The exhibition of award-winning information designers Juuso Koponen and Jonatan Hildén makes the current state of the environmental crisis in Finland visible through diverse visualisations. The Graphic Designer of the Year 2024 exhibition “Kato – Förlust – Loss” at Grafia’s Creative Space Luonnos from August 16th to October 6th, 2024.Kato – Förlust – LossLäs texten på svenska eller finska genom att klicka på rubrikerna.Read the text in Swedish or Finnish by clicking the headers.Graphic design and information design cannot solve the environmental crisis, but they can help to identify the problem and foster crisis awareness. The aim of Juuso Koponen and Jonatan Hildén‘s exhibition is to help give a snapshot, based on research and large datasets, of the environmental crisis that political decision-makers are turning a blind eye to.“Reliable research is widely available, but the technical expression of data and the fragmentation of information can make it difficult to grasp the crisis. We want to make researched information more accessible and, in doing so, encourage concrete actions to mitigate the environmental crisis”, Juuso Koponen explains. Making Heavy Information VisibleThe visualisations, infographics, and texts created by Koponen and Hildén help visitors understand researched information on climate change, biodiversity loss, the use of natural resources, forestry, local nature, and sustainable mobility. Data is also conveyed to visitors through lifting stones. The weight of the stones in the exhibition illustrates the amount of greenhouse gases produced daily by the average Finn and how much these emissions need to be reduced to achieve the carbon neutrality target by 2035.Among the numerous visual materials in the exhibition are parallel photographs of a Finnish commercial forest and an almost pristine old-growth forest. Hildén suggests that many Finns might be surprised by the appearance of a natural forest. ”Many people’s idea of a forest may be based on the appearance of commercial forests, as there are so few natural forests in Finland,” Jonatan Hildén explains.The environmental crisis is happening nowClimate change and biodiversity loss are not happening elsewhere, sometime in the future. Instead, their consequences can be seen all around us. The slow but inexorable pace of climate change and biodiversity loss means that their consequences are more difficult to notice in everyday life than the effects of sudden crises such as war or pandemics. Change happens so slowly that the altered situation becomes the new normal. An ecosystem on the verge of collapse may appear healthy to a casual forest visitor.However, the data unambiguously shows that the consequences of the environmental crisis are already being felt in Finland and that the actions and commitments by Finland and other countries so far are insufficient to solve the crisis. While some of the changes that have already occurred are irreversible, we still have a major impact on how bad things get.©Sami_HeiskanenJuuso Koponen & Jonatan HildénInformation designer and data journalist Juuso Koponen (born 1978) holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s in Culture and Arts (YAMK). He teaches journalism at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and information visualisation at Aalto University and South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences. Information designer Jonatan Hildén (born 1983), who holds a Master of Arts, teaches information visualisation at Aalto University and LAB University of Applied Sciences. Koponen+Hildén is a design agency specialising in information design, founded in 2014. The office helps its clients present data in an understandable and easily accessible form.Video insights on the details of the exhibitionExplore the details of the exhibition as explained by the creators. The videos are here!Related eventsSeptember 14th, 2025Monogram Workshop at Luonnos from 12:00 to 16:00, with Juuso Koponen’s exhibition presentation at 14:00______________________________________________________August 16 to October 6Graphic Designer of the Year 2024 Award ExhibitionKato – Förlust – Loss by Juuso Koponen and Jonatan HildénLuonnos – Creative Space by GrafiaWed–Fri 12–17, Sat–Sun 12–16, Free admission!@luonnostilaAccessibility info here!Welcome to celebrate the exhibition’s opening on Thursday, August 15, from 5 to 7 PM!