarch Reykjavik, Marimekko, Hakola, Fiskars and Helsinki Design Week.
In the field of education, Mari is the founder of the Finnish Association for Design Learning (Suomu ry). She has worked as a regional artist in design education and has taught at Aalto University, as well as contributed to the concept development of the Oppi & Ilo learning series.
Her work operates at the intersection of design, learning and collective making.
Milla Kokko is a creative strategist, startup entrepreneur and expert in radical creativity.
She is a co-founder of HEI Schools and served as the company’s CEO from 2017 to 2022, during which the venture grew from an idea into an internationally recognised early education brand and award-winning design concept.
Kokko has extensive experience in creative strategy and concept development and has also played a key role in developing radical creativity initiatives at Aalto University.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent over 15 years working as a strategist and concept designer in leading creative agencies (hasan & partners, 358 Helsinki, SEK & Grey), where she led brand and strategy work for Finnish and international clients.
Her work brings together business, creativity and the design of shared human experiences.
The door is open.
KAAOSSTUDIO brings together curious makers, thinkers, companies, artists, creative professionals and organisations interested in strengthening creativity skills.
No special skills or background are required.
Would you like to:
– host a workshop at KAAOSSTUDIO for your team
– collaborate creatively
– take part in pilot programmes
– hear about upcoming events
Reach us at hello@kaaos.studio
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
At KAAOSSTUDIO, creativity skills are developed through a combination of cognitive learning and, above all, bold experimentation and hands-on making.
Creativity is not a mysterious gift reserved for a few. It is a set of skills, ways of thinking and ways of working that can be developed through practice, like any other skill.
Creativity skills are not learned at a distance or remotely, but through making. We build, shape, test materials, paint, and create prototypes and unfinished work, alone and together. We practise making mistakes, three-dimensional perception, shifting perspectives, and tolerating uncertainty.
What matters is not the outcome, but the way doing opens up thinking, strengthens courage, and builds confidence in our own creativity and in finding unexpected solutions.
For collaborations, press and general inquiries:
hello@kaaos.studio
Download press release:
You are welcome to use and download the photographs by photographer Kati Rapia from this website. Please credit KAAOSSTUDIO and Kati Rapia.
For high-resolution images, please contact hello@kaaos.studio
Instagram: @kaaos.studio
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/kaaosstudio
PROGRAM
PROGRAM & TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS,
TEAMS AND ORGANISATIONS
Open Studio, workshops & events
Open studio days, workshops, courses, talks and guided practice sessions led by creative professionals from different fields.
Custom training & programmes
Tailored programmes for companies, communities and organisations — hands-on experiences where creativity is not discussed, but practised.
Residency
KAAOSSTUDIO also offers the possibility to work independently in the atelier house. Residency places are available through regularly opening calls.
The KAAOSSTUDIO program will be launched during summer 2026.
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
JOIN
The door is open.
KAAOSSTUDIO brings together curious makers, thinkers, companies, artists, creative professionals and organisations interested in strengthening creativity skills.
No special skills or background are required.
Would you like to:
– host a workshop at KAAOSSTUDIO for your team
– collaborate creatively
– take part in pilot programmes
– hear about upcoming events
Reach us at hello@kaaos.studio
JOIN KAAOSSTUDIO ➔
FOUNDERS
Mari Savio is a design activist, author
and pioneer of participatory design.
Her work brings together design, pedagogy and urban culture, making creative practice more accessible, encouraging and collaborative.
She is known internationally for the book Surrur — Make Your Own Marimekko and for her collaborative projects in Finland and abroad, including work with Milan Design Week, DesignMarch Reykjavik, Marimekko, Hakola, Fiskars and Helsinki Design Week.
In the field of education, Mari is the founder of the Finnish Association for Design Learning (Suomu ry). She has worked as a regional artist in design education and has taught at Aalto University, as well as contributed to the concept development of the Oppi & Ilo learning series.
Her work operates at the intersection of design, learning and collective making.
Milla Kokko is a creative strategist, startup entrepreneur and expert in radical creativity.
She is a co-founder of HEI Schools and served as the company’s CEO from 2017 to 2022, during which the venture grew from an idea into an internationally recognised early education brand and award-winning design concept.
Kokko has extensive experience in creative strategy and concept development and has also played a key role in developing radical creativity initiatives at Aalto University.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent over 15 years working as a strategist and concept designer in leading creative agencies (hasan & partners, 358 Helsinki, SEK & Grey), where she led brand and strategy work for Finnish and international clients.
Her work brings together business, creativity and the design of shared human experiences.
Mari Savio is a design activist, author and pioneer of participatory design.
Her work brings together design, pedagogy and urban culture, making creative practice more accessible, encouraging and collaborative.
She is known internationally for the book Surrur — Make Your Own Marimekko and for her collaborative projects in Finland and abroad, including work with Milan Design Week, DesignMarch Reykjavik, Marimekko, Hakola, Fiskars and Helsinki Design Week.
In the field of education, Mari is the founder of the Finnish Association for Design Learning (Suomu ry). She has worked as a regional artist in design education and has taught at Aalto University, as well as contributed to the concept development of the Oppi & Ilo learning series.
Her work operates at the intersection of design, learning and collective making.
Milla Kokko is a creative strategist, startup entrepreneur and expert in radical creativity.
She is a co-founder of HEI Schools and served as the company’s CEO from 2017 to 2022, during which the venture grew from an idea into an internationally recognised early education brand and award-winning design concept.
Kokko has extensive experience in creative strategy and concept development and has also played a key role in developing radical creativity initiatives at Aalto University.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent over 15 years working as a strategist and concept designer in leading creative agencies (hasan & partners, 358 Helsinki, SEK & Grey), where she led brand and strategy work for Finnish and international clients.
Her work brings together business, creativity and the design of shared human experiences.
PARTNERSHIP
KAAOSSTUDIO is developed in partnership with the Amos Anderson Fund.
The Fund is a forward-looking enabler of culture, education and creativity, creating the conditions for positive development in Finland.
KAAOSSTUDIO is located in Atelje Carlstedt, an iconic atelier house owned by the Fund.
Together, this collaboration makes a new kind of space possible: a physical studio where creativity is not just decoration, but a vital human capability — a shared skill, a source of power, and a force for renewal.
KAAOSTUDIO collaborates with Helsinki Design Week, Business Helsinki and Nordic Artist´s Centre Dale. If your organization is interested in collaboration, please contact us at hello@kaaos.studio
COntact & press
For collaborations, press and general inquiries:
hello@kaaos.studio
Download press release:
You are welcome to use and download the photographs by photographer Kati Rapia from this website. Please credit KAAOSSTUDIO and Kati Rapia.
For high-resolution images, please contact hello@kaaos.studio
KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills — a place where imagination is amplified and mistakes become raw material.
OPENING PARTY Saturday
29.8. 6–10 pm
KAAOSSTUDIO is a gym for creativity skills — a place where imagination is amplified and mistakes become raw material.