The well-known social media environments Facebook and Twitter have proved themselves in private communications and are increasingly becoming a media for corporate (marketing) communication (travel agencies are especially active in that sphere). As of May 2010 there are more than 216,000 Estonian account owners in Facebook (16.7% of overall population). Some estimates expect the figure to increase to 400,000 users within the current year. The number of Estonian Internet users as of the beginnin..

Regular teaching of designers in Estonia started in 1966 when a department of industrial arts was opened at the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (presently the Estonian Academy of Arts - EKA). Although the history of the school dates back to 1914, the above year 1966 is considered the beginning of design education in Estonia.

The present EKA faculty of design comprises seven specialities: graphic design, jewellery and blacksmithing, ceramics, glass art, fashion design, leather design, te..

The development of the services sphere was obstructed in Estonia during the Soviet period just like in other countries under the state socialist regime. There was no modern theoretical debate over the nature of services, their specific features, approach to them etc.; its emergence was suppressed by the dogmatic position, which views services as a non-productive activity unlike the productive spheres of industry and agriculture. Subjects like trade economics were taught, but attempted to view ..