Chad, Author at Finnish Design

H & M and Marimekko Spring 2008 Collection – Here! – Finnish Design

ChadJanuary 11, 2020July 27, 2023

Well, everyone has been waiting…here is a peek at the H&M Marimekko Spring 2008 Collection from New York Magazine. Available in stores soon. What do you think? More information available

The New Edge in Modern Finnish Design

ChadJanuary 11, 2020July 14, 2023

Many people credit the Finns for providing the world with eclectically gorgeous architecture that still remains popular to this day. However, architecture in Finland has dramatically changed since the days

Sanna Annukka

ChadJanuary 9, 2020May 28, 2025

Born in Brighton, England in 1983, Sanna Annukka is a half English, half Finnish designer and printmaker whose work is strongly inspired by her natural surroundings. Spending much of her

Kristina Isola

ChadJanuary 9, 2020July 28, 2023

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Kristina Isola is an accomplished textile designer in her own right. She made her first sketches for fabrics at the age of sixteen as an

Aino Aalto

ChadJanuary 9, 2020July 28, 2023

Aino Aalto is a Finnish architect and designer best known for her glassware. Like her husband, Alvar Aalto, she studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. After marrying Alvar

Solving the Coated Cotton Conundrum; 25 Uses for Marimekko PVC Fabric

ChadJanuary 8, 2020July 5, 2023

A while back, I picked up some gorgeous Marimekko PVC Fabric not knowing what I’d do with it. Months later, it’s still sitting in my closet, untouched. I currently have

Tapio Wirkkala

ChadJanuary 8, 2020June 2, 2023

Tapio Wirkkala is an outstanding iittala designer whose art glass and glassware sets virtually created the look and content of iittala design. Wirkkala’s oeuvre is vast, and between the 1940s

Oiva Toikka

ChadJanuary 8, 2020June 6, 2023

Professor Oiva Toikka is one of the greatest names in Finnish glass. His imaginative, rich and bold glass art deviates from the streamlined aesthetic of Nordic design. He has worked

Maija Louekari

ChadJanuary 8, 2020July 28, 2023

Born in 1982, award-winning Finnish designer Maija Louekari received her Master’s in design and B.A. in interior decoration from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. The aspiring artist

Maija Isola

ChadJanuary 8, 2020July 28, 2023

Maija Isola (1927–2001) was the first full-time designer hired by Printex, the company that eventually spawned Marimekko. Her most famous print, Unikko, has become the most recognizable icon of the