This blog is for students studying art in the English school in Helsinki
Saturday, January 6, 2007
About Finnish Design
What is Finnish design like or what should it be like? Give examples, introduce different designers, styles and innovations. Write about your own ideas and expectations.
Harri Koskinen was born in Finland in 1970. Harri was educated in Helsinki in at the institute of Art and Design. At early age Harri was already picked up for many different industries in Finland as a talented designer with many new ideas. His furniture and extraordinary design objects have made great international interest. Koskinen tries to find solutions that are innovative for both the consumer and producer. One example of this is his great success, Block Lamp. Apart from his partnership with iittala, Koskinen works with companies like Issey Miyake and Schmidinger Modul. He was recently named young designer of the year in Finland. Harri has many good ideas, but he became very popular with his block lamp. The block lamp has become one of the most important design works in Design House Stockholm and is known all over the world. The Museum of Modern Art is the one that distributes the product all over United States. The Block Lamp was given some design awards as the Excellent Swedish Design in 1998 , The Design Plus, Ambient Show, Frankfurt Fair, in 1999 and The Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York in 1999. Harri Koskinen specializes on other things also such as food containers, BBQ tools or things such as the Harri Koskinen Hurricane Lantern. Harri Koskinen is also in to designing things such as speakers, that have extremely good sound quality, the size and even the way they look. They are suitable for many types of different places and they suite the modern iPods. Harri works with Genelec and supports them, he thinks that the company is a great opportunity for people loving audio devices to have great time and to experiment. He works with them and has made not only audio deveces himself, but also has made great portable suitcases for the devices that look modern and comfortable.
Aki Choklat is a finnish shoe designer. He originates from an artistic family. First in his life he wanted to be a normal office working person. He was this for 15 years. After this he got bored haveing a ”normal” life so he went to study to the Royal Colloge of Art and Design in London. After he graduated he became a shoe designer. He teaches shoe design at De Montfort University in Leichster and at the Royal College of Art and Design. He is working on a book about fashion and design which will be released at the London Fashion Week in January 2007.
His design is well recognisable as Aki Choklats edsign. He uses classic and modern shapes and lines. He has two collections: Jubaki(2001) for both men and women and AC(2006) for top-quality men’s shoes. His shoes cannot be found in Finland, only in the UK and New York.
Syrup Helsinki is a trendy and hip graphic design agency established in 2001 by Teemu Suviala and Antti Hinkula. As a designing-duo they have been very succesfull since the beginning by attaining high demanding customers worldwide. Syrup Helsinki has created visual concepts for many contexts ranging from, commercials, drink-cartons, campains and brochures only to mention a few. Teemu Suviala and Antti Hinkula won The Desing Forum Helsinki’s young designer of the year- award in 2005. Their clients include Amnesty International, Aprilia, Artek, City of Helsinki, Converse, Elämystaikurit, Escalator Records, Fazer, Film Magica, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finnish National Theatre, General Electric, Huippu Design Management, Iittala, Image Publishing, Jim&Jill, Karhu, KOM theatre, Koneisto festival, Koko3, Konsthalle Helsinki, Leaf, Le Shop Stockholm, L'Oreal, MTV3, Nokia, Otava, Sampo Bank, Sanoma Magazines, Sokos Hotels, Sony, Stockmann, SubTV, Toyota, Trans Europe Express festival, Uniqlo, V&S, Valio, Vice magazine, Warner Records, WSOY, YLE, Yoko Deveraux. Their most noticable designs are Valio’s Play 1 chocolate drink carton, a desing ontop of the Toyota Aygo, webdesign for General Electric, advertising campaign for V- magazine, Pony Ride- cd for The Crash and identity for Iittala’s 125th birthday.
Teemu Suviala was born in 1977 and got his degree in graphic design in 1996. His earliest designs were displayed in the cards he made for his parents and also has a history in comic book illustration which mainly have been self published ones. Antti Hinkula was born in 1976 and he idolises people who dare to try ”fresh” things not depending on what they do for a living. He met Teemu during their studies in the Design Institute of Lahti and both designers consider there is too much work to think about studies.
Teemu and Antti describe their work to be similar to music, filled and based on different kinds of rhythms and layers. To them, graphic design is like composing visuals. Contrasts and opposites make interior and graphic design interesting and the duo encourage people to place a bit of carboard box next to a designer sofa. Their work is colourful, playful and stimulating to the eye and imagination.
Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen won together the Young Designer of 2006 prize.
Mikko Paakkanen designes furnitures and Jukka Korpihete designs different kind of lights. The visual language of products of Mikko Paakkanen comes from this time but they still also have their own classical beauty and harmony.
Jukka Korpihete has designed lamps, analyze the light and done light designing, among them for example public sidelightnings and light creations. His products have been designed with emotional and ambitious way. Korpihete uses light and shadows the same way like painter – like impressionist painting with the light.
Some links of Mikko Paakkanen: http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/85 http://www2.uiah.fi/~mpaakkan/ http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/189
Some links of Jukka Korpihete: http://www.korpihete.com/ http://www.uiah.fi/page.asp?path=1,1457,2112,1429,11833,4749
Janne Lax is a footwear designer, who lives in Helsinki. His own shoe label is called St. Vacant, which means "pyhä vapaa-aika" in Finnish. It is quite a clever name.
In the early 90's, he got into the footwear business as a shoemaker. Janne Lax started to study 1999 and in 2002 he had got a degree in design. In 2005, Mr Lax started his own business, which included his own company called Lax Creation and his footwear company. In the same year his first son was born.
Janne gets his inspiration from music, science fiction and Helsinki. His goal is to make unique footwear. He does this by using new colour combinations and lines on the shoes, which haven't been seen in the "urban landscape" before. His St. Vacant shoes are made like leather shoes, even though they are trainers, so that they would form according to the shape of your foot. This makes them more comfortable.
St. Vacant products have been sold in Helsinki, Tampere and Barcelona. In the future Janne Lax would like to have a boutiques in Paris and London and also a few in Nordic countries.
Homepage: www.saintvacant.com
Janne Lax: http://www.fashionfinland.com/fi/henkilot/artikkeli/komea_pikku_merkki_ja_sen_suunnittelija/kuvat/
You can see images of his collections on his website.
Tekstiilisuunnittelija Erja Hirvi on suunnittelut Marimekolle etupäässä painokuoseja vuodesta 1995 lähtien. Hänen pelkistettyjä ja usein leikkisiä kuvioitaan on nähty niin kankaissa ja muissa sisustustuotteissa kuin vaatteissa ja laukuissakin.
Erja Hirvi, miten sinusta tuli tekstiilisuunnittelija? ”Opiskelin ensin kankaiden kudontaa, ja opettajani ehdotti pyrkimistä Taideteolliseen korkeakouluun. Olin tyytyväinen, että oikea koulu löytyi. Ennen sitä harkitsin jopa näyttelijäksi ryhtymistä.”
Mistä ideat kankaisiin syntyvät? ”Minua inspiroi luonto kaikkinensa, se mitä se sisältää ja synnyttää. Toisaalta idea kuvioon voi syntyä melkein mistä tahansa. Jos pitää silmät auki ja laittaa ”suunnittelijavaihteen” päälle, niin ideoita näkyy kaikkialla. Saatan myös tuijotella tyhjiä ikkunoita tai tiloja ja kuvitella niihin tietynlaisen kankaan.”
Mitä vaiheita suunnitteluprosessiin kuuluu? ”Ideasta toteuttamiseen siirtyminen on itse asiassa vaikeinta, sillä piirtämisen aloittaminen on usein kankeaa. Yleensä luonnostelen ensin huopa- tai lyijykynällä ja tusseilla, sitten piirrän alustavan kuvan, jonka väritän musteella tai guasseilla. Kopioin aiheita tai motiiveja ja teen niistä erilaisia sommitelmia ja skaaloja (kokoja). Lopuksi vielä maalaan originaalin, joka skannataan. Sen jälkeen ryhdyn värittämään.”
Onko sinulla jokin tietty paikka, jossa mieluiten suunnittelet? ”Oma työhuone ja iso valkoinen puhdas pöytä. Se on houkutteleva piirtämisen kannalta. On tärkeää, että on ns. työympäristö. Välillä teen töitä myös kotona, mutta se ei sovi minulle yhtä hyvin.”
Miten kuvailisit tyyliäsi suunnittelijana? ”Pelkistetty, naiivi ja leikkisä. En suunnittele kovinkaan maalauksellisia kuvioita.”
Mikä on suunnittelijan tärkein ominaisuus? ”Tärkeitä ominaisuuksia on monia. Hyvä yhdistelmä on nöyryys ja harkintakyky yhdistettynä leikkisyyteen ja ennakkoluulottomuuteen.”
Mihin käyttötarkoituksiin kankaasi parhaiten soveltuvat? ”Kannatan monipuolisuutta ja mielikuvitusta kankaiden käytössä. Toisin sanoen ne soveltuvat parhaiten juuri siihen, mihin käyttäjä on ne ajatellut.”
Millaista on suunnitella Marimekolle? ”Se on antoisaa, vaikka välillä aika kiireistä. On hienoa työskennellä talossa, joka ei mene valtavirran mukana ja uskaltaa ottaa riskejä. Muuten ei syntyisi mitään uutta.”
Mikä on parasta, tärkeintä työssäsi? ”Se että työ tuottaa itselle iloa ja sillä voi mahdollisesti ilahduttaa muitakin ihmisiä. Värit ovat minulle erityisen tärkeitä, ja on yhä joka kerta yhtä jännittävää nähdä uuden kankaan ensimmäinen vedos.”
Millainen olet luonteeltasi? ”Olen herkästi innostuva, vaikkakin aika skeptinen. Olen lapsenmielinen rationalisti.”
Mistä unelmoit? ”Unelmoin puutarhoista, lomamökeistä, merenrannoista... Kukkien tuoksu on yksi asia, joka on viime aikoina hullaannuttanut minut täysin. Kukat ovat muutenkin hämmästyttäviä ja äärettömän kauniita.”
Tanja Sipilä was born in 1976. She went to study to get a Master of Arts, in Lapland in 2001 in the University of Lapland. In 1999-2002 Sipilä studied Bachelor of Arts, Department of Cheramics, and Glass Design in the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Sipiläs work has been seen world wide. In year 2000 Sipiläs design was selected to Tarha Design Garden and Café, in Helsinki Finland. In year 2001, in “Departures”, in London UK. In year 2002, "European Ways of Life", Seoul,Korea 2002 also , "FinnDesignNow02", Fiskars, Helsinki.
Sipilä has got awards and grants. Two grants from the foundation of UIAH, (2001,2002). A Hackmann Foundation grant (2001) Award from VALIO – milk glass competition.Finland. (2002)
When she had completed her studies she designed “Newton” in the year 2002.
“'Newton' is a new way of serving sugar and milk. The mechanism in Newton-set is based on gravity: You can pour cream without removing the sugar - the attached sugar bowl. While you tip the milk jug, the sugar bowl remains level. 'Newton' is designed so that the sugar bowl can be easily removed for refilling the milk jug and also stays securely in place while pouring.”
Newton is made of porcelain. It can have 18cl of milk, and 7cl of sugar. Its height is 12cm and diameter 8cm.
Tanja Sipilä achieved world wide recognition with her milk and sugar set “Newton”. She designed the bowl for Tonfisk Desing.
According to international studies, Finnish industry today is among the front rank for competitiveness: state-of-the-art information technology and high levels of innovation, combined with excellent research and education, create a strong competitive edge and a basis for industrial success now and in the future. In the 21st century, an increasingly important part of this overall competitiveness has been played by industrial design and the added value it confers: it is frequently what makes a product the first choice.
Before the Finns’ success at the Triennales, Alvar Aalto had been designing innovative furniture and new kinds of glassware since the 1930s, attracting attention in the international arena. His best-known products are his three-legged stool from 1933 and the Aalto vase from 1936. The company founded in 1935 to market the products, Artek, was a pioneer in modern home decoration. Artek’s mission was to bring everyday aesthetics into the home with a new breed of furniture to match the new lifestyle. A pronounced international influence was visible, not only in the products themselves but also in the fundamental concepts of the shop and company themselves. One important background eminence was Maire Gullichsen, who had also commissioned Alvar Aalto to design her home, Villa Mairea (1939).
The myth of Finnish design is often perceived as a heroic story of individual champions. In reality, many talented designers in various fields took part in building the modern Finland in the 50s and 60s. Practicality, closeness to everyday life, sparing use of materials and techniques, combined with innovative and perceptive design solutions were a collectively shared reality and a foundation of values in the industrial arts. Glass, ceramics, furniture, textiles and clothing all underwent a thoroughgoing revolution and found a form that was related to and which supported people’s new situation in life. Among the products of those days were the Domus chair (1946), the Kilta tableware set (since 1957), the Antti pan (1957), Muurame furniture (since 1955), Fiskars scissors (since1960), Marimekko’s dresses (since 1951) and knitwear (since 1968). These are all products linked with the spirit of the times and with new consumer needs. The design supported social change on its various levels: women’s equality, urban migration, and new forms of modern life.
In the early 1970s, new materials such as plastic and fibreglass brought greater malleability of form and brighter colours to design. The rounded lines and vivid colours of chairs by Yrjö Kukkapuro and Eero Aarnio conquered the world. However, the first energy crisis of the 1970s brought production of plastic chairs to a halt. Ergonomics and ecology became important criteria for design. In furniture of the 1980s, there was a return to an examination of wood’s attributes, different types of wood and combinations of wood and metal. Among those developing experimental furniture were Simo Heikkilä and Yrjö Wiherheimo as well as Kari Virtanen at Fiskars.
Design was seen in the 1970s and 80s as an important resource on the national level. An example is the opening of the Museum of Applied Arts (later called the Museum of Art and Design) in 1978, after many years of waiting, in new premises in Helsinki. In order to support international design promotion, the English-language magazine Form Function Finland was founded in 1980; today it is sent to more than 70 countries. Design Forum Finland was established in 1989 to promote design, particularly among companies. Today Design Forum Finland is maintained by the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design and has its own exhibition rooms and a shop in Helsinki city centre. The Museum of Art and Design changed its name to Designmuseo (The Finnish Museum of Art and Design) in 2002.
The reputation of Finnish design has also helped young designers with their internationalisation. The rise of the University of Art and Design to become one of Europe’s leading colleges of its kind has greatly supported this trend. Design Forum Finland has also made the work of young designers known through exhibitions and prizes both in Finland and abroad.
Of the fields which traditionally use industrial arts, the clothing industry has moved increasingly towards the designer trend in recent years. Ril´s – Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen, Marimekko’s Ritva Falla Collection, and Andiata are Finnish designer clothing ranges for adult women. Young clothing designers, such as Paola Suhonen’s IvanaHelsinki, have stimulated young people’s interest in Finnish clothing.
In recent years, Marimekko has made a strong comeback in interior design by reintroducing whole families of products from Maija Isola’s bold floral fabrics of the 1960s. Furniture design has not achieved the kind of growth attained by electronics, but strong brands including Avarte, Martela and Muurame as well as newcomers Inno, Mobel Original Design and Vivero have constantly upgraded their collections to make them competitive.
Design is important both culturally and in economic terms. Its cultural significance is in creating a national and individual identity. Design is also a part of the memory and history. The cheerful 1960s fabrics of Marimekko were a part of many Finns’ youth and their parents’ generation have cherished memories of meals on Kilta tableware. For the young people of today, Nokia’s mobile phones are everyday tools. In a broader perspective, Finland is known around the world for a handful of things: Alvar Aalto, Jean Sibelius, Finnish design, and nowadays also Nokia.
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"Aalto" vases (1936). Designed by Alvar Aalto for Iittala:
Mielestäni Erja Hirven työt ovat hyviä, koska : -saman kuvion saa eri väreinä(jokaisen kotiin löytyy sopiva väri), -hän ei suunnittele kovinkaan maalauksellsia, vaikeasti tulkittavia kuvioita (erittäin simppelejä), -kuviot ovat luonnon läheisiä (luonto on yleensä aiheena, ainakin inspiraationa).
Kenkien suunnittelija Minna Parikka teki kuten suunnittelijan kuuluu: tähtäsi rohkeati mailmalle alusta lähtien.
Parikka kiertää mallistonsa kanssa designalan pienmuotoisia messuja Berliistä aina Pariisiin saakka. Näin solmitaan kontaktit kansainvälisiin asiakkaisiin. Suomessa Parikan malliston kenkiä saa vain kahdesta kaupasta, mutta laajempaa tarjontaa on mm. Japanissa, Venäjällä ja Yhdysvalloissa, sekä osissa Eurooppaa.
Parikan järjestyksessä toinen kevätmallisto on nimeltään Lomaromanssi. Malliston kengät ovat pirteän tyttömäisiä ja värikkäitä.
"Olen aina kolunnut kirppareita ja ihaillut 1930- ja 1940-luvun naisia. He olivat aina huoliteltuja päästä varpaisiin", Parikka sanoo.
