Marimekko with everyday life as inspiration

The Finnish textile company Marimekko was established in 1951 by Pavilion and Armi Ratia in response to the lack of clothing in Finland after the war. Marimekko means Maris dress or in other words, "simple everyday dress with no frills." The concept laid the foundation for the company despite the fact that Marimekko's first collection consisted of, for that time, bold prints and colors.

Armi Rati who had studied at the Ateneum Art school was convinced that its future lay in offering new fabrics with designs that are not already on the market. Today, Marimekko is a well established company is widely known primarily for its textiles to furniture as well as fashion.

Initially designed the Armi Rati some subjects but soon ceded creative practice to Maija Isola, whose career took off when she became head designer of Marimekko, a post she stayed on until 1987. Isola's original and bold designs for both clothing and upholstery fabrics presented at the exhibition Design in Scandinavia, which toured the USA and Canada in the mid fifties. Around the same time could Isola's textile design is also seen at the World Exhibition in Brussels. Many of the designs today are associated with Marimekko Isola effected. The pressure Unikko which became a hit in 1964, became popular again when Marimekko resumed a collection of classic fabric patterns from Isola for Marimekko's production 50 years of 2,001th

With the help of Isola's innovative textile design made Marimekko imprint in both fashion and furniture industry. In the sixties became Marimekko is also well known and popular internationally, which provided an opportunity to launch a wider range of products abroad. The climax was reached when Jacqline Kennedy showed up in public dressed in Marimekko fabrics. Isola's colorful, nature-inspired designs were appreciated in Europe, America and Australia and her designs have inspired and played a crucial role in contemporary textile design.

A variety of textile artists and designers have designed for Marimekko of all time. Marimekko has always been open and seize the young designers new ideas and styles. The company has also designed for others such as the popular Marimekko bowl from Iittala.

Despite a wide variety of designers, I think it shows that Marimekko still stands by his early thinking - the simple but beautiful in everyday life to inspire design.

An excellent example of that concept lives on, I can see in Ms. Louekari design. Louekari born in 1983 in Finland and already has an excellent resume. She was awarded including first prize in a design competition organized by Marimekko and the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, for their pressure Hetkiä. Louekari design exhibits a sense of place, time and space. She has designed several patterns for Marimekko and in her design, she portrays both crowds in urban and traditional Finnish environment.

Marimekko had its heyday in the 60 - and 70-century but has since gained a reputation for quality and originality. In recent years, the popularity increased once again and today they are at almost the same level as in their guldår. In early 2008, was praised also by Marimekko H & M for its simple but exquisite patterns. Marimekko is no longer producing only colorful textiles. I think today it is instead the design and the subject itself is the focus. No need to buy a large piece of cloth to enjoy the beautiful Marimekko designs instead, you can benefit from design through both the kitchen as badrumsinrednig.

For me, Marimekko is a modern design company with old traditions.

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• Swedish design miracle behind
• Marimekko pattern repeat
• Time to go to print
• H & M + Marimekko = True
• Sweets for patterns hungry
• With Sonia Delaunay by the 1900s

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