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
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Solving the Coated Cotton Conundrum; 25 Uses for Marimekko PVC Fabric
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
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Tapio Wirkkala
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
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Oiva Toikka
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
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Maija Louekari
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
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Maija Isola
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
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Klaus Haapaniemi
Klaus Haapaniemi is well known for his illustrations, advertising art and clothing fabric prints. He has created a number of fanciful prints for the likes of iittala and Marimekko, distinguishing
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Kaj Franck
(1911-1989) Born in Vyborg, Finland, Kaj Franck is described as the conscience of Finnish design. He removed everything excessive in his designs, leaving only the essentials. Kaj Franck has been
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Eero Aarnio
Born in 1932, Finnish designer Eero Aarnio studied at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, and worked as an interior decorator, photographer, industrial and graphic designer before he began
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Anu Penttinen
Born in 1974, artist Anu Penttinen set out to push the boundaries of color and form with glass as her medium of choice. After graduating from the University of Art
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