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January 1, 2008
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Parliament of Finland

Eduskunta (in Finnish), or the Riksdag (in Swedish), is the Parliament of Finland. The Parliament of Finland is an unicameral parliament with 200 members, who meet in Parliament House (Eduskuntatalo; Riksdagshuset) in Helsinki.

The Parliament of Finland went through a discreet visual facelift during years 2004-2007 - Anssi from Werklig was responsible for the design.

A complete visual identity

A number of visual tools were created for the client. The main tool was a light visual identity (defining colours and typography to be used). All promotional material was then produced following the new guidelines. This included a set of brochures (approximately 20-30 different brochures, ranging from 3 to seven language versions, including also such languages as Sámi and Russian), quickscreens, information flyers, posters, publication covers, PPT and layout templates - to name a few.

Brochure templates can be seen in use at the Visitor's Centre whichoperates in the Little Parliament, next to Parliament main building.

Sample of brochure templates designed for the Parliament. Simple and easy to use and update.

Promotional items - such as information brochures (cover above) - were designed also for The Library of Parliament.

More dynamic photos were also needed for the Parliament, so Parliament's photo library was re-built during the facelift, too. Old photos were assembled into one database and streamlined. New photos were taken by such photographers as Joanna Moorhouse (picture above, © Parliament).

Parliament Symbol gets a facelift

One of the most demanding tasks was to re-design Parliament's symbol - a house pictogram drawn by architect Ola Laiho in the 80's. The symbol had been used for years but it had some weaknesses that needed to be fixed. However, at the same time it was crucial to keep the symbol visually "unchanged". The solution was succesful and it increased symbol's usability, visibility and recognisability.