In some circles, being named the World Design Capital is as cool and exciting as getting the Olympics in your city. Helsinki has been named World Design Capital for 2012, so naturally it’s going to be a big year for Marimekko, who is responsible for so much of the Finnish design aesthetic. To celebrate, they’re [...]
Ottobre is a very highly regarded magazine of children’s clothing patterns. The Finnish company also publishes women’s clothing issues a couple times a year. If you’ve ever sewn with them or just flipped through, you’ve probably wondered about the great fabrics they use and figured that the apparel fabric stores in Finland must be amazing. [...]
Is anyone still resisting the fact that the 80s are back? Marimekko Autumn 2011′s collection has several prints from their 1980s archives, but it’s not about being retro. I think it’s more that after 20 years of computer-generated lines, people are longing for the genuine texture of hand-rendered art. These prints from the Fujiwo Ishimoto, [...]
Marimekko‘s newest fabrics for fall 2011 include some new prints and, as always, classics in new colorways and scales. Above are some of the brighter, colorful prints, and I’ll follow up with another post of darker fall colors. Here you see: Elämänpuu (Life) by Anu Luhtanen The classic Pieni Unikko by Maija Isola Jätski (ice [...]
{ Folklore Fish interlock knit for Ikasyr } I found Finnish designer Hanna Ruusulampi through Spoonflower, which led me not only to her amazing online portfolio (see English version of the fabric portfolio here) but also to a treasure trove of Finnish fabric shops. Hanna designed the interlock knit design Folklore Fish for the shop/mini-manufacturer [...]
Good news for digital fabric designers — Spoonflower has released its official 3600-color standards map with RGB color codes. It’s much more extensive than their previous color guide, and it works in conjunction with an Adobe Swatch Exchange Library, which you can download from here. To make a long story short, working from a chart [...]
Bon Bon Kakku is a digital textile printing company based in Finland. Anyone can submit designs, but only a select few are chosen to be produced and sold on the site. It’s been a while since I’ve checked in to see the new fabrics for sale … here are some of my favorites.
It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with Finland-based digital fabric company Bonbon Kakku. Here are some of my favorite new additions to their shop.
Marimekko’s new Fall 2009 collection. As usual, there are some brand new designs, and some classic prints in new colorways. See them all here. What do you think? Which are your favorites? I’m intrigued by the huge watercolor-y dots — they would look so cool as upholstery, or cut out for pillows.
“Talot” houses large-scale pattern, a rare collectible 1970s fabric by Tampella of Finland. Unused mint condition still on original bolt. Sold by the panel (47cm x 149cm, or 19 x 58 inches) by Atomic Textiles in Australia, over eBay or through their website.
Spoonflower + Threadless‘ design-contest model + Supergraphics in the Finnish tradition of Marimekko = Bonbon Kakku. They’ve just announced a new batch of designs for Spring 2009. All Bonbon Kakku fabrics become more affordable too, at €20 per meter. Their new competition, running Jan.-March 29, is LOVE. So get designing, European friends!
{feed readers … please click on over to see the slide show … I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to make these slide shows visible to you all … } Marimekko recently previewed their extensive Spring 2009 collection on recently previewed on their blog. There are some new colorways of old favorites like [...]
The previously posted dispute between Marimekko and Dolce & Gabbana has been settled in Marimekko’s favor. A no-brainer if I ever saw one! According to this news story, D&G will be paying Marimekko for using the famous (and copyrighted) Unikko pattern. (via the Marimekko Blog)
The Marimekko blog has posted a sneak peek its Winter 08-09 collection. Here’s a small sampling, soon to be available for purchase at Alwaysmod.com.
For the 2008 Olympic opening ceremonies, the Team Finland women wore dresses designed by Samu-Jussi Koski and made from Marimekko‘s Pisaroi (“drops”) print. A similar dress is for sale here (via Skimbaco).
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