Julia Ahtijainen

Julia is always searching for the why-element – especially in life, culture and style. She belongs to the "Be Yourself tribe", detecting and investigating her surroundings, people and culture. Graduated semiotics and culture studies at the University of Tartu, she's currently working as a copywriter-project manager in a design agency.

Global Estonians: fashion illustrator Johanna Pikver (London, UK)

Julia Ahtijainen / July 20, 2013

2,400 years ago the philosopher Socrates claimed: “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world (kosmopolitês).” In 1937 Ernest Hemingway wrote in his novel To Have and Have Not: “In every port in the world, at least two Estonians can be found.” Under our Global Estonians feature we talk to […]

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Global Estonians: professional make-up artist Gerda Miller (London)

Julia Ahtijainen / April 28, 2013

Gerda is a professional make-up artist, who has her own outstanding style and look. Tartu-born and East-London-based, she loves art and films. I met Gerda when she had just finished preparations for her second exhibition called “One Side of the Story“, in collaboration with photographer Heikki Leis, and found some coffee and cake time. Smiling,

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