Kuukausiliite, en muista numeroa... By Salla Ulmanen HS-06
Jukka isotalo valmistaa työnsä ulkomaalaisista laseista joita ei kierrätetä Suomessa. Hän kylmätyöstää lasin, eikä kuumenna sitä.Hän käyttää hyväkseen lasin muotoa mikä siin on jo valmiina. Hän kylmätyöstää lasinsa koska se on paljon ekologosempaa kuin kuumentaa lasia. Pullot hän koristelee hiekkapuhaltamalla
Jukka Isotalo kerää materiaalinsa helsingin ravintoloista ja alkon kautta. Hän käyttää tasolasia tuotteissaan ja senkin hän ottaa kaatopaikalle joutuvasta lasista. Jukka käyttää vain ekologisia materiaaleja. Hänen materiaalit ja jopa niiden kuljetustava ja valmistus on niin ekologista kuin vain voi olla.
Durat Example of Durat The idea behind Durat is to use recycled plastic to make nice-looking, long-lasting bath tubs, wash basins etc. It is a solid polyester based material used for custom made surfaces in public and private interiors. It contains recycled plastics and is itself 100% recyclable. The sophistication of the Durat material lies in its soft feeling and the interesting appearance. Durat is extremely durable and can be renewed by slight sanding. The material is very resistant to wear, humidity, and various kinds of chemicals. Durat is produced in Finland's Turku, and the company was established in 1990. Its main principle is to unite design and recycling. The company collects plastic waste raw material in Scandinavia and turns it into high quality DURAT products using modern technology and flexible moulding systems.
The interesting thing about Durat is that it's completely seamless, and its durability adds to it's popularity. Not only is Durat used in hotels and restaurants, but it's becoming more known in domestic use. The materials are colourful, and for instance a very nice change to the ordinary white bath tub.
Answer to maija_k: Syrup Helsinki is a graphic design agency made up of two people, Teemu and Antti. Personally, I can't say where they get their inspiration but I can only guess that because they are designers/artists, it varies all the time. Considering the wide range of customers the two of them have, they might get their inspiration from what it is they are commissioned to do and then take off from there. Otherwise, I think it is a matter that varies from one artist to another.
Questions to emmi u-h: did Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen win the prize together or separately? nancy and robert: where are janne lax's shoes sold in (e.g. shops, boutiques)? anywhere hip and cool in hki? sini: where did you find out about durat- sounds super ecological and space agey...
Finnish design should be more extravagant. Using designs from old buildings around the world. With designs from ancient chinese buildings, more old wooden buildings from the good ol' times in Finland. Rock buildings made with more regal and palace like designs. Getting the Feng Shui and Zen feeling. A great mixture, but not a collage or splatter of different styles. Getting the harmony of the building.
Finnish design is often too plain for my taste and I find it sad that designers don't use finnish nature as an inspiration as much as they should. It really is a shame in my opinion. For example a South African company Mustardseed and Moonshine design teacups, candles and bowls etc. based on a variety of flowers that can be found in their natural environment. the tea cups look exactly like the flowers they are modeled after and they are made by hand in many parts from a special moldable clay. I find them very different from any sort of table wear I have ever seen before. Every piece in their collection can also be machine washed which is handy and very out of the ordinary when talking about hand made artifacts. So what i really feel, is that finnish design is not ornamental enough. It is boring and plain, too simple to look beautiful in my eyes. I simply can not understand why it has to be that way, because we are surrounded by a unique nature which I believe could be very much used as inspiration for a new type of design.
www.mustardseedandmoonshine.com <-- see for yourself!!!
Olavi Lindén was born in Finland in 1946. He graduated to be an engineer in 1970 and has from there on worked for Fiskars Oy Ab as command in manufacture, command in quality and part of the scissors product development group. From year 1984 he has been the head designer for Fiskars. He has now worked for 20 years in under the Fiskars company with great success. Lindén is an internationally acclaimed and rewarded product item sculptor. The products Olavi linden has come up with have been rewarded in many occasions. The Avanti-scissors, flower scissors, various other scissors, gardeners power clamps, folding shovel, Handy-axes, Planters-gardening tools are all of only some of the internationally rewarded works of Lindén. Only some time ago the cultureminister Kaarina Dromberg rewarded Lindén with a 13,000 euros money reward in Helsinki Olavi Lindén claims that sculpturing is above all solving of practical problems and well planned accidents.
One of Olavi’s breakthroughs was the movable joint in the shrub scissors. This was a very useful detail for the grape fruit pickers in southern countries as it doesn’t strain on the working fingers.
Here is a link of the scissors and some other links as well:
Stefan Lindfors was born in Marieham, Finland om May the 3rd in 1962. He is an interior architect, designer and a sculptor. Lindfors became known internationally through his lamp "Scaragoo"(http://www2.wright20.com:8080/auctions/18_wright/full/individual_lots/_images/416.jpg) which was introduced at the Milan Furniture Fair 1988. After that Lindfors has continued designing lamps,furniture,CD covers,jewelry and various other objects for both Finland and other European countries. He has also been very active in interior design; designing many interiors for shops,restaurants and other things. Lindfors's exhibitions can be found worldwide; Milan,Tokyo,New York,Washington DC,Los Angeles,London,Paris,Frankfurt and so on. During his career, Lindfors has earned himself many awards.These include the Väinö Tanner Trailblazer Award,Triennale di Milano Medal of Honour 1986, The Georg Jensen Prize 1992, Association of Finnish Interior Architects: Best Interior 1993, The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award 1996, Design Plus, Frankfurt 1999, and the Tokyo Design Award 2001.
Overall Lindfors's design is pretty clean and simple but he makes it interesting by adding different elements on the simpleness to create unique objects.
For more work by Lindfors you can visit these links below.Lindfors has some very unique ideas.
Samu-Jussi Koski is a Finnish fashion designer who designed his first collection for Marimekko in the spring of 2005. Before that he worked as an assistant for Ritva Falla, another Marimekko designer. After graduating from a designer school in Lahti in 1998, he became a trainee at Marimekko. Samu-Jussi Koski's designs are very different from the retro Marimekko people know. In his Eastern type, Japan-inspired Seralji Collection, he uses the typical Marimekko patterns, but customises them to fit a younger shape. The ideas he gets for his work come from the environment, the people around him, old photographs, and jazz, and of course Japan. His style as a designer, in his own words, is simple, classic, feminine and a little flirtatious. In his view, a 21st century "Marityttö" has the same qualities as the 1960 Marityttö had, only with a modern twist. Koski's relationship with fashion is very easy and commercial. He claims that Finland has a possibility to do great things in fashion if only people had the courage to take risks.
You can find his interview/pictures of his designs from the following link
Ilkka Suppanen was born in Kotka, Finland in 1968 (but he grew up mostly in Espoo) and has studied architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki and Interior and Furniture Design in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. In 1995 he founded his own studio Suppanen in Helsinki. The studio offers integrated strategic design in the fields of interior, product and concept design and architecture. After founding the studio Ilkka has taught desing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (started in 1996). Ilkka has also founded Snowcrash design which is one of the most siginificant finnish design groups today. Threw this he has got to work with alot of international design projects. Supponen is famous for his production techniques and use of new materials which can be seen in his works. Ilkkas work has been seen all over the world including at design exhibitions at the venice architecture biennale, the Milan Furniture Fair and the MoMA in New York.
Vajaa 30-vuotias suomalainen vaatesuunnittelija, joka on opiskellut Milanossa useita vuotta. Tehtaankadulla Helsingissä on hänen oma liikkeensä, jota hän henkilökohtaisesti pyörittää. Hänen tyylistään on aistittavissa 1700-luvun barokkimaisuutta, sekä hänen hullua luovuuttaan. Emilien omat arvot heijastuvat myös hänen tekemiinsä vaatteisiin, vaikka hän itse pyrkii välttämään aatteidensa ”tuputtamisen”. Hän on ollut siis pitkään kasvissyöjänä eikä hän hyväksy turkiksia. Hän uskoo enemminkin laatuun ja pitkäaikaisuuteen kuin nykypäivän kulutuskulttuuriin. Vuittonin pitkäaikaisesti luksuslaukut voittavat Pradan kausittain vaihtuvat laukut, vaikka Emilie ei erityisemmin arvostakaan näitä useiden tuhansien eurojen trendilaukkuja. Hän pyrkii myös oman liikkeensä puolesta tekemään itse mahdollisimman paljon, voidakseen pitää hinnat alhaisempina ja varmistaakseen vaatteidensa laadun. Jos kiinnostusta, kannattaa käydä paikan päällä katsomassa liikettä.
Stefan Lindfors was born in the city of Mariehamn, Finland in May 3, 1962. He is a Interior architect, Designer and a Sculptor from Finland. Lindfors’ breakthrough on the international design scene was his lamp “Scaragoo”, introduced at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1988, and manufactured by Ingo Maurer GmbH, Munich. Since then, Lindfors has designed furniture, high-end tableware, lamps, fabrics, fashion, mass produced objects, tiles, wallpaper, jewelry, CD covers, posters, book covers etc., for the Finnish and European industries. He has received wide critical acclaim around the world from various sources, such as the widely read British newspaper, the Sunday Times. The Times hailed Steffe as follows in aprli 1992, "To describe Stefan Lindfors... as an industrial designer would be like calling a complex Stravinsky symphone a nice song." Yes, indeed. Stefan is like a child choir singing with only the freckle faced girl singing his angel-like tune through the PA system. The other childs parents wont be happy but its the result that counts. Just like my politically correct joke aka. bad metaphor, some of his works have been taken with varying opinions. Such as his mission to bring pleasure and art for single women in the same package, ”The snake”(suom. Käärme) a vibrator shaped as a snake (!). But Lindfors hasnt been the one to shy away from a challenge. So grab Lindfors’ hand and take the tour of your life...
This was just an intro to the exterior of Steffe’s mind. Go deeper and look into the interior if you arent too a scaredy cat...
Ps. If you want to ask me questions, please make them somewhere else than here. Time is money, and I cant find money here... So ask your question into my face in TES
Elina Järvinen was born in Finland in 1982. She studies furniture design for the final year at the Institute of Design of the Lahti Univrsity of Applied Sciences. her collection TRE lamps were her first product that have reached manufacturing stage. These TRE lamps were also shown in Milan last spring. In her opinion the lamp has two qualities; it should give light without dazzling and it should be visually pleasing with or without light. She says she`s interested in designing lamps because light has the power to shape a space, create different moods,show or hide. In her opinion the most importanat element in lamp design is the light, its direction, character and purpose. Even though she`s at the moment interested in lamp design, she also wants to design other things in the future. Järvinen says that the light should hav several ways of use; it should move and live along with you. The things she design has to be genuine and useful, she also says that it`s good if they have that special silent humour. The TRE lamps are made in Finland, this is also very important for Järvinen.
Eero Aarnio (born1932) studied from 1954 to 1957 at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki and started in 1962 with his own office as an interior and industrial designer. He created his break through design the Ball chair (pallotuoli) already 1963, when fiberglass design was still new, and Aarnio´s designs were unheard of. The Ball Chair was constructed a few years after the design was created. The Ball Chair is created from fiberglass on top of a swiveling metal base and upholstered with foam and fiberfill. The original colors of the chair were: white, red, black and orange. Aarnio’s designs were a prominent part of the 1960’s pop-culture. This made his works appear in many science fiction productions, where his geometric forms and futuristic materials seemed fitting. Also many his works are included in the world's most prestigious museums, including Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Tiia Vanhatapio on kuuluisa suomalainen vaatesuunnittelija, jonka vaatteita on nähty mm. burlesque-tähti Dita Von Teesen päällä. Tiia päätyi Taideteolliseen korkeakouluun taidelukion ja pukuompelun opiskelun jälkeen ja valmistui sieltä vuonna 2005 huipputuloksin. Hänen lopputyönsä sai kolme stipendiä. Tiian viiden vuoden Amerikan reissu on vaikuttanut hänen vaatteiden suunnitteluun. Hän on saanut vaikutteita kaikista niistä alakulttuureista, joista hän on kiinnostunut, kuten mm. goottius ja Rock'a'Billy. Lisäksi vaatteissa näkyy 40- ja 50-luvun musiikki, jazz,ooppera ja dramatiikka. Hänen vaatteitaan voisikin parhaiten kuvailla sanoilla dramaattinen ja glamour. Tiia välttää varsinaisten muotivirtausten seuraamista, mutta keskittyy enemmän leffoihin ja musiikkimailmaan. Vaikka Tiian luomuksia onkin nähty jo Hollywood-tähdellä, hän haluaisi pukea myös niitä tähtiä, joiden tyyli on "sitä jotain": Rose McGowan, Chloe Sevigny, Christina Ricci, Kirsten Dunst ja Cate Blanchett. Tiia Vanhatapio-brändin sisällä toimii myös vauvanvaatemallisto sekä morsiuspukumallisto. Markin vaatteita myydään jo useissa Euroopan maissa.
Teemu Muurimäki on yksi tämän hetken tunnetuimpia suomalaisia suunnittelijoita.Hänet tunnetaan kauniiden juhlapukujen suunnittelijana ja yksi hänen tunnetuimpia töitään on puku, jota Jaana Pelkonen käytti euroviisujen finaalissa keväällä 2007. Muurimäki on valmistunut Taideteollisesta korkeakoulusta taiteiden maisteriksi. Hän on opiskellut myös Englannissa ja Italiassa. Muurimäki on suunnitellut hääpukuja ranskalaiselle Cymbelinelle, joka on Euroopan toiseksi suurin hääpukujen valmistaja. Muurimäki on äskettäin siirtynyt Dolce&Gabbanan suunnittelijaksi Milanoon. Muurimäen puvut ovat viime aikoina olleet otsikoissa, sillä hän suunnitteli Linnan juhliin puvut Jaana Pelkoselle, Pia-Noora Kaupille ja Jenni Dahlman-Räikköselle.
Anu Pentik was born in 1942 and is a Finnish designer. At first, she created taidekeramikka and her husband helped market her products. Their company's name was Pentik Oy. Anu Pentik makes all kinds of kermamikka for every day uses and her designs are in comparission to those of Raino Ranta and Lasse Kovanen. Her products are sold in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
I really love her products because they are Finnish and beautiful. Her designs are always fresh and suit all homes nicely.
Paola Suhonen on suomalaisen vaatedesignin suuri lupaus, jonka työt on noteerattu korkealle maailman muotisalongeissa ja -medioissa. Mallisto IVANAhelsinki vie Paolan vaatteet ulkomaille. Kuka on tämä Elovena-tyttö, joka hyökkää muodin valtavirtaa vastaan?
Vaatesuunnittelija Paola Suhosella on olkitukka ja ruiskukkasilmät. Valkoiset hollannikkaat kopisevat Merimiehenkadun toimiston punaisella karvalankamatolla, ja selkä uppoaa oliivinvihreään sohvaan. Pöydälle katettu karkkilautanen vie mukanaan Go Camping -tunnelmaan.
Paola Suhosen menestystarina jatkuu. Takana on Roihuvuoren ammattikoulua, ammattikorkeakoulua, lumilautailun Suomen mestaruus (!), vaatesuunnittelua Taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa, Moda-lehden trendisivuja, suunnittelua italialaiselle Fioruccille, IVANAhelsingille ja Nansolle. IVANAhelsingin vaatteita ympäri maailmaa, ja palkintoja Milanosta Venetsiaan, Pariisista Hongkongiin...
Kevin Young Designers, Inc. was established in 1988. They created custom homes of many styles and sizes, ranging from 3,500 to over 10,000 sq. ft. They designed primarily to contract, although an array of existing plans is available to individuals and builders.
The firm's ability to create Living Environments with a contemporary approach to residential design has established it as one of the leaders in custom home design in the Greater Houston area.
Their design team has more than 50 years combined experience in residential design and create home plans with proven techniques of space planning, livability, and aesthetic integrity. They are well known for our contemporary style of award-winning designs and offer experience and diversity to develop plans of any style you desire.
Kevin Young Designers has been recognized with more than 30 national and local design awards. They stay abreast of new trends by maintaining and participating in the following professional organizations: · American Institute of Building Design (A.I.B.D. member since 1985) · Texas Institute of Building Design · National Council of Publishing Designers · National Council of Building Designer Certification · State of Texas Registered Interior Designer · National Association of Home Builders · Greater Houston Builders Association
Johan Sigfrid Sirén (27. toukokuuta 1889, Ylihärmä – 5. maaliskuuta 1961 Helsinki) oli suomalainen arkkitehti. Sirén tunnetaan parhaiten päätyöstään, vuonna 1931 valmistuneesta Helsingin Eduskuntatalosta.
Sirén kirjoitti ylioppilaaksi Vaasan suomalaisesta lyseosta vuonna 1907. Arkkitehdiksi hän valmistui vuonna 1931. Vuonna 1931 hän perusti oman toimiston. Vuosina 1931–1957 hän oli Teknillisen korkeakoulun arkkitehtuurin professori.
Eduskuntatalon ohella Sirénin huomattavimpia töitä olivat Helsingin yliopiston päärakennuksen laajennus sekä Lassila & Tikanoja Oy:n liikerakennukset Helsinkiin ja Vaasaan. Myös Sirénin poika Heikki Sirén on merkittävä arkkitehti. Heikki ja Kaija Sirénin poika Jukka on myös arkkitehti.
