Marimekko
Subtitle: fabrics, fashion, architecture
By: Marianne Aav, editor
Edition: [Paperback edition].
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300189339
Subjects: Textile design; Costume design; Marimekko Oy; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Originally published in 2003 in conjunction with the exhibition Marimekko: fabrics, fashion, architecture held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the decorative arts, design, and culture, from November 21, 2003 through February 15, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Susan Weber Soros; title: Introduction / Marianne Aav; title: Armi Ratia and the duality of a design enterprise / Marianne Aav; title: Textiles patterns in an international context: precursors, contemporaries, and successors / Lesley Jackson; title: Fashion: individuality and industry / Riitta Anttikoski; title: The Marimekko Vision of architecture and interiors / Riitta Nikula; title: Thoughts on the international reception of Marimekko / Hedvig Hedqvist and Rebecka Tarschys; title: Various causes of corporate success / Antti Ainamo; title: Marimekko: fabrics, fashion, architecture / Marianne Aav with Maria Härkäpää and Eeva Viljanen; title: Selected biographies of Marimekko designers / Maria Härkäpää; title: Checklist of the exhibition; title: Corporate chronology / Eeva Viljanen with Ronald T. Labaco; title: Selected list of Marimekko designers, 1950-2003.