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Professor Oiva Toikka is one of the greatest names in Finnish glass. His imaginative, rich and bold glass art deviates from the streamlined aesthetic of Nordic design. He has worked in the performing arts for as long as he has in glass. The Birds collection is Toikka’s best-known work. He has enjoyed an international career and received numerous awards, among them Lunning Prize, Pro Finlandia Medal, World Glass Now 85 Award, Kaj Franck Design Prize and the Prince Eugen Medal.
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Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937. After a number of large, eye-catching projects like the
Centre Pompidou in Paris, San Nicaola Stadium in Bari and Kansai International Airport in Osaka,
Renzo Piano has become one of the most important architects of the 20th century. He is responsible for the main layout of the Potsdamer Platz and eight of its buildings in Berlin. Over the years, he has received a range of prestigious prizes and awards: the Compasso d’Oro, the Pritzker Prize, the Erasmus and Kyoto awards, to name a few.
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