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The textile and ceramic designer Fujiwo Ishimoto joined Marimekko on a permanent basis in 1974. He had previously worked for four years in various capacities for the Décembre company, which was involved in the design and production of Marimekko’s canvas bags, among other products. In Tokyo, Ishimoto had seen fabrics designed by Maija Isola in the 1960s, and he was so impressed by them that he decided to travel to Finland to find out what Marimekko and Finnish design was all about. He is still on that journey.
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The Italian artist and jewellery designer Giorgio Vigna (b. 1955) is fascinated by the tension of opposites: reality and imagination, shape and material. Vigna`s piece are often sculptural and they carry strong symbolic meanings. The new world of iittala Birds 2007. The versatile Vigna has designed jewellery for theatrical performances, operas, fashion shows and movies. For the Venini glass factory in Venice he created unique artwork and a jewellery collection.
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