Sirenin suunittelema Intiön vesitornin Oulussa vuonna 1925. Nykyään torni ei ole enää käytössä.
Yrjö Kukkapuro was born in Viipuri in 1933. He was educated in the Industrial Arts industry in the department of interior designing from 1954-1958. He has done freelance work since 1950. Most of his early work is still been produced, for example his most famous work, the carousel chair. He has been the principal designer of Avarte since the very beginning. During his earlier years, he taught in different art schools and later became the principal and professor of the University of Industrial Arts.
Kukkapuro's style is unique. He has a strict command of form and the carefully considered use of details. Throughout the decades his main idea has been the human body and its law like regularities. Kukkapuro has been the head designer of the Haimi, Lepokalusto and Avarte companies.
Kukkapuro’s first successful collection was Moderno in 1957, and is still in production. He designs mostly furniture, e.g. chairs. He has a very simple form language and it is based on a simple, clear and often imposing functionality, which takes into account materials and their natural formal aspects as well. There have been tens of art exhibitions presenting his work in various countries around the world. He has also received many prizes due to his work.
Links for his work: http://www.tomorrowsantique.com/en/Yrjo-Kukkapuro/ The carousel armchair: http://www.finnishdesignshop.com/yrjo-kukkapuro-karuselli-chair-p-109.html?l=en&c=
Saara Lepokorpi on 29-vuotias vuoden 2007 Nuori Suunnittelija. Hän opiskelee vaatesuunnittelua Taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa. Hän voitti Nuori Suunnittelija-kisan naisille suunnatulla Chick Business-mallistollaan, joka edustaa uudenlaista bisnespukeutumista. Tuomarien mukaan Lepokorven työ erottui muista hienolla muodon, volyymin ja materiaalin hallinnalla.
Lepokorven Chick Business-kokoelma koostuu kahdesta mekosta ja topista, takista, housuista ja leggingseistä. Vaatteet muodostavat kolme asukokonaisuutta, jotka muuntautuvat tarpeen mukaan arkisemmiksi ja juhlavimmiksi. Osa vaatteista soveltuu myös useampaan käyttötarkoitukseen, esimerkiksi mekosta saa muunneltua näyttävän yläosan. Materiaaleina hän on käyttänyt mm. silkkiä.
Lepokorpi ihmettelee, miksi naiset käyttävät liike-elämissään jäykän virallisia vaatteita.
”Periaatteessa naiset joutuvat pukeutumaan miesten pukuihin, jotka on vaan leikattu naisille sopiviksi. Ajattelin, että naisellisuutta ei oikein arvosteta bisnesmaailmassa ja halusin mallistollani tuoda tähän ajatteluun vähän kapinaa, kommentoida tuota maailmaa”, Lepokorpi sanoo.
Lepokorven mukaan naisellisuus ei tarkoita röyhelöitä ja rimpsuja, vaan on halunnut vaatteissaan korostaa graafisia muotoja ja voimakkaita värejä.
Juhani Pallasmaa (syntynyt 14syyskuuta vuonna 1936 Hämeenlinnassa)
-suomalainen arkkitehti ja arkkitehtuurin professori -sai taiteen Suomi-palkinnon vuonna 2000 -julkaissut useita arkkitehtuurin käsittelevää teoriaa -omaperäinen näkökulma innostaa -Pallasmaan kirjojen kieli on sujuvaa ja kiinteää -toiminut näyttelyarkkitehtina -on mukana Suomen Arkkitehtiliitossa -kuuluu myös AIA:han -> American Institute of Architects -kirjoittanut ,monia kirjoja ja yli 30 näyttelykatalogia -nykyään oma arkkitehtuuri toimisto Helsingissä ja noin 30 työntekijää -Teksti siirtyy luontevasti taiteen lajista toiseen, arkkitehtuurista kuvataiteeseen, musiikista liikkuvaan kuvaan.
Pallasmaan töitä:
-Kamppi (ostoskeskus) 2003-2006 -Snow Show, Lapland ( with Rachel Whiteread) 2004 - Itäkeskus (suurennus, lasitus, kioskien ja sisäsiltojen suunnittelu, -Kuvataide museo, Rovaniemi (uudistus) 1984-1986) -Kävely ja pyöräilysilta, Viikki (Helsinki 2002) -Kiasman edessä olevat ulkovalot -katu ja piha-alue Mannerheim patsaan ympärillä
I think Finnish design is pretty cool and very modern, but i think generally designers and architects use too much wood and grey colours, its already enough with how the weather is, so i think there should be more better houses and that different colour buildings should exist. T-Ahu
Rinne Niinikoski Nimi Rinne Niinikoski on yhdistelmä kahden nuoren suunnittelijan nimistä. Nämä nimet ovat Piia Rinne ja Noora Niinikoski. Nämä kaksi suunnittelijaa tapasivat opiskellessaan Helsingin taideteollisessa ja vuodesta 2000 he ovat työskennelleet yhdessä suunnitellen uniikkivaatteita ja mm. laukkuja. Heidän tyylinsä on omalaatuinen ja vaihtelee melankolisesta pelottavan karnevaaliseen. Heidän työnsä ovat erittäin koristeltuja ja useasti niihin on yhdistetty erilaisia käsitöitä. Rinne Niinikoski duo ei myöskään pelkää kokeilla jotain uutta, jotenka heidän töistään voi löytää useita eri tekniikoita. Taideteollisen jälkeen Piia Rinne(1972) opiskeli myös Lontoossa Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design:ssa ja siellä ollessaan hänet palkittiin Textile palkinnolla Lontoon Graduate Fashion week:llä. Opikellessaan taideteollisessa Noora Niinikoski(1973) opiskeli suunnittelun lisäksi kulttuurihistoriaa ja kuvataiteen opetusta.
Samu-Jussi Koski was supposed to become a photographer but he didn’t have the time to complete his admission works in time. Instead of becoming a photographer he became a cloth designer. In 2003 he graduated from Lahden Muotoiluinstituutio. During his studies he had a work practise at Marimekko and they asked him to return after his studies.
Samu-Jussi Koski is a 32 year old cloth designer. For the last five years he has been working for Marimekko. Since the spring of 2005 Koski has yearly designed his own line of clothes for Marimekko. Before this he was Ritva Falla’s and Mika Piirainen’s assistant. In addition to working at Marimekko Koski is a actor in a show called Sartsa ja Timppa.
For his spring cloth line Koski made stylish clothes for women and children. In his clothes he combined dark colors, fresh colors and magnificent clothe patterns. The angular shapes are softened by the soft lines of the clothes. In his works it seems as if city life confronts nature. Koski likes comfortable clothes and he feels like designing clothes for children is a more free process than designing for adults.
Koski’s designs are simple, classical, feminine and flirty. He thinks that the best part of his job is when he sees his clothes being appreciated by people. He also likes seeing his own work in the streets of Helsinki. Samu-Jussi Koski begins his work by first thinking about what patterns he will use. The ideas for them come from old photographs, people, jazz music, big cities and tobacco smoke. Now Sami-Jussi Koski has left Finland and Marimekko in order to continue studying in Florence.
You can see Sami-Jussi Koski's designs at www.marimekko.com
-Finnish architech/designer (furniture & glassware) -also known as "The Father of Modernism" -studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology -opened his first architectural office in 1923 -thought of as one of the first and most influential architects of Nordic modernism
Works: -The Viipuri Library -Turun Sanomat Building -Paimio Sanatorium -Aalto furniture is manufactured by Artek -Aalto glassware is manufactured by Iittala -Helsinki University of Technology Auditorium -The Aalto-Theater opera house in Essen, Germany -Finlandia Hall
I like Aalto's style, I think it has a good, clean and refreshing touch to it. And it is without a doubt modernistic in a way and I guess that's one of the reasons why I like his works so much.
Naoto Niidome on suomalais-japanilainen vaate- ja kalustesuunnittelija. Hän on voittanus useita palkintoja molemmissa kategorioissa. Hän on suunnitellut tuotteita mm. Nansolle, Marimekolle ja Aamon Designille.
Hän syntyi Suomessa, mutta opiskeli lukiossa Japanissa. Hän oli taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa, sisustusarkkitehtina, mutta innostui myöhemmin opiskelemaan myös vaatetusta. Hänen mielestään nämä alat ovat toisilleen hyvin läheisiä. Hänen ideansa ovat hyvin moderneja, johtuen hänen kahden kulttuurin kasvatuksesta. Japanilainen materiaalin käyttö yhdistettynä hillittyyn suomalaiseen värimaailmaan. Häneltä on tulossa vaatteita, astioita ja divaani. Hän osallistuu myös Stockmannin järjestämään nuorten vaatesuunnittelijoiden myyntinäyttelyyn ja Designmuseon Fennofolk-nättelyyn.
Rintala says he always knew he'd be a fashion designer and by the mid-80's he had founded his company Studio Jukka Rintala OY with his buisness partner Matti Vaskelainen. He has been working for the good of Finnish design for about 20 years. Rintala has come up with his own brand. Jukka Rintala graduated from a Taideteollinen korkeakoulu in 1976 and since then he has been designing evening gowns and also designing leather outfits for Friita. Rintala is also a designer for a few Finnish company such as Marimekko,Joutsen Finlandia and Unica.He has also designed fur coats, outdoor wear, mens "pukinemallistoa", and jewelery for different clothing producers. As well as clothing design Rintala does akrilicpaintings and fashion drawings. He's known in Finland as well as the rest of the world and has had many fashion and art shows around the world.
http://www.jukkarintala.net/
here you can find some of the clothes he has designed for Marimekkos spring/summer collection08: http://www.marimekko.fi/fi/vaatteet/naiset/jukkarintala/kevat2008
here is one of the evening gowns he has designed: http://www.fashionfinland.com/fi/galleria/artikkeli/popfashion_haute_couture_iltapukujen_juhlaa/
Ilmari Tapiovaara was a finish designer. His siblings included Tapio Tapiovaara, a graphic designer, and a filmdirector Nyrki Tapiovaara. He graduated from University of Art and Design Helsinki. He worked for a long time as a subortinate to others, before starting his own practise with his wife Annikki Tapiovaara at 1950. Their first major job a Domus Academica, student-houses for Helsinki University students. During the fifties Tapiovaara tried all sorts of new materials in his desings.1959 he was rewarded with Pro Finlandia-trophy. During sixties and seventies Tapiovaara worked extesively abroad, for example Egypt and Paraguay. 2001 Finnish university of Art and Design named a trophy according to Ilmari Tapiovaara.
Mari Keto was born in 1975 in Jaala. Mari Keto graduated as a metal artisan in 2003 from Pirkamaan taitokeskus. During her school years Mari Keto got to do a lot of adventurous travels. Mari got to visit places such as; Hungary, Norway, The Czech Republic and even Italy, where she worked for Dolce&Gabana as an apprentice in their Jewelry department. Mari says that the Industrial art institute: taideteollinen oppilaitos, gave her inspiration for her interest in metal works. Mari Keto then traveled to Denmark where she worked as a goldsmith and learned the many techniques. Keto says that she gets most of her ideas from Kymenlaakso, where she is influenced by nature and its history. Kymenlaakso was the inspiration for her Jaala-jewelry collection. Mari Keto has recently opended up her own gallery in Copenhagen. Mari Keto has a large variety of different jewelry designs, which combine Finnish nature and also international cultures. To see some of Mari Keto's jewelry designs: http://www.taikuma.net/lahjaideat/marikoru.html
Kristian Saarikorpi luo esineitä, joissa esteettisyys ja funktionaalisuus yhdistyvät ennakkoluulottomalla tavalla. Hän hyödyntää työskentelyssään sekä kultasepän perinteisiä että uusia, tietokoneavusteisia työskentelymenetelmiä. Saarikorpi on työskennellyt mm. jalokiviseppä A. Tillanderin pääsuunnittelijana ja Union Design -ryhmässä. Hänet valittiin Vuoden Kultasepäksi vuonna 2005.
Fokus Fabrik is a designer group that was founded in 2005 by four women: Tiia Eronen, Eeva Heikkinen, Laura Järveläinen, and Hanna Kerman. They design mostly just interior fabrics.
Heikkinen and Järveläinen have a master's degree in design from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Eronen and Kerman have a master's degree in design from the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, Sweden.
Fokus Fabrik's designs are a blend of man-made urban environment and nature. Many of the patterns of their designs are inspired by the little daily things in life. Sustainability is important for the designers and they are not willing to compromise on ecological thinking. Also contemporary designs are important. Their collections don't have any nostalgia or old traditional designs.
Fokus Fabrik Collection has won a 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award.
Lisa Johansson-Pape (1907 - 1989): • Lisa Johansson-Pape was a furniture and lamp designer. • She graduated as a furniture designer, or as she preferred to say “as a furniture draughtsman”, from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1927. • She designed furniture at the Kylmäkoski Furniture Factory straight after graduation. • From 1933 to 1937, she designed models and patterns for the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, while working on a freelance basis mainly on commission. • In 1937, she was employed by the Stockmann department-store company’s design office to create furniture’s and carpets. • Johansson-Pape’s furniture designs were always simplified and reduced, and highly functional.
• Her long career began in 1942, as a designer of light fixtures and fittings. • She was invited to work for the Orno lamp and light-fixture factory. • She was one of the charter members of the Finnish Association for Lighting and Technology. • She worked in metal and acrylic, which was a new material at the time. Also in addition she began to designing anonymous light fixtures of glass for kitchens and bathrooms. • Lisa Johansson-Pape designed the lighting for a number of hospitals, educational institutions and churches. • She also designed for the light fixtures of several ferries and ships. • She was an instructor for many years at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. • In 1960, she held a solo exhibition entitled: “Light – glass – metal” at the Stockmann exhibition rooms in Helsinki and a joint exhibition with Dora Jung at the Röhhska Museum in Gothenburg in 1966.
• Lisa Johansson-Pape was also an exhibition architect (she had become familiar with this are while assisting her teacher Arttu Brummer in mounting the annual exhibitions of applied art and design at the Kunsthalle Helsinki.) • She organized many exhibitions of rya textiles and light fixtures during her professions career. • A large exhibition of woven rya textiles was memorable, because they were first shown to the public in Helsinki in 1956, after which they were taken on tour by the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design to the Nordic countries and other venues in Europe until the 1970s • She also designed the commemorative exhibitions of the Friends of Finnish Handicrafts in 1983. • She designed and organized a memorial exhibition of honor for her friend Dora Hung at the museum of Applied Arts in Helsinki (now knows as the Design Museum). This show also when on tour.
• Lisa Johansson-Pape’s works have represented Finland in many international exhibitions since the 1930s.
• In 1939, at the New York World’s Fair, she played the role of the interior design of the Finland department and in 1951, her lamps and light fixtures were awarded a silver medal. Later in 1954, they received a gold medal. • Johansson-Pape was also the artistic director of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft from 1951 until 1985. • After her retirement, she organized the large archives of pattern and model designs of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft.
Ristomatti Ratia is the son of the founder of Marimekko (Army Ratia) He studied in the Leicester College of Art - England. After that he worked for Marimekkos sister company Décembre until the end of 1970's after that he moved to the USA. In the beginning 1990's he was living in Chicago and was designing stuff for Crate & Barrel. He became famous for "marikassit", but he has also designed furniture, jewelery and etc.
- Saarinen first recieved recognition while still working for his father, for a chair which was designed together with Charles Eames for the "Oraganic Design in Home Furnishing" competition in 1940, for which they recieved first prize. - The "Tulip Chair" which they designed became the basis for the chairs used in original Stark Trek series. - He got further attention while still working for his father, when he took first prize in 1948 competition for the design of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which is situated in St. Louis. - While working with Knoll, he designed many important pieces of funiture such as the "Grasshopper" lounge chair and the ottoman (1946), the "Womb" chair and ottoman (1948), the "Womb" settee (1950), side and arm chairs (1948-1950), and his most famous "Tulip" or "Pedestal" group (1956) which featured side and arm chairs, dining, coffee and side tables, as well as a stool. -some other works: worked on the Gateway Arch, remodolled the Swedish Theater, Washington Dulles International Airport, US Embassies in Oslo and London...etc. -on wikipedia there is a whole list of his works. -Eero Saarinen was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1952. He is also a winner of the AIA Gold Medal.
Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala (2. kesäkuuta 1915 Hanko - 19. toukokuuta 1985 Helsinki) oli muotoilija ja kuvanveistäjä, jota pidetään Suomen uudenaikaisen sodanjälkeisen taideteollisuuden johtavana hahmona. Hänelle myönnettiin akateemikon arvo.
Tapio Wirkkala suunnitteli useita klassikoksi nousseita esineitä kuten Kantarelli-maljakon, seteleitä Suomen Pankille, olut- ja Koskenkorva-pulloja, etikettejä ja Finlandia-vodkapullot. Erityisen tunnetuiksi ovat tulleet Wirkkalan Iittalalle suunnittelemat lasiesineet. Hän on kuitenkin suunnitellut esineitä ja yksityiskohtia hyvin monelle elämän alueelle ja moniin maihin.
