FunkOn is a creative company specializing in murals and hand-painted advertising, while exploring new ways for brands to stand out across different environments. Alongside our commercial work, we do long-term youth work where creativity brings people together.
Our team brings together painters, graphic designers, brand professionals and photographers, combining different skills and perspectives in every project.
Murals & Hand-Painted Advertising We create murals, wall paintings, and hand-painted advertising. We can develop the concept and design from scratch or work from an existing design. Our designers and artists can execute anything from simple branded graphics to near-photorealistic paintings. We also handle the necessary permits with cities, property owners, and housing companies.
Media & Advertising Locations We develop and manage our own advertising locations while continuously looking for new places where brands can be seen. The most visible examples are our large-scale mural advertising locations on the sides of buildings.
Events & Live Painting We create live paintings and other hand-painted brand installations for events. We can design and build the entire setup, including temporary wall structures, or work with an existing surface.
Media & Communications Our media team produces photo and video content from our projects, edited and ready to use across social media, marketing, and other communications. When needed, we also plan project communications and creative ways to generate additional visibility across different channels.
Youth Work We organize graffiti and street art workshops at events and schools, as well as weekly street art programs that run throughout the school year. A significant part of our work is with young people who need additional support.
Something new and unique is only created by experimenting.
FunkOn’s story began more than a decade ago, when the era of gray thinking, i.e. zero tolerance for graffiti and street art, ended. Then, a group of street-culture pioneers decided to join forces and built the first authorized graffiti wall in Häme. This was the beginning of a journey that took us from commissioned murals and graffiti workshops to the implementation of national and international projects.
Our journey has accommodated a lot of changes and countless paintings. We have grown into a Nordic team where top professionals from various creative fields carry out their work with passion.
The walls have expanded from local to international and individuals have become a team. But the most important thing has remained from the beginning: meaning.
When doing passion work, we often ask ourselves: why are we doing this? What makes us paint through the night in the pouring rain in Stockholm? What motivates us to fight with urban bureaucracy and complex licensing issues? Why do we spend hundreds of hours on art activities in special-education schools? Money? Ambition? Maybe a little bit of that too – but above all, it’s about wanting to make happen what’s really important to us and everyone else:
FunkOn is something that has never been seen before in Finland or anywhere in the world. Combining artistry and commercial advertising is a challenging equation in itself. When it is combined with a social angle in the form of youth work, volunteering and charity, something really special is created. That’s how FunkOn came about.
Where we are now is already more than we would have believed ten years ago. And where we will be in ten years is something no one can even guess yet. However, our vision is clear: we will be an internationally significant player in building a new kind of media field. We want to work with interesting and relevant brands and help them stand out from their competitors. In addition to business, we want to create social good for future generations and inspire other companies to do the same.
We are showing by our actions that things can be done differently – better.
