Events
Catch Emmi on the road. If you’d like to host a book stop near you, email bookings here.
Photo: The Design Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Loughborough University, UK
16. October 2025
A talk at Loughborough University’s School of Design and Creative Arts, linking the Collaboration and Social Design modules.
From first briefs to big shifts, Emmi traces 20 years of Studio Emmi and the practice of Positive Creativity – offering candid insights, case studies, and simple ways to keep creativity alive.
BRNO Bold, Czechia
18. November 2025
A conference by designers, for designers, yet open to all creative minds hungry for fresh perspectives. Top speakers from across Europe will challenge the way you think about design, process, and the future of creativity.
Emmi’s talk marks the launch of her new book, introducing the Creative Ecosystem model she developed to sustain creativity. It also marks 20 years of Studio Emmi, a design practice shaped by her ethos of positive creativity.
Hafi Books,
Vienna, Austria
20. November 2025
Hafi Books is an independent bookshop and café in Vienna’s 5th district, with a curated selection of modern and diverse English-language literature, design and photo books, and magazines.
Emmi will host a Creativity Clinic – coffee, conversation and creative motivation: a small gathering with practical activities from The Creative Wellbeing Handbook. Find clarity and energy when creativity feels stuck, stressed or stretched.
St Bride Foundation,
London, UK
22. January 2026
January invites a fresh start. Designer and educator Emmi Salonen introduces Creative Wellbeing Reset: an evening to refuel your practice for the year ahead, anchored in her new book The Creative Wellbeing Handbook. Expect practical tools, honest conversation, and space to reconnect with why you create across a short visual talk, a lively panel, and time to meet others,
Second Home,
Lisbon, Portugal
19. February 2026
Join us at Second Home Lisbon for an evening celebrating The Creative Wellbeing Handbook. Emmi Salonen will share the story behind the book, followed by a panel conversation with special guests and a book signing. Expect practical tools, honest conversation, and time to meet fellow creatives.
Programme and booking details coming soon.
Preorder your copy and receive a creative gift
Preorder before 1 November and receive an exclusive 40-minute soundscape, New Morning, New Page, recorded by Emmi in the very forest where the book was written — a restorative backdrop of birdsong for your next creative session.
“This workbook brought back the hope-giving reality that sustaining creativity doesn’t have to be a guilt-driven, 20 steps, 5 week course.”