Maaru-laseja 1980-luvulta Kantarelli, Iittala 1956Wirkkala opiskeli vuosina 1933–36 Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulussa, hänen varhaiset veistoksensa olivat mm. sotien jälkeisiä kaatuneiden muistomerkkejä. Vaikka Wirkkala on tunnetuin muotoilijana, hän tutustui jo 1940-luvun lopulla lentokonevaneriin, josta tuli nimenomaan hänen veistostensa päämateriaali.
Tapio Wirkkalan vanhemmat olivat hautausmaa-arkkitehti Ilmari Wirkkala ja Selma Vanhatalo. Hänellä on puolisonsa keramiikkataiteilija Rut Brykin kanssa kaksi lasta Sami (s. 1948) ja Maaria (s. 1954). Poika on sisustusarkkitehti ja tytär taiteilija.
Wirkkalan ja Brykin taiteellista perintöä vaalii Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Säätiö
Ristomatti Ratia tunnettu suomalainen muotoilija, ketä tuli kuuluisaksi "marikassien" suunnittelusta. Hän on Marimekon perustajan Armi Ratian poika. Ristomatti on suunnitellut melkeen mitä vain- sisustuksia, lakanoita, huonekaluja, vaatteita, taloja yms. Hänellä on myös oma tuotemerkki, jonka alle hänen työnsä sijoittuukin. Merkki nimeltä Ristomatti Ratia,suunnittelee enimmäkseen kodin sisustukseen ja vaatetukseen liittyviä tapauksia. Ristomatti opiskeli muotoilijaksi, jonka jälkeen siirtyi työskentelemään Marimekon sisaryhtiölle. Hän asusteli Yhdysvalloissa, suunnitteli ja muotoili, kunnes lopulta hän muutti takaisin Suomeen ja perusti oman merkkinsä.
Ratian tuotteia voi tarkkailla täällä: http://www.ratia.com/site.php?page=3&sub=0
ILMARI TAPIOVAARA (7.syyskuuta 1914-31.tammikuuta 1999)
Ilmari Tapoivaara oli 1900 luvun merkittävimipä suomalaisia muotoilijoita ja sisustussuunnittelijoita. Hänen suunnittelemat tuolit, pöydät ja muut esineet ovat edelleen hyvin arvostettuja ja suosittuja tuotteita. Tunnetuimpia tuoleja on mm. Domus:
Tapiovaara oli jo nuorena lahjakas piirtäjä. Hän aloitti opinnot Helsingissä Taideteollisen keskuskoulun yleislinjalla 1933, mutta siirtyi sieltä vuoden kuluttua sisustustaiteen linjalle.
Tapiovaaran suunnitteluajattelu edusti puhdaspiirteistä funktionaallisuutta. Hän oli sitä mieltä, että tuotteen käyttötarkoitus ja rakenteellinen konsepti pitäisi olla ymmärrettävissä ensi silmäyksellä.
Tapiovaara työskenteli Asko-Avoniuksen taiteellisena johtajana vuosina 1938-1941 ja Keravan puuteollisuuden palveluksessa 1941-1951, jossa hän hyödynsi sekä taiteellista että kaupallista koulutustaan. Oman suunnitelutoimiston hän perusti vaimonsa kanssa vuonna 1950. Silloin, juuri vuonna 1950 hän toi uusia aineksia suunnittelemiinsa töihin. Hän oli myös silloin taideteollisuuskoulun opettaja.
1960-luvulla ja 1970 luvun lähestyessä puu menetti arvostustaan ja ja muovin merkitys kasvoi. Vuonna 2001 Suomen taideteollinen korkeakoulu nimesi kahden vuoden välein jaettavan palkinnon Tapiovaaran mukaan. Palkinnon perusteet olivat: Ilmari Tapiovaara- palkinto myönnetään tunnustuksena ihmisen lähiympäristön ja teollisen tuotekulttuurin aadyn hyväksi tehdystä erityisen ansiokkaasta luovasta työstä.
Lähteet: www.wikipedia.fi www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi
KUVIA TUOTTEISTA: http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet.html
ILMARI TAPIOVAARA (7.syyskuuta 1914-31.tammikuuta 1999)
Ilmari Tapoivaara oli 1900 luvun merkittävimipä suomalaisia muotoilijoita ja sisustussuunnittelijoita. Hänen suunnittelemat tuolit, pöydät ja muut esineet ovat edelleen hyvin arvostettuja ja suosittuja tuotteita. Tunnetuimpia tuoleja on mm. Domus:
Tapiovaara oli jo nuorena lahjakas piirtäjä. Hän aloitti opinnot Helsingissä Taideteollisen keskuskoulun yleislinjalla 1933, mutta siirtyi sieltä vuoden kuluttua sisustustaiteen linjalle.
Tapiovaaran suunnitteluajattelu edusti puhdaspiirteistä funktionaallisuutta. Hän oli sitä mieltä, että tuotteen käyttötarkoitus ja rakenteellinen konsepti pitäisi olla ymmärrettävissä ensi silmäyksellä.
Tapiovaara työskenteli Asko-Avoniuksen taiteellisena johtajana vuosina 1938-1941 ja Keravan puuteollisuuden palveluksessa 1941-1951, jossa hän hyödynsi sekä taiteellista että kaupallista koulutustaan. Oman suunnitelutoimiston hän perusti vaimonsa kanssa vuonna 1950. Silloin, juuri vuonna 1950 hän toi uusia aineksia suunnittelemiinsa töihin. Hän oli myös silloin taideteollisuuskoulun opettaja.
1960-luvulla ja 1970 luvun lähestyessä puu menetti arvostustaan ja ja muovin merkitys kasvoi. Vuonna 2001 Suomen taideteollinen korkeakoulu nimesi kahden vuoden välein jaettavan palkinnon Tapiovaaran mukaan. Palkinnon perusteet olivat: Ilmari Tapiovaara- palkinto myönnetään tunnustuksena ihmisen lähiympäristön ja teollisen tuotekulttuurin aadyn hyväksi tehdystä erityisen ansiokkaasta luovasta työstä.
Lähteet: www.wikipedia.fi www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi
KUVIA TUOTTEISTA: http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet.html
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, tuttavallisemmin Alvar Aalto, syntyi vuonna 1898 Kuortaneella ja menehtyi vuonna 1976, Helsingissä. Hän oli arkkitehti, sekä muotolija. Alvar Aalto syntyi tavalliseen perheeseen: hänen isänsä oli maanmittaaja ja äiti postineiti. Perhe liikkui pikkuhiljaa kohti Helsinkiä, ensiksi Jyväskylään ja siitä Alvarin matka jatkui Helsingin Polyteekkiin. Suomen sisällisodasta selviämisen jälkeen Aalto valmistui arkkitehdiksi, vuonna 1921.
Arkkitehtuuri kiehtoi Aaltoa pienestä pitäen ja hän suunnitelikin monia rakennuksi aina kesähuviloista teollisuusyhdyskuntiin. Lukuisat projektit sijoittuvat ympäri maailmaa, Suomessa on kuitenkin värikkäin kirjo Aallon töitä, joista kuuluisimpia ovat: Villa Mairea, Finlandia-talo, sekä Kulttuuritalo. Myös mm. Espoon Otaniemen kampusalue, sekä jotkut ulkomaiset asuinrakennukset ovat Aallon käsialaa. Aalto oli koko arkkitehtuuri elämänsä ajan funktionalisti, joskaan ei aivan puhdas tällainen. Hänen päämääränään oli geometriset, mutta samalla kauniit rakennukset, jotka säväyttäisivät yksinkertaisuudellaan. Aalto ei kuitenkaan aina toiminut oppiensa mukaan ja esim. Finlandia-talo on saanut kritiikkiä osakseen. Joka tapauksessa Aallon arkkitehtuuri on säväyttänyt suomalaisia ja tunnustusta on tullut useasti jopa kansainvälisiltä markkinoila.
Aallon lahjakkuus ei rajoittunut arkkitehtuuriin, vaan myös huonekalut, valaisimet, sekä sisustussuunnittelun perus-elementit kokivat aikansa radikaalleimman muotolijan jäljen. Alvar Aallon taidot kanavoituvat vuonna 1935 perustetun Artekin kautta vielä nykyaikaankin.
Sekä Aallon arkkitehtuuri että muotoilutyöt ovat ammentaneet ideoita luonnosta ja suunnitelun pitkistä perinteistä. Luovalla lahjakkuudella hyvistä ainesosista on kasautunut Suomen mahtavimpien suunnitelijoiden joukkoon lukeutuva taiteilija.
(Born 1975) Graduated as a fashion designer from the Lahti Institute of Design, is now one of the main designers of the Marimekko corporation with Ritva Falla. He did his first collection for Marimekko in summer 2005.
" Koski's own style as a designer has been described as "feminine and stylish yet flirtatious" but I personally think that his style reflects the beauty in simpicity. This is because of he uses simple colors, shapes and forms in his clothes.
Here is some links to few good pictures of his clothes... http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko5.jpg http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko2.jpg http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko3.jpg http://www.samuji.com/
Elissa Aalto, 22.11.1992-12.04.1994, was a Finnish architect and author and the second wife of Alvar Aalto. She graduated as an architect in 1949 in Helsinki. The same year, she got a position in Alvar Aalto's office. She helped Alvar with his work, and quickly gained more and more responsibilities. She has been working with many famous buildings, for example the opera house in Essen, University of Jyväskylä, and a Danish art museum. After her husband's death, she took over the company and continued designing buildings. Because Alvar was a respected and well known architect, a lot of cities wanted to have and repair his buildings. Elissa renovated a number of Alvar's buildings over the years, though it was a painful task because she wanted to pay tribute to her late husband and not change the buildings radically, which some of the cities would have wanted.
Here is a link to a picture of the opera house in Essen: http://www.easypedia.gr/el/images/shared/6/6c/Aalto-Theater_02.jpg
Alvar Aalto (full name Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto) Born in 3.2.1898, died in 11.5.1976
He was a Finnish architect that all Finns know and probably many have his design architecture, textiles, glassware and furniture at home. Very popular and modern style. Aalto was thought as one of the most influencial architechts. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1921 and two years later opened his first architectural office in Jyväskylä. He experimented with different materials and planned numerous buildings which were later built. Some of the buildings which have Aalto's name all over them are: - Turun Sanomat building - Viipuri library - Villa Mairea - Kansaneläkelaitos - Regional Library of Lapland - Finlandia Hall - Essen Opera House, Germany
From furniture and glassware Alvar Aalto is recognized by chairs and stools and the most famous Aalto Vases.
Links to his works: http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Alvar_Aalto.html http://designmuseum.org/design/alvar-aalto
Jasmin Santanen is a finnish fashion designer who has lived in Paris for 15 years.She has studied designing in New York Parsons School of Design.She moved to Paris to continue her studies and graduated from Parons as a fashion designer in 1992.In the beginning of her career she was a freelancer and worked for Marimekko and improved her product and marketing improvement skills at Yves Saint Laurent and Hermés.She established her own clothing line Jasmin Santanen in 2004. She runs her own business. Her line is found from boutiques in a few countries around the world,also in Paris. In Finland you it can be found in Nina's,Helsinki and Celeste,Lappeenranta. www.jasminsantanen.com
Heta Kuchka, 31, taiteilija Vuoden 2006 nuori taiteilija. Käyttää teoksissaan valokuvia ja liikkuvaa kuvaa. Piti ensimmäisen yksityisnäyttelynsä vuonna 1997.
Kirsi Doukas on suomalainen korumuotoilija, jonka töitä on ollut esillä merkittävimmillä alan messuilla mm.Skandinaviassa, Saksassa, Sveitsissä ja Japanissa. Hän työskentelee Kalevala Korulle, ja kukapa ei tietäisi kaunista Vanamo-käätyä rannekoruineen. Hän on saanut "vuoden kultaseppä"-palkinnon 1999, sekä arvostetun muotoilun valtionpalkinnon 2006.
Doukas itse kertoo olevansa utelias ja etsivänsä uutta, tämä pitääkin paikkansa, sillä hänen tyylinsä on rohkean moderni, mutta samalla hyvin harkittu. "Suunnittelutyöni pohjautuu hyvin perusteelliseen taustatyöhön, kaikki ratkaisut muodon suhteen ovat perusteltuja ja harkittuja", kertoo Kirsi Doukas.
Monen kaapista löytyy Kirsi Doukaksen ajattomia, kauniita koruja, hän onkin Suomalaisen korusuunnittelun päätähtiä.
linkki Kalevala korun sivvuille, mistä Kirsi Doukaksen työt näkyvät:
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Harri Koskinen
Harri Koskinen was born in Finland in 1970. Harri was educated in Helsinki in at the institute of Art and Design. At early age Harri was already picked up for many different industries in Finland as a talented designer with many new ideas.
His furniture and extraordinary design objects have made great international interest. Koskinen tries to find solutions that are innovative for both the consumer and producer. One example of this is his great success, Block Lamp. Apart from his partnership with iittala, Koskinen works with companies like Issey Miyake and Schmidinger Modul. He was recently named young designer of the year in Finland.
Harri has many good ideas, but he became very popular with his block lamp. The block lamp has become one of the most important design works in Design House Stockholm and is known all over the world. The Museum of Modern Art is the one that distributes the product all over United States.
The Block Lamp was given some design awards as the Excellent Swedish Design in 1998 , The Design Plus, Ambient Show, Frankfurt Fair, in 1999 and The Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York in 1999. Harri Koskinen specializes on other things also such as food containers, BBQ tools or things such as the Harri Koskinen Hurricane Lantern.
Harri Koskinen is also in to designing things such as speakers, that have extremely good sound quality, the size and even the way they look. They are suitable for many types of different places and they suite the modern iPods.
Harri works with Genelec and supports them, he thinks that the company is a great opportunity for people loving audio devices to have great time and to experiment. He works with them and has made not only audio deveces himself, but also has made great portable suitcases for the devices that look modern and comfortable.
Here are some links of Harri Koskinen's works:
http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com/ProdImg/Lighting/blocklamp_a_221.jpg
http://www.panik-design.com/acatalog/b-iittala-lanten-b-c.jpg
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/nuts/img10041337654.jpeg
http://www.unicahome.com/products/medium/4321.C1330E97.jpg
http://www.shopchicks.com/wp-content/photos/Glow_Brick.jpg
http://www.genelec.com/news/images/8020_ipod.jpg
Aki Choklat is a finnish shoe designer. He originates from an artistic family. First in his life he wanted to be a normal office working person. He was this for 15 years. After this he got bored haveing a ”normal” life so he went to study to the Royal Colloge of Art and Design in London. After he graduated he became a shoe designer. He teaches shoe design at De Montfort University in Leichster and at the Royal College of Art and Design. He is working on a book about fashion and design which will be released at the London Fashion Week in January 2007.
His design is well recognisable as Aki Choklats edsign. He uses classic and modern shapes and lines. He has two collections: Jubaki(2001) for both men and women and AC(2006) for top-quality men’s shoes. His shoes cannot be found in Finland, only in the UK and New York.
Here are links to pictures of his shoes:
http://www.fashionfinland.com/en/people/article/a_return_to_the_artistic_life/pictures/5324/
http://www.fashionfinland.com/en/people/article/a_return_to_the_artistic_life/pictures/5325/
http://www.fashionfinland.com/en/people/article/a_return_to_the_artistic_life/pictures/5323/
http://www.fashionfinland.com/en/people/article/a_return_to_the_artistic_life/pictures/5322/
Alex H.
Syrup Helsinki is a trendy and hip graphic design agency established in 2001 by Teemu Suviala and Antti Hinkula. As a designing-duo they have been very succesfull since the beginning by attaining high demanding customers worldwide. Syrup Helsinki has created visual concepts for many contexts ranging from, commercials, drink-cartons, campains and brochures only to mention a few. Teemu Suviala and Antti Hinkula won The Desing Forum Helsinki’s young designer of the year- award in 2005. Their clients include Amnesty International, Aprilia, Artek, City of Helsinki, Converse, Elämystaikurit, Escalator Records, Fazer, Film Magica, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Finnish National Theatre, General Electric, Huippu Design Management, Iittala, Image Publishing, Jim&Jill, Karhu, KOM theatre, Koneisto festival, Koko3, Konsthalle Helsinki, Leaf, Le Shop Stockholm, L'Oreal, MTV3, Nokia, Otava, Sampo Bank, Sanoma Magazines, Sokos Hotels, Sony, Stockmann, SubTV, Toyota, Trans Europe Express festival, Uniqlo, V&S, Valio, Vice magazine, Warner Records, WSOY, YLE, Yoko Deveraux.
Their most noticable designs are Valio’s Play 1 chocolate drink carton, a desing ontop of the Toyota Aygo, webdesign for General Electric, advertising campaign for V- magazine, Pony Ride- cd for The Crash and identity for Iittala’s 125th birthday.
Teemu Suviala was born in 1977 and got his degree in graphic design in 1996. His earliest designs were displayed in the cards he made for his parents and also has a history in comic book illustration which mainly have been self published ones. Antti Hinkula was born in 1976 and he idolises people who dare to try ”fresh” things not depending on what they do for a living. He met Teemu during their studies in the Design Institute of Lahti and both designers consider there is too much work to think about studies.
