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Maija Isola (1927–2001) designed her first printed textiles in 1949 for Printex Oy, Marimekko’s predecessor. She worked as head designer of Marimekko’s interior fabrics until 1987. She also had an illustrious career as a visual artist.
Maija Isola was a tremendously versatile and bold artist. She interpreted the events of her era from her own unique perspective and foresaw future trends. Her body of work includes over 500 prints – a brilliant selection of patterns representing different themes and techniques. She drew inspiration from traditional folk art, modern visual art, nature and her [... mehr]
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Textile designer Kristina Isola has followed in the footsteps of her mother Maija Isola. She made her first sketches for fabrics at the age of sixteen as an assistant to her mother. Between 1978 and 1987 mother and daughter designed for Marimekko under the joint name of Maija Isola/Kristina Isola. At present, Kristina Isola designs her own fabric prints and is also responsible for the new colourways of Maija Isola’s designs and the adaptation of their patterns to suit different products.
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Klaus Haapaniemi (b. 1970) has had plenty of coverage recently in the Finnish as well as foreign media. His CV of design work is impressive: garment prints for Diesel, Levis, Marimekko, Dolce & Gabbana, Cacharel and Bela’s Dead, a new brand. He has also worked as Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Bantam, published a book entitled ‘Giants’ together with the Finnish writer Rosa Liksom, produced illustrations for the Observer newspaper, shown his work in exhibitions – and done a few other things in between. The international WGSN trend analysis service has dubbed him as one of the mo[... mehr]
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| [Le Klint] |
UnderCover by Le Klint brought to light
Imagine a transparent lamp shade that can be dressed in the latest colours and fashionable patterns using an inner shade.
This gives you an idea of the lamp concept by the name of UnderCover that Philip Bro Ludvigsen has developed for LE KLINT. A concept in which one of the central code words, UNLIMITED, denotes flexibility and the opportunity
for the customer to put together a very individual lamp.
“Both Philip Bro Ludvigsen and LE KLINT have taken a new direction with
UnderCover. Being able to put up to four inner shades in the lamp at the same [... mehr]
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