Kauppiaita / Tradesmen

'Tradesmen' is the ceramic relief on the facade of the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. It depicts tradesmen from different parts of the world dancing together amid symbolical figures related to trade, including Hermes, the tutelary god of tradesmen, with his scales. On the one hand, the relief refers to the education the School provides and to its role as a centre of econ ...