Teemu and Antti describe their work to be similar to music, filled and based on different kinds of rhythms and layers. To them, graphic design is like composing visuals. Contrasts and opposites make interior and graphic design interesting and the duo encourage people to place a bit of carboard box next to a designer sofa. Their work is colourful, playful and stimulating to the eye and imagination.
http://www.syruphelsinki.com/index_content.html
http://www.designforum.fi/youngdesigner200-3
http://www.kaapeli.fi/~sarjaks/piir/sute/sute.html
http://www.muotolehti.fi/505/jollas.htm
http://www.etuovi.com/kanavat/deko/nro3_2005_juttu2.shtml
Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen
Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen won together the Young Designer of 2006 prize.
Mikko Paakkanen designes furnitures and Jukka Korpihete designs different kind of lights. The visual language of products of Mikko Paakkanen comes from this time but they still also have their own classical beauty and harmony.
Jukka Korpihete has designed lamps, analyze the light and done light designing, among them for example public sidelightnings and light creations. His products have been designed with emotional and ambitious way. Korpihete uses light and shadows the same way like painter – like impressionist painting with the light.
Some links of Mikko Paakkanen:
http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/85
http://www2.uiah.fi/~mpaakkan/
http://kirppis.yle.fi/node/189
Some links of Jukka Korpihete:
http://www.korpihete.com/
http://www.uiah.fi/page.asp?path=1,1457,2112,1429,11833,4749
Janne Lax
Janne Lax is a footwear designer, who lives in Helsinki. His own shoe label is called St. Vacant, which means "pyhä vapaa-aika" in Finnish. It is quite a clever name.
In the early 90's, he got into the footwear business as a shoemaker. Janne Lax started to study 1999 and in 2002 he had got a degree in design. In 2005, Mr Lax started his own business, which included his own company called Lax Creation and his footwear company. In the same year his first son was born.
Janne gets his inspiration from music, science fiction and Helsinki. His goal is to make unique footwear. He does this by using new colour combinations and lines on the shoes, which haven't been seen in the "urban landscape" before. His St. Vacant shoes are made like leather shoes, even though they are trainers, so that they would form according to the shape of your foot. This makes them more comfortable.
St. Vacant products have been sold in Helsinki, Tampere and Barcelona. In the future Janne Lax would like to have a boutiques in Paris and London and also a few in Nordic countries.
Homepage: www.saintvacant.com
Janne Lax:
http://www.fashionfinland.com/fi/henkilot/artikkeli/komea_pikku_merkki_ja_sen_suunnittelija/kuvat/
You can see images of his collections on his website.
Robert and Nancy
Erja Hirvi
Tekstiilisuunnittelija Erja Hirvi on suunnittelut Marimekolle etupäässä painokuoseja vuodesta 1995 lähtien. Hänen pelkistettyjä ja usein leikkisiä kuvioitaan on nähty niin kankaissa ja muissa sisustustuotteissa kuin vaatteissa ja laukuissakin.
Erja Hirvi, miten sinusta tuli tekstiilisuunnittelija?
”Opiskelin ensin kankaiden kudontaa, ja opettajani ehdotti pyrkimistä Taideteolliseen korkeakouluun. Olin tyytyväinen, että oikea koulu löytyi. Ennen sitä harkitsin jopa näyttelijäksi ryhtymistä.”
Mistä ideat kankaisiin syntyvät?
”Minua inspiroi luonto kaikkinensa, se mitä se sisältää ja synnyttää. Toisaalta idea kuvioon voi syntyä melkein mistä tahansa. Jos pitää silmät auki ja laittaa ”suunnittelijavaihteen” päälle, niin ideoita näkyy kaikkialla. Saatan myös tuijotella tyhjiä ikkunoita tai tiloja ja kuvitella niihin tietynlaisen kankaan.”
Mitä vaiheita suunnitteluprosessiin kuuluu?
”Ideasta toteuttamiseen siirtyminen on itse asiassa vaikeinta, sillä piirtämisen aloittaminen on usein kankeaa. Yleensä luonnostelen ensin huopa- tai lyijykynällä ja tusseilla, sitten piirrän alustavan kuvan, jonka väritän musteella tai guasseilla. Kopioin aiheita tai motiiveja ja teen niistä erilaisia sommitelmia ja skaaloja (kokoja). Lopuksi vielä maalaan originaalin, joka skannataan. Sen jälkeen ryhdyn värittämään.”
Onko sinulla jokin tietty paikka, jossa mieluiten suunnittelet?
”Oma työhuone ja iso valkoinen puhdas pöytä. Se on houkutteleva piirtämisen kannalta.
On tärkeää, että on ns. työympäristö. Välillä teen töitä myös kotona, mutta se ei sovi minulle yhtä hyvin.”
Miten kuvailisit tyyliäsi suunnittelijana?
”Pelkistetty, naiivi ja leikkisä. En suunnittele kovinkaan maalauksellisia kuvioita.”
Mikä on suunnittelijan tärkein ominaisuus?
”Tärkeitä ominaisuuksia on monia. Hyvä yhdistelmä on nöyryys ja harkintakyky yhdistettynä leikkisyyteen ja ennakkoluulottomuuteen.”
Mihin käyttötarkoituksiin kankaasi parhaiten soveltuvat?
”Kannatan monipuolisuutta ja mielikuvitusta kankaiden käytössä. Toisin sanoen ne soveltuvat parhaiten juuri siihen, mihin käyttäjä on ne ajatellut.”
Millaista on suunnitella Marimekolle?
”Se on antoisaa, vaikka välillä aika kiireistä. On hienoa työskennellä talossa, joka ei mene valtavirran mukana ja uskaltaa ottaa riskejä. Muuten ei syntyisi mitään uutta.”
Mikä on parasta, tärkeintä työssäsi?
”Se että työ tuottaa itselle iloa ja sillä voi mahdollisesti ilahduttaa muitakin ihmisiä. Värit ovat minulle erityisen tärkeitä, ja on yhä joka kerta yhtä jännittävää nähdä uuden kankaan ensimmäinen vedos.”
Millainen olet luonteeltasi?
”Olen herkästi innostuva, vaikkakin aika skeptinen. Olen lapsenmielinen rationalisti.”
Mistä unelmoit?
”Unelmoin puutarhoista, lomamökeistä, merenrannoista... Kukkien tuoksu on yksi asia, joka on viime aikoina hullaannuttanut minut täysin. Kukat ovat muutenkin hämmästyttäviä ja äärettömän kauniita.”
haastattelu sivulta: http://www.marimekko.com/FI/suunnittelu/suunnittelijat/erjahirvi/
Erjan suunnitteluja:
http://www.marimekko.com/fi/sisustus/kankaat/erjahirvi/syksy2006
http://www.finnishdesignshop.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=erja+hirvi&categories_id=&inc_subcat=1&manufacturers_id=
Maija K.
Tanja Sipilä
Tanja Sipilä was born in 1976.
She went to study to get a Master of Arts, in Lapland in 2001 in the University of Lapland.
In 1999-2002 Sipilä studied Bachelor of Arts, Department of Cheramics, and Glass Design in the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Sipiläs work has been seen world wide.
In year 2000 Sipiläs design was selected to Tarha Design Garden and Café, in Helsinki Finland.
In year 2001, in “Departures”, in London UK.
In year 2002, "European Ways of Life", Seoul,Korea
2002 also , "FinnDesignNow02", Fiskars, Helsinki.
Sipilä has got awards and grants. Two grants from the foundation of UIAH, (2001,2002).
A Hackmann Foundation grant (2001)
Award from VALIO – milk glass competition.Finland. (2002)
When she had completed her studies she designed “Newton” in the year 2002.
“'Newton' is a new way of serving sugar and milk. The mechanism in Newton-set is based on gravity: You can pour cream without removing the sugar - the attached sugar bowl. While you tip the milk jug, the sugar bowl remains level.
'Newton' is designed so that the sugar bowl can be easily removed for refilling the milk jug and also stays securely in place while pouring.”
Newton is made of porcelain. It can have 18cl of milk, and 7cl of sugar. Its height is 12cm and diameter 8cm.
Tanja Sipilä achieved world wide recognition with her milk and sugar set “Newton”. She designed the bowl for Tonfisk Desing.
Tanja Sipiläs design: "Newton"
http://www.designaddict.com/design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/showjumbo/PICTURE_ID/2523/index.cfm
Pictures of what kind of products are designed in Tonfisk Design.
http://www.tonfisk-design.fi/catalogue.html
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The link- for the work "Newton"
http://www.designaddict.com/design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/showjumbo/PICTURE_ID/2523/index.cfm
According to international studies, Finnish industry today is among the front rank for competitiveness: state-of-the-art information technology and high levels of innovation, combined with excellent research and education, create a strong competitive edge and a basis for industrial success now and in the future. In the 21st century, an increasingly important part of this overall competitiveness has been played by industrial design and the added value it confers: it is frequently what makes a product the first choice.
Before the Finns’ success at the Triennales, Alvar Aalto had been designing innovative furniture and new kinds of glassware since the 1930s, attracting attention in the international arena. His best-known products are his three-legged stool from 1933 and the Aalto vase from 1936. The company founded in 1935 to market the products, Artek, was a pioneer in modern home decoration. Artek’s mission was to bring everyday aesthetics into the home with a new breed of furniture to match the new lifestyle. A pronounced international influence was visible, not only in the products themselves but also in the fundamental concepts of the shop and company themselves. One important background eminence was Maire Gullichsen, who had also commissioned Alvar Aalto to design her home, Villa Mairea (1939).
The myth of Finnish design is often perceived as a heroic story of individual champions. In reality, many talented designers in various fields took part in building the modern Finland in the 50s and 60s. Practicality, closeness to everyday life, sparing use of materials and techniques, combined with innovative and perceptive design solutions were a collectively shared reality and a foundation of values in the industrial arts. Glass, ceramics, furniture, textiles and clothing all underwent a thoroughgoing revolution and found a form that was related to and which supported people’s new situation in life. Among the products of those days were the Domus chair (1946), the Kilta tableware set (since 1957), the Antti pan (1957), Muurame furniture (since 1955), Fiskars scissors (since1960), Marimekko’s dresses (since 1951) and knitwear (since 1968). These are all products linked with the spirit of the times and with new consumer needs. The design supported social change on its various levels: women’s equality, urban migration, and new forms of modern life.
In the early 1970s, new materials such as plastic and fibreglass brought greater malleability of form and brighter colours to design. The rounded lines and vivid colours of chairs by Yrjö Kukkapuro and Eero Aarnio conquered the world. However, the first energy crisis of the 1970s brought production of plastic chairs to a halt. Ergonomics and ecology became important criteria for design. In furniture of the 1980s, there was a return to an examination of wood’s attributes, different types of wood and combinations of wood and metal. Among those developing experimental furniture were Simo Heikkilä and Yrjö Wiherheimo as well as Kari Virtanen at Fiskars.
Design was seen in the 1970s and 80s as an important resource on the national level. An example is the opening of the Museum of Applied Arts (later called the Museum of Art and Design) in 1978, after many years of waiting, in new premises in Helsinki. In order to support international design promotion, the English-language magazine Form Function Finland was founded in 1980; today it is sent to more than 70 countries. Design Forum Finland was established in 1989 to promote design, particularly among companies. Today Design Forum Finland is maintained by the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design and has its own exhibition rooms and a shop in Helsinki city centre. The Museum of Art and Design changed its name to Designmuseo (The Finnish Museum of Art and Design) in 2002.
The reputation of Finnish design has also helped young designers with their internationalisation. The rise of the University of Art and Design to become one of Europe’s leading colleges of its kind has greatly supported this trend. Design Forum Finland has also made the work of young designers known through exhibitions and prizes both in Finland and abroad.
Of the fields which traditionally use industrial arts, the clothing industry has moved increasingly towards the designer trend in recent years. Ril´s – Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen, Marimekko’s Ritva Falla Collection, and Andiata are Finnish designer clothing ranges for adult women. Young clothing designers, such as Paola Suhonen’s IvanaHelsinki, have stimulated young people’s interest in Finnish clothing.
In recent years, Marimekko has made a strong comeback in interior design by reintroducing whole families of products from Maija Isola’s bold floral fabrics of the 1960s. Furniture design has not achieved the kind of growth attained by electronics, but strong brands including Avarte, Martela and Muurame as well as newcomers Inno, Mobel Original Design and Vivero have constantly upgraded their collections to make them competitive.
Design is important both culturally and in economic terms. Its cultural significance is in creating a national and individual identity. Design is also a part of the memory and history. The cheerful 1960s fabrics of Marimekko were a part of many Finns’ youth and their parents’ generation have cherished memories of meals on Kilta tableware. For the young people of today, Nokia’s mobile phones are everyday tools. In a broader perspective, Finland is known around the world for a handful of things: Alvar Aalto, Jean Sibelius, Finnish design, and nowadays also Nokia.
Photos:
"Aalto" vases (1936). Designed by Alvar Aalto for Iittala:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design4_b.jpg
"Hvitträsk the "tupa" living room of Eliel Saarinen's residence (1901-03)
Photo by Rauno Träskelin. :
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design2_b.jpg
Interior from Villa Mairea (1938-39). Photo by Rauno Träskelin:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design6_b.jpg
Orchid vase (1954). Designed by Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design8_b.jpg
"X6" altimer (2001). Designed by Kimmo Pernu for Suunto:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design13_b.jpg
Nokia 5210 mobile phone (2001).
Designed by Jarmo Lehtonen for Nokia:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design14_b.jpg
"EgO" cup (1998).
Designed by Stefan Lindfors
for Arabia:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design24_b.jpg
"Lock" pendants (1999). Designed by Kaisa Vuorinen for Union Design. Photo by Janne Suhonen:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design27_b.jpg
"A table set for one" ceramic items (2002).
Designed by Anneli Sainio:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/showpicture.asp?pictureURL=http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design26_b.jpg
Nokia 7600 mobile phone (2003). Designed by Nokia for Nokia:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/design/design1.jpg
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Source: http://virtual.finland.fi
Mielestäni Erja Hirven työt ovat hyviä, koska :
-saman kuvion saa eri väreinä(jokaisen kotiin löytyy sopiva väri),
-hän ei suunnittele kovinkaan maalauksellsia, vaikeasti tulkittavia kuvioita (erittäin simppelejä),
-kuviot ovat luonnon läheisiä (luonto on yleensä aiheena, ainakin inspiraationa).
lisää netti sivuja Erjan töistä:
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/sisustus/kankaat/talvi2006/lumimarja_337.htm
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/sisustus/kankaat/talvi2006/pihapuu_332.htm
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/sisustus/kankaat/talvi2006/tilkkula_363.htm
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/sisustus/kankaat/talvi2006/tilkkula_650.htm
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/sisustus/kankaat/talvi2006/aitta_363.htm
Comments to others:
emma s. : where does Syrup Helsinki designers get there inspiration from? do they have many designers working to make new designs?
emmin u-h : where can I find Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen works? Have they got a shop somewhere?
mari: has Tanja Sipilä done other designs than "Newton"?
alex h. : voisitko laittaa toimivan netti osotteen Aki Choklatin kengistä?
nancy: how much does a pair of Janne Lax`s shoes cost?
Maija
Maija: At least a pair sold in Popot Sneakerstore costs 179 euros. I think they are all about the same price.
Emmi U-H: Do Jukka and Mikko have any work done together besides winning the award?
Maija: Olet oikeassa Erja Hirven töistä. Mukavan värikkäitä, mutta saa myös tummina ja ei-niin-silmiinpistävinä väreinä.
Alex: Where did you find this shoe designer? Are his shoes sneakers, or? Are they similar to Janne Lax's Saint Vacant shoes?
Minna Parikka
Kenkien suunnittelija Minna Parikka teki kuten suunnittelijan kuuluu: tähtäsi rohkeati mailmalle alusta lähtien.
Parikka kiertää mallistonsa kanssa designalan pienmuotoisia messuja Berliistä aina Pariisiin saakka. Näin solmitaan kontaktit kansainvälisiin asiakkaisiin. Suomessa Parikan malliston kenkiä saa vain kahdesta kaupasta, mutta laajempaa tarjontaa on mm. Japanissa, Venäjällä ja Yhdysvalloissa, sekä osissa Eurooppaa.
Parikan järjestyksessä toinen kevätmallisto on nimeltään Lomaromanssi. Malliston kengät ovat pirteän tyttömäisiä ja värikkäitä.
"Olen aina kolunnut kirppareita ja ihaillut 1930- ja 1940-luvun naisia. He olivat aina huoliteltuja päästä varpaisiin", Parikka sanoo.
Kuukausiliite, en muista numeroa...
By Salla Ulmanen HS-06
Very interesting salla!! :)
Jukka Isotalo
Jukka isotalo valmistaa työnsä ulkomaalaisista laseista joita ei kierrätetä Suomessa. Hän kylmätyöstää lasin, eikä kuumenna sitä.Hän käyttää hyväkseen lasin muotoa mikä siin on jo valmiina. Hän kylmätyöstää lasinsa koska se on paljon ekologosempaa kuin kuumentaa lasia. Pullot hän koristelee hiekkapuhaltamalla
Jukka Isotalo kerää materiaalinsa helsingin ravintoloista ja alkon kautta. Hän käyttää tasolasia tuotteissaan ja senkin hän ottaa kaatopaikalle joutuvasta lasista. Jukka käyttää vain ekologisia materiaaleja. Hänen materiaalit ja jopa niiden kuljetustava ja valmistus on niin ekologista kuin vain voi olla.
