Category: Finnish Designers

Timo Sarpaneva (1926–2006) was a renowned Finnish designer celebrated for his innovative contributions to glass, porcelain, and industrial design. Born into a family of blacksmiths, Sarpaneva’s early exposure to craftsmanship

A graduate of the Lahti Institute of Design, Mika Piirainen has designed for Marimekko since 1994. Over the years, his versatile collections have included clothing for women, men and children

Designer Harri Koskinen was born in Karstula, Finland in 1970 and quickly rose to prominence with designs that reflect his deep connection to Scandinavian design traditions. Koskinen studied industrial design

Klaus Haapaniemi, known for his illustrations, advertising art and clothing fabric prints, designed the Jääkarhu (polar bear) pattern for Marimekko in 2001. After an absence of a few years, the

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

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

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

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