N°008 · WAYFINDING · 4 MIN

Signs you read with wet hair

A sunlit weaving room with a wooden loom and stacks of wool blankets.

Sauna signage has one user test: can you read it without glasses, with water in your eyes, in steam. Most cannot.

So the type goes big, the contrast goes up and the words go away. A shape you can feel with your hand beats a sentence.

A sunlit weaving room with a wooden loom and stacks of wool blankets.

The best sign at Löyly is a notch cut into the bench.

Sami

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NEW PROJECTS FROM MARCH 2027

Sami Aho

INSTAGRAM ARE.NA LINKEDIN

HELSINKI 60.17° N

© 2026

NEW PROJECTS FROM MARCH 2027

Sami Aho

INSTAGRAM ARE.NA LINKEDIN

HELSINKI 60.17° N

© 2026

NEW PROJECTS FROM MARCH 2027

Sami Aho

INSTAGRAM ARE.NA LINKEDIN

HELSINKI 60.17° N

© 2026

Sami

Sami

Sami

Sami

HELSINKI 60.17° N

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