Durat
Example of Durat
The idea behind Durat is to use recycled plastic to make nice-looking, long-lasting bath tubs, wash basins etc. It is a solid polyester based material used for custom made surfaces in public and private interiors. It contains recycled plastics and is itself 100% recyclable.
The sophistication of the Durat material lies in its soft feeling and the interesting appearance.
Durat is extremely durable and can be renewed by slight sanding. The material is very resistant to wear, humidity, and various kinds of chemicals.
Durat is produced in Finland's Turku, and the company was established in 1990. Its main principle is to unite design and recycling. The company collects plastic waste raw material in Scandinavia and turns it into high quality DURAT products using modern technology and flexible moulding systems.
The interesting thing about Durat is that it's completely seamless, and its durability adds to it's popularity.
Not only is Durat used in hotels and restaurants, but it's becoming more known in domestic use. The materials are colourful, and for instance a very nice change to the ordinary white bath tub.
Answer to maija_k: Syrup Helsinki is a graphic design agency made up of two people, Teemu and Antti. Personally, I can't say where they get their inspiration but I can only guess that because they are designers/artists, it varies all the time. Considering the wide range of customers the two of them have, they might get their inspiration from what it is they are commissioned to do and then take off from there. Otherwise, I think it is a matter that varies from one artist to another.
Questions to
emmi u-h: did Jukka Korpihete and Mikko Paakkanen win the prize together or separately?
nancy and robert: where are janne lax's shoes sold in (e.g. shops, boutiques)? anywhere hip and cool in hki?
sini: where did you find out about durat- sounds super ecological and space agey...
Finnish design should be more extravagant. Using designs from old buildings around the world. With designs from ancient chinese buildings, more old wooden buildings from the good ol' times in Finland. Rock buildings made with more regal and palace like designs. Getting the Feng Shui and Zen feeling. A great mixture, but not a collage or splatter of different styles. Getting the harmony of the building.
To be continued in the next epsisode of...
Finnish design is often too plain for my taste and I find it sad that designers don't use finnish nature as an inspiration as much as they should. It really is a shame in my opinion. For example a South African company Mustardseed and Moonshine design teacups, candles and bowls etc. based on a variety of flowers that can be found in their natural environment. the tea cups look exactly like the flowers they are modeled after and they are made by hand in many parts from a special moldable clay. I find them very different from any sort of table wear I have ever seen before. Every piece in their collection can also be machine washed which is handy and very out of the ordinary when talking about hand made artifacts. So what i really feel, is that finnish design is not ornamental enough. It is boring and plain, too simple to look beautiful in my eyes. I simply can not understand why it has to be that way, because we are surrounded by a unique nature which I believe could be very much used as inspiration for a new type of design.
www.mustardseedandmoonshine.com <-- see for yourself!!!
Olavi Lindén was born in Finland in 1946. He graduated to be an engineer in 1970 and has from there on worked for Fiskars Oy Ab as command in manufacture, command in quality and part of the scissors product development group. From year 1984 he has been the head designer for Fiskars. He has now worked for 20 years in under the Fiskars company with great success.
Lindén is an internationally acclaimed and rewarded product item sculptor. The products Olavi linden has come up with have been rewarded in many occasions. The Avanti-scissors, flower scissors, various other scissors, gardeners power clamps, folding shovel, Handy-axes, Planters-gardening tools are all of only some of the internationally rewarded works of Lindén. Only some time ago the cultureminister Kaarina Dromberg rewarded Lindén with a 13,000 euros money reward in Helsinki
Olavi Lindén claims that sculpturing is above all solving of practical problems and well planned accidents.
One of Olavi’s breakthroughs was the movable joint in the shrub scissors. This was a very useful detail for the grape fruit pickers in southern countries as it doesn’t strain on the working fingers.
Here is a link of the scissors and some other links as well:
http://www.fiskars.com/FI/fi/Ty%C3%B6kalut/VRs
http://www.inline.fi/rr_ist1f.nsf/0/6fa47200716a7fdcc225708800418e20?OpenDocument&Click=
http://www.designforum.fi/tiedote?tiedote=1990174
http://www.fiskars.com/FI/fi/Tietoa+Fiskarsista/Uutiset
Stefan Lindfors was born in Marieham, Finland om May the 3rd in 1962.
He is an interior architect, designer and a sculptor.
Lindfors became known internationally through his lamp "Scaragoo"(http://www2.wright20.com:8080/auctions/18_wright/full/individual_lots/_images/416.jpg)
which was introduced at the Milan Furniture Fair 1988. After that Lindfors has continued designing lamps,furniture,CD covers,jewelry and various other objects for both Finland and other European countries. He has also been very active in interior design; designing many interiors for shops,restaurants and other things. Lindfors's exhibitions can be found worldwide; Milan,Tokyo,New York,Washington DC,Los Angeles,London,Paris,Frankfurt and so on.
During his career, Lindfors has earned himself many awards.These include the Väinö Tanner Trailblazer Award,Triennale di Milano Medal of Honour 1986, The Georg Jensen Prize 1992, Association of Finnish Interior Architects: Best Interior 1993, The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award 1996, Design Plus, Frankfurt 1999, and the Tokyo Design Award 2001.
Overall Lindfors's design is pretty clean and simple but he makes it interesting by adding different elements on the simpleness to create unique objects.
For more work by Lindfors you can visit these links below.Lindfors has some very unique ideas.
http://www.lindfors.net/images/122.JPG
http://www.lindfors.net/images/009.JPG
http://www.lindfors.net/images/027.JPG
http://www.lindfors.net/images/046.JPG
http://www.lindfors.net/images/075.JPG
Samu-Jussi Koski is a Finnish fashion designer who designed his first collection for Marimekko in the spring of 2005. Before that he worked as an assistant for Ritva Falla, another Marimekko designer. After graduating from a designer school in Lahti in 1998, he became a trainee at Marimekko.
Samu-Jussi Koski's designs are very different from the retro Marimekko people know. In his Eastern type, Japan-inspired Seralji Collection, he uses the typical Marimekko patterns, but customises them to fit a younger shape. The ideas he gets for his work come from the environment, the people around him, old photographs, and jazz, and of course Japan. His style as a designer, in his own words, is simple, classic, feminine and a little flirtatious. In his view, a 21st century "Marityttö" has the same qualities as the 1960 Marityttö had, only with a modern twist. Koski's relationship with fashion is very easy and commercial. He claims that Finland has a possibility to do great things in fashion if only people had the courage to take risks.
You can find his interview/pictures of his designs from the following link
http://www.marimekko.fi/FI/suunnittelu/suunnittelijat/samujussikoski/frontpage.htm
Ilkka Suppanen was born in Kotka, Finland in 1968 (but he grew up mostly in Espoo) and has studied architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki and Interior and Furniture Design in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. In 1995 he founded his own studio Suppanen in Helsinki. The studio offers integrated strategic design in the fields of interior, product and concept design and architecture. After founding the studio Ilkka has taught desing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (started in 1996). Ilkka has also founded Snowcrash design which is one of the most siginificant finnish design groups today. Threw this he has got to work with alot of international design projects. Supponen is famous for his production techniques and use of new materials which can be seen in his works. Ilkkas work has been seen all over the world including at design exhibitions at the venice architecture biennale, the Milan Furniture Fair and the MoMA in New York.
Emilie Björnberg
Vajaa 30-vuotias suomalainen vaatesuunnittelija, joka on opiskellut Milanossa useita vuotta. Tehtaankadulla Helsingissä on hänen oma liikkeensä, jota hän henkilökohtaisesti pyörittää. Hänen tyylistään on aistittavissa 1700-luvun barokkimaisuutta, sekä hänen hullua luovuuttaan. Emilien omat arvot heijastuvat myös hänen tekemiinsä vaatteisiin, vaikka hän itse pyrkii välttämään aatteidensa ”tuputtamisen”. Hän on ollut siis pitkään kasvissyöjänä eikä hän hyväksy turkiksia. Hän uskoo enemminkin laatuun ja pitkäaikaisuuteen kuin nykypäivän kulutuskulttuuriin. Vuittonin pitkäaikaisesti luksuslaukut voittavat Pradan kausittain vaihtuvat laukut, vaikka Emilie ei erityisemmin arvostakaan näitä useiden tuhansien eurojen trendilaukkuja. Hän pyrkii myös oman liikkeensä puolesta tekemään itse mahdollisimman paljon, voidakseen pitää hinnat alhaisempina ja varmistaakseen vaatteidensa laadun. Jos kiinnostusta, kannattaa käydä paikan päällä katsomassa liikettä.
http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Emelie+Bj%F6rnberg/2158/
Stefan ”the snake in paradise” Lindfors
Stefan Lindfors was born in the city of Mariehamn, Finland in May 3, 1962. He is a Interior architect, Designer and a Sculptor from Finland.
Lindfors’ breakthrough on the international design scene was his lamp “Scaragoo”, introduced at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1988, and manufactured by Ingo Maurer GmbH, Munich. Since then, Lindfors has designed furniture, high-end tableware, lamps, fabrics, fashion, mass produced objects, tiles, wallpaper, jewelry, CD covers, posters, book covers etc., for the Finnish and European industries.
He has received wide critical acclaim around the world from various sources, such as the widely read British newspaper, the Sunday Times. The Times hailed Steffe as follows in aprli 1992, "To describe Stefan Lindfors... as an industrial designer would be like calling a complex Stravinsky symphone a nice song."
Yes, indeed. Stefan is like a child choir singing with only the freckle faced girl singing his angel-like tune through the PA system. The other childs parents wont be happy but its the result that counts.
Just like my politically correct joke aka. bad metaphor, some of his works have been taken with varying opinions. Such as his mission to bring pleasure and art for single women in the same package, ”The snake”(suom. Käärme) a vibrator shaped as a snake (!).
But Lindfors hasnt been the one to shy away from a challenge. So grab Lindfors’ hand and take the tour of your life...
This was just an intro to the exterior of Steffe’s mind. Go deeper and look into the interior if you arent too a scaredy cat...
http://www.lindfors.net/
http://plaza.fi/ellit/ihmissuhteet/seksi/stefan-lindfors-loi-kaarmeen
Ps. If you want to ask me questions, please make them somewhere else than here. Time is money, and I cant find money here... So ask your question into my face in TES
PS. Sorry KatjaV, you just happened to pick my idol so I had no other choice than to do another praise for the genius of Lindfors... Jaada jaada jaada
Elina Järvinen
Elina Järvinen was born in Finland in 1982. She studies furniture design for the final year at the Institute of Design of the Lahti Univrsity of Applied Sciences.
her collection TRE lamps were her first product that have reached manufacturing stage. These TRE lamps were also shown in Milan last spring. In her opinion the lamp has two qualities; it should give light without dazzling and it should be visually pleasing with or without light.
She says she`s interested in designing lamps because light has the power to shape a space, create different moods,show or hide. In her opinion the most importanat element in lamp design is the light, its direction, character and purpose.
Even though she`s at the moment interested in lamp design, she also wants to design other things in the future. Järvinen says that the light should hav several ways of use; it should move and live along with you. The things she design has to be genuine and useful, she also says that it`s good if they have that special silent humour. The TRE lamps are made in Finland, this is also very important for Järvinen.
Tiina M wrote:
Eero Aarnio (born1932) studied from 1954 to 1957 at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki and started in 1962 with his own office as an interior and industrial designer. He created his break through design the Ball chair (pallotuoli) already 1963, when fiberglass design was still new, and Aarnio´s designs were unheard of.
The Ball Chair was constructed a few years after the design was created. The Ball Chair is created from fiberglass on top of a swiveling metal base and upholstered with foam and fiberfill. The original colors of the chair were: white, red, black and orange.
Aarnio’s designs were a prominent part of the 1960’s pop-culture. This made his works appear in many science fiction productions, where his geometric forms and futuristic materials seemed fitting. Also many his works are included in the world's most prestigious museums, including Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
http://www.eeroaarnio.com/introduction.htm
http://www.eero-aarnio.com/2/Facts.htm
Tiia Vanhatapio
Tiia Vanhatapio on kuuluisa suomalainen vaatesuunnittelija, jonka vaatteita on nähty mm. burlesque-tähti Dita Von Teesen päällä.
Tiia päätyi Taideteolliseen korkeakouluun taidelukion ja pukuompelun opiskelun jälkeen ja valmistui sieltä vuonna 2005 huipputuloksin. Hänen lopputyönsä sai kolme stipendiä.
Tiian viiden vuoden Amerikan reissu on vaikuttanut hänen vaatteiden suunnitteluun. Hän on saanut vaikutteita kaikista niistä alakulttuureista, joista hän on kiinnostunut, kuten mm. goottius ja Rock'a'Billy. Lisäksi vaatteissa näkyy 40- ja 50-luvun musiikki, jazz,ooppera ja dramatiikka. Hänen vaatteitaan voisikin parhaiten kuvailla sanoilla dramaattinen ja glamour.
Tiia välttää varsinaisten muotivirtausten seuraamista, mutta keskittyy enemmän leffoihin ja musiikkimailmaan.
Vaikka Tiian luomuksia onkin nähty jo Hollywood-tähdellä, hän haluaisi pukea myös niitä tähtiä, joiden tyyli on "sitä jotain": Rose McGowan, Chloe Sevigny, Christina Ricci, Kirsten Dunst ja Cate Blanchett.
Tiia Vanhatapio-brändin sisällä toimii myös vauvanvaatemallisto sekä morsiuspukumallisto. Markin vaatteita myydään jo useissa Euroopan maissa.
Linkkejä:http://www.vanhatapio.fi/index.php?site=main.php
Kuvia: http://www.fashionfinland.com/pics/images/image_6364_main.jpg
http://lazymonday.blox.pl/resource/tiia_vanhatapio.jpg
http://www.fashionfinland.com/pics/images/image_8079_main.jpg
Lähde: //www.mtv3.fi/helmi/muoti/artikkeli.shtml/582610?uusimmat_muoti
Teemu Muurimäki
Teemu Muurimäki on yksi tämän hetken tunnetuimpia suomalaisia suunnittelijoita.Hänet tunnetaan kauniiden juhlapukujen suunnittelijana ja yksi hänen tunnetuimpia töitään on puku, jota Jaana Pelkonen käytti euroviisujen finaalissa keväällä 2007. Muurimäki on valmistunut Taideteollisesta korkeakoulusta taiteiden maisteriksi. Hän on opiskellut myös Englannissa ja Italiassa.
Muurimäki on suunnitellut hääpukuja ranskalaiselle Cymbelinelle, joka on Euroopan toiseksi suurin hääpukujen valmistaja. Muurimäki on äskettäin siirtynyt Dolce&Gabbanan suunnittelijaksi Milanoon.
Muurimäen puvut ovat viime aikoina olleet otsikoissa, sillä hän suunnitteli Linnan juhliin puvut Jaana Pelkoselle, Pia-Noora Kaupille ja Jenni Dahlman-Räikköselle.
Tiia Sahrakorpi:
Anu Pentik was born in 1942 and is a Finnish designer. At first, she created taidekeramikka and her husband helped market her products. Their company's name was Pentik Oy. Anu Pentik makes all kinds of kermamikka for every day uses and her designs are in comparission to those of Raino Ranta and Lasse Kovanen. Her products are sold in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
I really love her products because they are Finnish and beautiful. Her designs are always fresh and suit all homes nicely.
Paola Suhonen
Neiti Elovena
Paola Suhonen on suomalaisen vaatedesignin suuri lupaus, jonka työt on noteerattu korkealle maailman muotisalongeissa ja -medioissa. Mallisto IVANAhelsinki vie Paolan vaatteet ulkomaille. Kuka on tämä Elovena-tyttö, joka hyökkää muodin valtavirtaa vastaan?
Vaatesuunnittelija Paola Suhosella on olkitukka ja ruiskukkasilmät. Valkoiset hollannikkaat kopisevat Merimiehenkadun toimiston punaisella karvalankamatolla, ja selkä uppoaa oliivinvihreään sohvaan. Pöydälle katettu karkkilautanen vie mukanaan Go Camping -tunnelmaan.
Paola Suhosen menestystarina jatkuu. Takana on Roihuvuoren ammattikoulua, ammattikorkeakoulua, lumilautailun Suomen mestaruus (!), vaatesuunnittelua Taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa, Moda-lehden trendisivuja, suunnittelua italialaiselle Fioruccille, IVANAhelsingille ja Nansolle. IVANAhelsingin vaatteita ympäri maailmaa, ja palkintoja Milanosta Venetsiaan, Pariisista Hongkongiin...
http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Paola+Suhonen/510/
http://www.ivanahelsinki.com/
Kevin Young Designers Inc.
What are they?
Kevin Young Designers, Inc. was established in 1988. They created custom homes of many styles and sizes, ranging from 3,500 to over 10,000 sq. ft. They designed primarily to contract, although an array of existing plans is available to individuals and builders.
