Timo Sarpaneva is the focus of an exhibition at the Design Museum in Helsinki, Finland. He has had enormous influence on two of our Smart Brands partners Iittala and Rosenthal.
Also in the exhibition are photographs that tell some of his story — among them, images of the fantastical, crowd-attracting shop windows (adorned with glass harps and butterflies hanging from invisible wires) that he created for Iittala, the company that hired him in 1950. It was there that he made his name as a glass ...
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May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
Walk inside the mind of the designer: shown here is Alvar Aalto's house--the famous Iittala designer--in Helsinki. Thanks to my dear friend Meliza Weir for sharing these pics from Helsinki.
Iittala, which just joined Bridge as a Smart Brand this month, should be ready for syncing in June. :)
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