So often, the original quality of engineering and workmanship far surpasses anything produced today.

My grandad was a master woodcarver, but he died before I was old enough to learn much. He used to make the frames for my dad's paintings, and they were pieces of art in and of themselves.

In Finland, people look around for old artek furniture and restore and conserve it, but it isn't about making it look new, it is about keeping the history, but making it usable. If too much is done, it loses value.