The Girls and PikkuBambi
storybook T-shirt
Samu Pitkänen, Siiri Rajalin
2026
In the party T-shirt story The Girls and PikkuBambi, graphic design is combined with traditional storytelling as well as the creators’ shared passion for Helsinki’s dance culture and club scene. The story on the T-shirt is a remix-style combination—borrowed from record playing and mixing—of the old folktale Ivan and the Gray Wolf, the designers’ own experiences, and the experiences of a fictional party girl duo in the northern night. The work examines how the introverted and grey Helsinki secretly transforms at night into a wild city full of life. It celebrates the contrast of this underbelly and also functions as a tribute to friendship, partying, and throwing oneself into the moment, at a time when many do not seem to dare to “dance like nobody’s watching.”
storybook T-shirt
Samu Pitkänen, Siiri Rajalin
2026
In the party T-shirt story The Girls and PikkuBambi, graphic design is combined with traditional storytelling as well as the creators’ shared passion for Helsinki’s dance culture and club scene. The story on the T-shirt is a remix-style combination—borrowed from record playing and mixing—of the old folktale Ivan and the Gray Wolf, the designers’ own experiences, and the experiences of a fictional party girl duo in the northern night. The work examines how the introverted and grey Helsinki secretly transforms at night into a wild city full of life. It celebrates the contrast of this underbelly and also functions as a tribute to friendship, partying, and throwing oneself into the moment, at a time when many do not seem to dare to “dance like nobody’s watching.”