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(1915-1985) Born in Hanko, Finland. Tapio Wirkkala is known as the versatile genius of design. His contribution to design in-cludes everything from glass products to the design of banknotes and graphic art. During his career, Wirkkala has participated in many interntional exhibitions, as well as being the artistic director of the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki for many years. He has won a large number of awards, including three gold medals at the Triennale in Milan in 1951, followed by another three in 1954.
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| [Rörstrand] |
Who was Louise Adelborg, the woman who managed to create a porcelain service for every Swedish home? At the age of 31, having qualified as an art teacher at what is now the Swedish College of Arts, Crafts and Design, she came into contact with Rörstrand in 1916 and began designing décor. At the end of the 1920s, Louise Adelborg began tackling the design of dinner services. Her service, with its wheat-ear pattern pressed in relief into the surface, was presented at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. She managed to convey the feeling of golden ears of wheat swaying in the wind and the smell of fr[... mehr]
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