TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aav,Marianne
TI  - Marimekko: fabrics, fashion, architecture 
SN  - 9780300189339 (pbk.)
U1  - 746.92 MAR   
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Haven, Conn., London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Marimekko Oy
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Textile design
KW  - Finland
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Costume design
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-331) and index; Foreword / Susan Weber Soros -- Introduction / Marianne Aav -- Armi Ratia and the duality of a design enterprise / Marianne Aav -- Textiles patterns in an international context: precursors, contemporaries, and successors / Lesley Jackson -- Fashion: individuality and industry / Riitta Anttikoski -- The Marimekko Vision of architecture and interiors / Riitta Nikula -- Thoughts on the international reception of Marimekko / Hedvig Hedqvist and Rebecka Tarschys -- Various causes of corporate success / Antti Ainamo -- Marimekko: fabrics, fashion, architecture / Marianne Aav with Maria Härkäpää and Eeva Viljanen -- Selected biographies of Marimekko designers / Maria Härkäpää -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Corporate chronology / Eeva Viljanen with Ronald T. Labaco -- Selected list of Marimekko designers, 1950-2003
N2  - Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book -- the first comprehensive study of Marimekko designs -- presents the exuberant Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the company a definitive presence on the world design stage--Page 4 of cover
ER  -