The firm's ability to create Living Environments with a contemporary approach to residential design has established it as one of the leaders in custom home design in the Greater Houston area.
Their design team has more than 50 years combined experience in residential design and create home plans with proven techniques of space planning, livability, and aesthetic integrity. They are well known for our contemporary style of award-winning designs and offer experience and diversity to develop plans of any style you desire.
Kevin Young Designers has been recognized with more than 30 national and local design awards. They stay abreast of new trends by maintaining and participating in the following professional organizations:
· American Institute of Building Design (A.I.B.D. member since 1985)
· Texas Institute of Building Design
· National Council of Publishing Designers
· National Council of Building Designer Certification
· State of Texas Registered Interior Designer
· National Association of Home Builders
· Greater Houston Builders Association
J. S. Sirén
Johan Sigfrid Sirén (27. toukokuuta 1889, Ylihärmä – 5. maaliskuuta 1961 Helsinki) oli suomalainen arkkitehti. Sirén tunnetaan parhaiten päätyöstään, vuonna 1931 valmistuneesta Helsingin Eduskuntatalosta.
Sirén kirjoitti ylioppilaaksi Vaasan suomalaisesta lyseosta vuonna 1907. Arkkitehdiksi hän valmistui vuonna 1931. Vuonna 1931 hän perusti oman toimiston. Vuosina 1931–1957 hän oli Teknillisen korkeakoulun arkkitehtuurin professori.
Eduskuntatalon ohella Sirénin huomattavimpia töitä olivat Helsingin yliopiston päärakennuksen laajennus sekä Lassila & Tikanoja Oy:n liikerakennukset Helsinkiin ja Vaasaan. Myös Sirénin poika Heikki Sirén on merkittävä arkkitehti. Heikki ja Kaija Sirénin poika Jukka on myös arkkitehti.
Sirenin suunittelema Intiön vesitornin Oulussa vuonna 1925. Nykyään torni ei ole enää käytössä.
Yrjö Kukkapuro
Yrjö Kukkapuro was born in Viipuri in 1933. He was educated in the Industrial Arts industry in the department of interior designing from 1954-1958. He has done freelance work since 1950. Most of his early work is still been produced, for example his most famous work, the carousel chair. He has been the principal designer of Avarte since the very beginning. During his earlier years, he taught in different art schools and later became the principal and professor of the University of Industrial Arts.
Kukkapuro's style is unique. He has a strict command of form and the carefully considered use of details. Throughout the decades his main idea has been the human body and its law like regularities. Kukkapuro has been the head designer of the Haimi, Lepokalusto and Avarte companies.
Kukkapuro’s first successful collection was Moderno in 1957, and is still in production.
He designs mostly furniture, e.g. chairs. He has a very simple form language and it is based on a simple, clear and often imposing functionality, which takes into account materials and their natural formal aspects as well.
There have been tens of art exhibitions presenting his work in various countries around the world. He has also received many prizes due to his work.
Links for his work: http://www.tomorrowsantique.com/en/Yrjo-Kukkapuro/
The carousel armchair: http://www.finnishdesignshop.com/yrjo-kukkapuro-karuselli-chair-p-109.html?l=en&c=
Saara Lepokorpi
Saara Lepokorpi on 29-vuotias vuoden 2007 Nuori Suunnittelija. Hän opiskelee vaatesuunnittelua Taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa. Hän voitti Nuori Suunnittelija-kisan naisille suunnatulla Chick Business-mallistollaan, joka edustaa uudenlaista bisnespukeutumista. Tuomarien mukaan Lepokorven työ erottui muista hienolla muodon, volyymin ja materiaalin hallinnalla.
Lepokorven Chick Business-kokoelma koostuu kahdesta mekosta ja topista, takista, housuista ja leggingseistä. Vaatteet muodostavat kolme asukokonaisuutta, jotka muuntautuvat tarpeen mukaan arkisemmiksi ja juhlavimmiksi. Osa vaatteista soveltuu myös useampaan käyttötarkoitukseen, esimerkiksi mekosta saa muunneltua näyttävän yläosan. Materiaaleina hän on käyttänyt mm. silkkiä.
Lepokorpi ihmettelee, miksi naiset käyttävät liike-elämissään jäykän virallisia vaatteita.
”Periaatteessa naiset joutuvat pukeutumaan miesten pukuihin, jotka on vaan leikattu naisille sopiviksi. Ajattelin, että naisellisuutta ei oikein arvosteta bisnesmaailmassa ja halusin mallistollani tuoda tähän ajatteluun vähän kapinaa, kommentoida tuota maailmaa”, Lepokorpi sanoo.
Lepokorven mukaan naisellisuus ei tarkoita röyhelöitä ja rimpsuja, vaan on halunnut vaatteissaan korostaa graafisia muotoja ja voimakkaita värejä.
Saaran malliston kuvia:
www.liisavalonen.com
Juhani Pallasmaa
Juhani Pallasmaa (syntynyt 14syyskuuta vuonna 1936 Hämeenlinnassa)
-suomalainen arkkitehti ja arkkitehtuurin professori
-sai taiteen Suomi-palkinnon vuonna 2000
-julkaissut useita arkkitehtuurin käsittelevää teoriaa
-omaperäinen näkökulma innostaa
-Pallasmaan kirjojen kieli on sujuvaa ja kiinteää
-toiminut näyttelyarkkitehtina
-on mukana Suomen Arkkitehtiliitossa
-kuuluu myös AIA:han -> American Institute of Architects
-kirjoittanut ,monia kirjoja ja yli 30 näyttelykatalogia
-nykyään oma arkkitehtuuri toimisto Helsingissä ja noin 30 työntekijää
-Teksti siirtyy luontevasti taiteen lajista toiseen, arkkitehtuurista kuvataiteeseen, musiikista liikkuvaan kuvaan.
Pallasmaan töitä:
-Kamppi (ostoskeskus) 2003-2006
-Snow Show, Lapland ( with Rachel Whiteread) 2004
- Itäkeskus (suurennus, lasitus, kioskien ja sisäsiltojen suunnittelu,
-Kuvataide museo, Rovaniemi (uudistus) 1984-1986)
-Kävely ja pyöräilysilta, Viikki (Helsinki 2002)
-Kiasman edessä olevat ulkovalot
-katu ja piha-alue Mannerheim patsaan ympärillä
Linkkejä Pallasmaan töistä:
http://www2.uiah.fi/opintoasiat/history2/pallas.htm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Kamppi_center.jpg/380px-Kamppi_center.jpg
Katarina West.
I think Finnish design is pretty cool and very modern, but i think generally designers and architects use too much wood and grey colours, its already enough with how the weather is, so i think there should be more better houses and that different colour buildings should exist.
T-Ahu
Rinne Niinikoski
Nimi Rinne Niinikoski on yhdistelmä kahden nuoren suunnittelijan nimistä. Nämä nimet ovat Piia Rinne ja Noora Niinikoski. Nämä kaksi suunnittelijaa tapasivat opiskellessaan Helsingin taideteollisessa ja vuodesta 2000 he ovat työskennelleet yhdessä suunnitellen uniikkivaatteita ja mm. laukkuja. Heidän tyylinsä on omalaatuinen ja vaihtelee melankolisesta pelottavan karnevaaliseen. Heidän työnsä ovat erittäin koristeltuja ja useasti niihin on yhdistetty erilaisia käsitöitä. Rinne Niinikoski duo ei myöskään pelkää kokeilla jotain uutta, jotenka heidän töistään voi löytää useita eri tekniikoita.
Taideteollisen jälkeen Piia Rinne(1972) opiskeli myös Lontoossa Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design:ssa ja siellä ollessaan hänet palkittiin Textile palkinnolla Lontoon Graduate Fashion week:llä.
Opikellessaan taideteollisessa Noora Niinikoski(1973) opiskeli suunnittelun lisäksi kulttuurihistoriaa ja kuvataiteen opetusta.
www.rinneniinikoski.com
Laura
Samu-Jussi Koski was supposed to become a photographer but he didn’t have the time to complete his admission works in time. Instead of becoming a photographer he became a cloth designer. In 2003 he graduated from Lahden Muotoiluinstituutio. During his studies he had a work practise at Marimekko and they asked him to return after his studies.
Samu-Jussi Koski is a 32 year old cloth designer. For the last five years he has been working for Marimekko. Since the spring of 2005 Koski has yearly designed his own line of clothes for Marimekko. Before this he was Ritva Falla’s and Mika Piirainen’s assistant. In addition to working at Marimekko Koski is a actor in a show called Sartsa ja Timppa.
For his spring cloth line Koski made stylish clothes for women and children. In his clothes he combined dark colors, fresh colors and magnificent clothe patterns. The angular shapes are softened by the soft lines of the clothes. In his works it seems as if city life confronts nature. Koski likes comfortable clothes and he feels like designing clothes for children is a more free process than designing for adults.
Koski’s designs are simple, classical, feminine and flirty. He thinks that the best part of his job is when he sees his clothes being appreciated by people. He also likes seeing his own work in the streets of Helsinki. Samu-Jussi Koski begins his work by first thinking about what patterns he will use. The ideas for them come from old photographs, people, jazz music, big cities and tobacco smoke. Now Sami-Jussi Koski has left Finland and Marimekko in order to continue studying in Florence.
You can see Sami-Jussi Koski's designs at www.marimekko.com
Alvar Aalto (Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto) (Feb. 3. 1898-May 11. 1976):
-Finnish architech/designer (furniture & glassware)
-also known as "The Father of Modernism"
-studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology
-opened his first architectural office in 1923
-thought of as one of the first and most influential architects of Nordic modernism
Works:
-The Viipuri Library
-Turun Sanomat Building
-Paimio Sanatorium
-Aalto furniture is manufactured by Artek
-Aalto glassware is manufactured by Iittala
-Helsinki University of Technology Auditorium
-The Aalto-Theater opera house in Essen, Germany
-Finlandia Hall
I like Aalto's style, I think it has a good, clean and refreshing touch to it. And it is without a doubt modernistic in a way and I guess that's one of the reasons why I like his works so much.
Alvar Aalto's works: (pictures)
-glassware: http://qmark.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/image.jpg
-Finlandia Hall: http://graymonk.mu.nu/photographs/mausi/finlandia/060620_Finlandia-02.JPG
-Helsinki University of Technology Auditorium: http://www.essential-architecture.com/ARCHITECT/Helsinki_University_of_Technology_auditorium.jpg
-The Aalto-Theater opera house: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Aalto-Theater_02.jpg
Naoto Niidome
Naoto Niidome on suomalais-japanilainen vaate- ja kalustesuunnittelija. Hän on voittanus useita palkintoja molemmissa kategorioissa. Hän on suunnitellut tuotteita mm. Nansolle, Marimekolle ja Aamon Designille.
Hän syntyi Suomessa, mutta opiskeli lukiossa Japanissa. Hän oli taideteollisessa korkeakoulussa, sisustusarkkitehtina, mutta innostui myöhemmin opiskelemaan myös vaatetusta. Hänen mielestään nämä alat ovat toisilleen hyvin läheisiä. Hänen ideansa ovat hyvin moderneja, johtuen hänen kahden kulttuurin kasvatuksesta. Japanilainen materiaalin käyttö yhdistettynä hillittyyn suomalaiseen värimaailmaan. Häneltä on tulossa vaatteita, astioita ja divaani. Hän osallistuu myös Stockmannin järjestämään nuorten vaatesuunnittelijoiden myyntinäyttelyyn ja Designmuseon Fennofolk-nättelyyn.
Bamboo House, designed by Naoto Niidome and others: http://www.bamboohouseproject.com/
Jukka Rintala
Rintala says he always knew he'd be a fashion designer and by the mid-80's he had founded his company Studio Jukka Rintala OY with his buisness partner Matti Vaskelainen. He has been working for the good of Finnish design for about 20 years. Rintala has come up with his own brand.
Jukka Rintala graduated from a Taideteollinen korkeakoulu in 1976 and since then he has been designing evening gowns and also designing leather outfits for Friita.
Rintala is also a designer for a few Finnish company such as Marimekko,Joutsen Finlandia and Unica.He has also designed fur coats, outdoor wear, mens "pukinemallistoa", and jewelery for different clothing producers.
As well as clothing design Rintala does akrilicpaintings and fashion drawings. He's known in Finland as well as the rest of the world and has had many fashion and art shows around the world.
http://www.jukkarintala.net/
here you can find some of the clothes he has designed for Marimekkos spring/summer collection08:
http://www.marimekko.fi/fi/vaatteet/naiset/jukkarintala/kevat2008
here is one of the evening gowns he has designed:
http://www.fashionfinland.com/fi/galleria/artikkeli/popfashion_haute_couture_iltapukujen_juhlaa/
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Ilmari Tapiovaara was a finish designer. His siblings included Tapio Tapiovaara, a graphic designer, and a filmdirector Nyrki Tapiovaara. He graduated from University of Art and Design Helsinki. He worked for a long time as a subortinate to others, before starting his own practise with his wife Annikki Tapiovaara at 1950.
Their first major job a Domus Academica, student-houses for Helsinki University students.
During the fifties Tapiovaara tried all sorts of new materials in his desings.1959 he was rewarded with Pro Finlandia-trophy.
During sixties and seventies Tapiovaara worked extesively abroad, for example Egypt and Paraguay. 2001 Finnish university of Art and Design named a trophy according to Ilmari Tapiovaara.
Tapiovaara especially liked to use wood.
Mari Keto:
Mari Keto was born in 1975 in Jaala.
Mari Keto graduated as a metal artisan in 2003 from Pirkamaan taitokeskus. During her school years Mari Keto got to do a lot of adventurous travels. Mari got to visit places such as; Hungary, Norway, The Czech Republic and even Italy, where she worked for Dolce&Gabana as an apprentice in their Jewelry department.
Mari says that the Industrial art institute: taideteollinen oppilaitos, gave her inspiration for her interest in metal works. Mari Keto then traveled to Denmark where she worked as a goldsmith and learned the many techniques.
Keto says that she gets most of her ideas from Kymenlaakso, where she is influenced by nature and its history. Kymenlaakso was the inspiration for her Jaala-jewelry collection.
Mari Keto has recently opended up her own gallery in Copenhagen. Mari Keto has a large variety of different jewelry designs, which combine Finnish nature and also international cultures.
To see some of Mari Keto's jewelry designs: http://www.taikuma.net/lahjaideat/marikoru.html
Laura N.
Kristian Saarikorpi
Kristian Saarikorpi luo esineitä, joissa esteettisyys ja funktionaalisuus yhdistyvät ennakkoluulottomalla tavalla. Hän hyödyntää työskentelyssään sekä kultasepän perinteisiä että uusia, tietokoneavusteisia työskentelymenetelmiä. Saarikorpi on työskennellyt mm. jalokiviseppä A. Tillanderin pääsuunnittelijana ja Union Design -ryhmässä. Hänet valittiin Vuoden Kultasepäksi vuonna 2005.
http://www.rahapajainsignia.fi/design/kristian-saarikorpi
Fokus Fabrik
Fokus Fabrik is a designer group that was founded in 2005 by four women: Tiia Eronen, Eeva Heikkinen, Laura Järveläinen, and Hanna Kerman. They design mostly just interior fabrics.
Heikkinen and Järveläinen have a master's degree in design from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Eronen and Kerman have a master's degree in design from the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, Sweden.
Fokus Fabrik's designs are a blend of man-made urban environment and nature. Many of the patterns of their designs are inspired by the little daily things in life.
Sustainability is important for the designers and they are not willing to compromise on ecological thinking. Also contemporary designs are important. Their collections don't have any nostalgia or old traditional designs.
Fokus Fabrik Collection has won a 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award.
links:
http://www.fokusfabrik.fi/index.html
http://www.helsinki.fi/fi/index/matkailu/kaupat/design_forum_toukokuu.html
http://www.finemb.org.uk/public/default.aspx?contentid=98910&nodeid=35865&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI
Lisa Johansson-Pape (1907 - 1989):
• Lisa Johansson-Pape was a furniture and lamp designer.
• She graduated as a furniture designer, or as she preferred to say “as a furniture draughtsman”, from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1927.
• She designed furniture at the Kylmäkoski Furniture Factory straight after graduation.
• From 1933 to 1937, she designed models and patterns for the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, while working on a freelance basis mainly on commission.
• In 1937, she was employed by the Stockmann department-store company’s design office to create furniture’s and carpets.
• Johansson-Pape’s furniture designs were always simplified and reduced, and highly functional.
• Her long career began in 1942, as a designer of light fixtures and fittings.
• She was invited to work for the Orno lamp and light-fixture factory.
• She was one of the charter members of the Finnish Association for Lighting and Technology.
• She worked in metal and acrylic, which was a new material at the time. Also in addition she began to designing anonymous light fixtures of glass for kitchens and bathrooms.
• Lisa Johansson-Pape designed the lighting for a number of hospitals, educational institutions and churches.
• She also designed for the light fixtures of several ferries and ships.
• She was an instructor for many years at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
• In 1960, she held a solo exhibition entitled: “Light – glass – metal” at the Stockmann exhibition rooms in Helsinki and a joint exhibition with Dora Jung at the Röhhska Museum in Gothenburg in 1966.
