Marimekko : fabrics, fashion, architecture / edited by Marianne Aav.
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TextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780300189339 (pbk.)
- 0300189338 (pbk.)
- 746.92 MAR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 746.92 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100466862 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 presents more than one hundred examples of the exuberant Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the company a definitive presence on the world design stage.
The book considers the history of the company from its founding through today and examines Marimekko's impact on design in Finland and around the world. The company's most important designers, including Maija Isola and Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi, their contributions, and their stylistic development are also discussed. In addition, the book examines Marimekko home and office interiors and how they reflected the lifestyle envisioned in Armi Ratia's broad, radical definition of fashion.
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.
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.