Marimekko Blog

Marimekko designs make great holiday gifts. Bold, fun, interesting… a little Finnish style for someone this holiday season. Take a look at the complete Marimekko Holiday Catalog.

 
Marimekko Corporation and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB have today signed a license agreement whereby Marimekko licenses some of its popular patterns from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to H&M’s summer collection 2008. The impressive collection of around 50 products will be sold in H&M stores in 28 countries.
“Our design team has long [...]

We recently came across this creative use of a Marimekko tea towel by Anna at Door Sixteen. Anna was kind enough to post more detailed information on how she framed and added a border to this great print. The first photo shows the Marimekko “Unessa” print and the second photo shows the piece hanging on [...]

Manolo Blahnik, one of the world’s most prominent fashion designers in women’s shoes, translates Marimekko Mini-Unikko and Bonbon patterns into one of his favourite themes for his spring/summer 2008 collection. The collection took influences as diverse as the architecture of Constantinople and Finnish Marimekko patterns. “The two just happened to fall perfectly into place – [...]

Marimekko serving trays are a great way to add a little festive style to your holiday entertaining. The Marimekko Kioto pattern (pictured right) has merry greens and reds with a snowflake-like circular pattern throughout. The Marimekko Fandango tray (pictured left) has an almost floral look with white on a bold red background – this is [...]