• Lisa Johansson-Pape was also an exhibition architect (she had become familiar with this are while assisting her teacher Arttu Brummer in mounting the annual exhibitions of applied art and design at the Kunsthalle Helsinki.)
• She organized many exhibitions of rya textiles and light fixtures during her professions career.
• A large exhibition of woven rya textiles was memorable, because they were first shown to the public in Helsinki in 1956, after which they were taken on tour by the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design to the Nordic countries and other venues in Europe until the 1970s
• She also designed the commemorative exhibitions of the Friends of Finnish Handicrafts in 1983.
• She designed and organized a memorial exhibition of honor for her friend Dora Hung at the museum of Applied Arts in Helsinki (now knows as the Design Museum). This show also when on tour.
• Lisa Johansson-Pape’s works have represented Finland in many international exhibitions since the 1930s.
• In 1939, at the New York World’s Fair, she played the role of the interior design of the Finland department and in 1951, her lamps and light fixtures were awarded a silver medal. Later in 1954, they received a gold medal.
• Johansson-Pape was also the artistic director of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft from 1951 until 1985.
• After her retirement, she organized the large archives of pattern and model designs of the Friends of Finnish Handicraft.
Veera Sarjanen
Ristomatti Ratia
Ristomatti Ratia is the son of the founder of Marimekko (Army Ratia) He studied in the Leicester College of Art - England. After that he worked for Marimekkos sister company Décembre until the end of 1970's after that he moved to the USA. In the beginning 1990's he was living in Chicago and was designing stuff for Crate & Barrel. He became famous for "marikassit", but he has also designed furniture, jewelery and etc.
Eero Saarinen
- Saarinen first recieved recognition while still working for his father, for a chair which was designed together with Charles Eames for the "Oraganic Design in Home Furnishing" competition in 1940, for which they recieved first prize.
- The "Tulip Chair" which they designed became the basis for the chairs used in original Stark Trek series.
- He got further attention while still working for his father, when he took first prize in 1948 competition for the design of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which is situated in St. Louis.
- While working with Knoll, he designed many important pieces of funiture such as the "Grasshopper" lounge chair and the ottoman (1946), the "Womb" chair and ottoman (1948), the "Womb" settee (1950), side and arm chairs (1948-1950), and his most famous "Tulip" or "Pedestal" group (1956) which featured side and arm chairs, dining, coffee and side tables, as well as a stool.
-some other works: worked on the Gateway Arch, remodolled the Swedish Theater, Washington Dulles International Airport, US Embassies in Oslo and London...etc.
-on wikipedia there is a whole list of his works.
-Eero Saarinen was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1952. He is also a winner of the AIA Gold Medal.
pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_chair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_National_Expansion_Memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Theatre
Nanette
Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala (2. kesäkuuta 1915 Hanko - 19. toukokuuta 1985 Helsinki) oli muotoilija ja kuvanveistäjä, jota pidetään Suomen uudenaikaisen sodanjälkeisen taideteollisuuden johtavana hahmona. Hänelle myönnettiin akateemikon arvo.
Tapio Wirkkala suunnitteli useita klassikoksi nousseita esineitä kuten Kantarelli-maljakon, seteleitä Suomen Pankille, olut- ja Koskenkorva-pulloja, etikettejä ja Finlandia-vodkapullot. Erityisen tunnetuiksi ovat tulleet Wirkkalan Iittalalle suunnittelemat lasiesineet. Hän on kuitenkin suunnitellut esineitä ja yksityiskohtia hyvin monelle elämän alueelle ja moniin maihin.
Maaru-laseja 1980-luvulta
Kantarelli, Iittala 1956Wirkkala opiskeli vuosina 1933–36 Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulussa, hänen varhaiset veistoksensa olivat mm. sotien jälkeisiä kaatuneiden muistomerkkejä. Vaikka Wirkkala on tunnetuin muotoilijana, hän tutustui jo 1940-luvun lopulla lentokonevaneriin, josta tuli nimenomaan hänen veistostensa päämateriaali.
Tapio Wirkkalan vanhemmat olivat hautausmaa-arkkitehti Ilmari Wirkkala ja Selma Vanhatalo. Hänellä on puolisonsa keramiikkataiteilija Rut Brykin kanssa kaksi lasta Sami (s. 1948) ja Maaria (s. 1954). Poika on sisustusarkkitehti ja tytär taiteilija.
Wirkkalan ja Brykin taiteellista perintöä vaalii Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Säätiö
Ristomatti Ratia
Ristomatti Ratia tunnettu suomalainen muotoilija, ketä tuli kuuluisaksi "marikassien" suunnittelusta. Hän on Marimekon perustajan Armi Ratian poika. Ristomatti on suunnitellut melkeen mitä vain- sisustuksia, lakanoita, huonekaluja, vaatteita, taloja yms.
Hänellä on myös oma tuotemerkki, jonka alle hänen työnsä sijoittuukin. Merkki nimeltä Ristomatti Ratia,suunnittelee enimmäkseen kodin sisustukseen ja vaatetukseen liittyviä tapauksia.
Ristomatti opiskeli muotoilijaksi, jonka jälkeen siirtyi työskentelemään Marimekon sisaryhtiölle. Hän asusteli Yhdysvalloissa, suunnitteli ja muotoili, kunnes lopulta hän muutti takaisin Suomeen ja perusti oman merkkinsä.
Ratian tuotteia voi tarkkailla täällä: http://www.ratia.com/site.php?page=3&sub=0
ILMARI TAPIOVAARA (7.syyskuuta 1914-31.tammikuuta 1999)
Ilmari Tapoivaara oli 1900 luvun merkittävimipä suomalaisia muotoilijoita ja sisustussuunnittelijoita. Hänen suunnittelemat tuolit, pöydät ja muut esineet ovat edelleen hyvin arvostettuja ja suosittuja tuotteita. Tunnetuimpia tuoleja on mm. Domus:
http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet_domus.html
Tapiovaara oli jo nuorena lahjakas piirtäjä. Hän aloitti opinnot Helsingissä Taideteollisen keskuskoulun yleislinjalla 1933, mutta siirtyi sieltä vuoden kuluttua sisustustaiteen linjalle.
Tapiovaaran suunnitteluajattelu edusti puhdaspiirteistä funktionaallisuutta. Hän oli sitä mieltä, että tuotteen käyttötarkoitus ja rakenteellinen konsepti pitäisi olla ymmärrettävissä ensi silmäyksellä.
Tapiovaara työskenteli Asko-Avoniuksen taiteellisena johtajana vuosina 1938-1941 ja Keravan puuteollisuuden palveluksessa 1941-1951, jossa hän hyödynsi sekä taiteellista että kaupallista koulutustaan. Oman suunnitelutoimiston hän perusti vaimonsa kanssa vuonna 1950. Silloin, juuri vuonna 1950 hän toi uusia aineksia suunnittelemiinsa töihin. Hän oli myös silloin taideteollisuuskoulun opettaja.
1960-luvulla ja 1970 luvun lähestyessä puu menetti arvostustaan ja ja muovin merkitys kasvoi. Vuonna 2001 Suomen taideteollinen korkeakoulu nimesi kahden vuoden välein jaettavan palkinnon Tapiovaaran mukaan. Palkinnon perusteet olivat: Ilmari Tapiovaara- palkinto myönnetään tunnustuksena ihmisen lähiympäristön ja teollisen tuotekulttuurin aadyn hyväksi tehdystä erityisen ansiokkaasta luovasta työstä.
Lähteet:
www.wikipedia.fi
www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi
KUVIA TUOTTEISTA:
http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet.html
ILMARI TAPIOVAARA (7.syyskuuta 1914-31.tammikuuta 1999)
Ilmari Tapoivaara oli 1900 luvun merkittävimipä suomalaisia muotoilijoita ja sisustussuunnittelijoita. Hänen suunnittelemat tuolit, pöydät ja muut esineet ovat edelleen hyvin arvostettuja ja suosittuja tuotteita. Tunnetuimpia tuoleja on mm. Domus:
http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet_domus.html
Tapiovaara oli jo nuorena lahjakas piirtäjä. Hän aloitti opinnot Helsingissä Taideteollisen keskuskoulun yleislinjalla 1933, mutta siirtyi sieltä vuoden kuluttua sisustustaiteen linjalle.
Tapiovaaran suunnitteluajattelu edusti puhdaspiirteistä funktionaallisuutta. Hän oli sitä mieltä, että tuotteen käyttötarkoitus ja rakenteellinen konsepti pitäisi olla ymmärrettävissä ensi silmäyksellä.
Tapiovaara työskenteli Asko-Avoniuksen taiteellisena johtajana vuosina 1938-1941 ja Keravan puuteollisuuden palveluksessa 1941-1951, jossa hän hyödynsi sekä taiteellista että kaupallista koulutustaan. Oman suunnitelutoimiston hän perusti vaimonsa kanssa vuonna 1950. Silloin, juuri vuonna 1950 hän toi uusia aineksia suunnittelemiinsa töihin. Hän oli myös silloin taideteollisuuskoulun opettaja.
1960-luvulla ja 1970 luvun lähestyessä puu menetti arvostustaan ja ja muovin merkitys kasvoi. Vuonna 2001 Suomen taideteollinen korkeakoulu nimesi kahden vuoden välein jaettavan palkinnon Tapiovaaran mukaan. Palkinnon perusteet olivat: Ilmari Tapiovaara- palkinto myönnetään tunnustuksena ihmisen lähiympäristön ja teollisen tuotekulttuurin aadyn hyväksi tehdystä erityisen ansiokkaasta luovasta työstä.
Lähteet:
www.wikipedia.fi
www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi
KUVIA TUOTTEISTA:
http://www.ilmaritapiovaara.fi/tuotteet.html
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, tuttavallisemmin Alvar Aalto, syntyi vuonna 1898 Kuortaneella ja menehtyi vuonna 1976, Helsingissä. Hän oli arkkitehti, sekä muotolija. Alvar Aalto syntyi tavalliseen perheeseen: hänen isänsä oli maanmittaaja ja äiti postineiti. Perhe liikkui pikkuhiljaa kohti Helsinkiä, ensiksi Jyväskylään ja siitä Alvarin matka jatkui Helsingin Polyteekkiin. Suomen sisällisodasta selviämisen jälkeen Aalto valmistui arkkitehdiksi, vuonna 1921.
Arkkitehtuuri kiehtoi Aaltoa pienestä pitäen ja hän suunnitelikin monia rakennuksi aina kesähuviloista teollisuusyhdyskuntiin. Lukuisat projektit sijoittuvat ympäri maailmaa, Suomessa on kuitenkin värikkäin kirjo Aallon töitä, joista kuuluisimpia ovat: Villa Mairea, Finlandia-talo, sekä Kulttuuritalo. Myös mm. Espoon Otaniemen kampusalue, sekä jotkut ulkomaiset asuinrakennukset ovat Aallon käsialaa. Aalto oli koko arkkitehtuuri elämänsä ajan funktionalisti, joskaan ei aivan puhdas tällainen. Hänen päämääränään oli geometriset, mutta samalla kauniit rakennukset, jotka säväyttäisivät yksinkertaisuudellaan. Aalto ei kuitenkaan aina toiminut oppiensa mukaan ja esim. Finlandia-talo on saanut kritiikkiä osakseen. Joka tapauksessa Aallon arkkitehtuuri on säväyttänyt suomalaisia ja tunnustusta on tullut useasti jopa kansainvälisiltä markkinoila.
Aallon lahjakkuus ei rajoittunut arkkitehtuuriin, vaan myös huonekalut, valaisimet, sekä sisustussuunnittelun perus-elementit kokivat aikansa radikaalleimman muotolijan jäljen. Alvar Aallon taidot kanavoituvat vuonna 1935 perustetun Artekin kautta vielä nykyaikaankin.
Sekä Aallon arkkitehtuuri että muotoilutyöt ovat ammentaneet ideoita luonnosta ja suunnitelun pitkistä perinteistä. Luovalla lahjakkuudella hyvistä ainesosista on kasautunut Suomen mahtavimpien suunnitelijoiden joukkoon lukeutuva taiteilija.
http://www.mfa.fi/arkkitehtiesittely?apid=819598
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/alvar/
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Alvar_Aalto.html
Joonas
HS07
Samu-Jussi Koski
(Born 1975) Graduated as a fashion designer from the Lahti Institute of Design, is now one of the main designers of the Marimekko corporation with Ritva Falla. He did his first collection for Marimekko in summer 2005.
" Koski's own style as a designer has been described as "feminine and stylish yet flirtatious" but I personally think that his style reflects the beauty in simpicity. This is because of he uses simple colors, shapes and forms in his clothes.
Here is some links to few good pictures of his clothes...
http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko5.jpg
http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko2.jpg
http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/29/marimekko3.jpg
http://www.samuji.com/
Elissa Aalto, 22.11.1992-12.04.1994, was a Finnish architect and author and the second wife of Alvar Aalto. She graduated as an architect in 1949 in Helsinki. The same year, she got a position in Alvar Aalto's office. She helped Alvar with his work, and quickly gained more and more responsibilities. She has been working with many famous buildings, for example the opera house in Essen, University of Jyväskylä, and a Danish art museum. After her husband's death, she took over the company and continued designing buildings. Because Alvar was a respected and well known architect, a lot of cities wanted to have and repair his buildings. Elissa renovated a number of Alvar's buildings over the years, though it was a painful task because she wanted to pay tribute to her late husband and not change the buildings radically, which some of the cities would have wanted.
Here is a link to a picture of the opera house in Essen:
http://www.easypedia.gr/el/images/shared/6/6c/Aalto-Theater_02.jpg
Laura U
Alvar Aalto (full name Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto)
Born in 3.2.1898, died in 11.5.1976
He was a Finnish architect that all Finns know and probably many have his design architecture, textiles, glassware and furniture at home. Very popular and modern style. Aalto was thought as one of the most influencial architechts. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1921 and two years later opened his first architectural office in Jyväskylä. He experimented with different materials and planned numerous buildings which were later built. Some of the buildings which have Aalto's name all over them are:
- Turun Sanomat building
- Viipuri library
- Villa Mairea
- Kansaneläkelaitos
- Regional Library of Lapland
- Finlandia Hall
- Essen Opera House, Germany
From furniture and glassware Alvar Aalto is recognized by chairs and stools and the most famous Aalto Vases.
Links to his works:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Alvar_Aalto.html
http://designmuseum.org/design/alvar-aalto
// Lina O. HS09
Jasmin Santanen
Jasmin Santanen is a finnish fashion designer who has lived in Paris for 15 years.She has studied designing in New York Parsons School of Design.She moved to Paris to continue her studies and graduated from Parons as a fashion designer in 1992.In the beginning of her career she was a freelancer and worked for Marimekko and improved her product and marketing improvement skills at Yves Saint Laurent and Hermés.She established her own clothing line Jasmin Santanen in 2004. She runs her own business. Her line is found from boutiques in a few countries around the world,also in Paris. In Finland you it can be found in Nina's,Helsinki and Celeste,Lappeenranta.
www.jasminsantanen.com
More links:
http://umami.fi/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_v6w0322uusi.jpg
http://umami.fi/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_v6w0394.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnoJ6OkxKv8
www.elle.fi/muoti/uutiset/_a109212/jasmin%2Bsantasen%2Bimpressio/%3Fcomment%3Dtrue%26sectionPath%3D/muoti/uutiset&usg=__ACaB66sDDbkfu--guxhOpbK_Zs4=&h=440&w=452&sz=58&hl=fi&start=18&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=5uSGlxC9dvQHOM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djasmine%2Bsantanen%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dfi%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:fi:official%26tbs%3Disch:1
Heta Kuchka, 31, taiteilija
Vuoden 2006 nuori taiteilija. Käyttää teoksissaan valokuvia ja liikkuvaa kuvaa. Piti ensimmäisen yksityisnäyttelynsä vuonna 1997.
http://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/9074064-big.jpg
Kirsi Doukas on suomalainen korumuotoilija, jonka töitä on ollut esillä merkittävimmillä alan messuilla mm.Skandinaviassa, Saksassa, Sveitsissä ja Japanissa. Hän työskentelee Kalevala Korulle, ja kukapa ei tietäisi kaunista Vanamo-käätyä rannekoruineen.
Hän on saanut "vuoden kultaseppä"-palkinnon 1999, sekä arvostetun muotoilun valtionpalkinnon 2006.
Doukas itse kertoo olevansa utelias ja etsivänsä uutta, tämä pitääkin paikkansa, sillä hänen tyylinsä on rohkean moderni, mutta samalla hyvin harkittu. "Suunnittelutyöni pohjautuu hyvin perusteelliseen taustatyöhön, kaikki ratkaisut muodon suhteen ovat perusteltuja ja harkittuja", kertoo Kirsi Doukas.
Monen kaapista löytyy Kirsi Doukaksen ajattomia, kauniita koruja, hän onkin Suomalaisen korusuunnittelun päätähtiä.
linkki Kalevala korun sivvuille, mistä Kirsi Doukaksen työt näkyvät:
http://www.kalevalakoru.fi/suunnittelu/muotoilijat/kirsti_doukas
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