Raven & Wood Agency was founded in 2018 by Heini Lehtinen. With 20 years of experience in the design field, from fashion to interior architecture and the arts, she has gained a deep understanding of the connections between design, society, and the evolution of cultural and societal phenomena.

With a background in both journalism and design, she holds a unique position in creative direction and design leadership. Her editorial view on design—curating the world as when creating a publication—is ever more crucial, when editing the existing has become a necessity for the future of humanity and the planet.

Having lived and worked in Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, she brings international connections and perspective to her work—a functional Nordic approach, a conceptual and out-of-the-box Dutch line of thought, and an emotive take on design from Belgium, combined with deep knowledge of the world of unique design pieces, collectibles, curiosities, vintage, and the arts.

She holds a Master of Design degree from Design Academy Eindhoven, and a BA in interior architecture. Recently, she has expanded her professional expertise in futures thinking and scenario-building, cultural institutions as agents of change, curatorial practice, exhibition management, budgeting for exhibitions and art organisations, and in writing fiction and screenplays.

Raven & Wood Agency is a boutique agency for culturally informed creative direction. Our aim is to strengthen your vision for the future, assist you in making a statement, and create curation and design that is grounded, beautiful, interesting, bold, and just—design that meets your vision and desires, as well as the needs of the surrounding world.

We start from the core, observe the bigger picture, find the connections, and translate insight into designs, visions, and strategies. We implement design, art, and architecture to strengthen your vision and help achieve your company’s goals. We are fascinated by colours, patterns, patina, layers, and curiosities, but we also value silence and subtlety—the power of a whisper and a soft touch. We seek the fine balance between contrasts: strong and sensitive, historical and cutting-edge, excitement and calmness.

With years of experience in the international fields of design, arts, and architecture, the agency’s perspective is inherently global. With deep respect for nature, sustainability is a given for us.

Raven & Wood Agency was founded in Brussels, Belgium, in 2018. Today, the agency is based in Billnäs, an old village by the river in the lush countryside of Raasepori, Finland, in the vicinity of Helsinki. The agency operates both across Finland and internationally.