Take a glimpse at the fascinating process of creating Marimekko fabrics.
Fabric printing has been a core area of expertise at Marimekko from the very beginning and these skills are being developed continuously. The fabric printing works at Herttoniemi in Helsinki are a unique facility in terms of versatility and flexibility. In 2004, a new, state-of-the-art printing press was installed at the factory – a 12-color flat screen printing machine, including a rotary press, made by the Austrian company J. Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH. Also, the stencil-making process was modernized with new digital equipment supplied by Lüscher AG of Switzerland. A new textile steamer and automatic color kitchen were installed at the factory in 2006. The refurbishments are part of a developmental project aimed at improving quality, making cost savings and increasing technical capabilities to facilitate product development.
Below are a collection of photos from the Marimekko printing works in Helsinki. (note: photos are not in any particular order).
*Update: take a look at how Marimekko fabrics we’re made.
Pictured above are the Marimekko Unikko Green Fabric and Marimekko Kaiku Fabric. View more Marimekko Fabrics at our website.
[...] The Marimekko Blog posted photos of their printing works in Helsinki and talked about their recent equipment upgrades. Have you ever seen such a clean screenprinting operation? [...]
Wow, how amazing to see these images. I have never seen a fabric printing factory before. Thank you!
that is absolutely amazing!
i’m a designer myself, and i don’t often go to the factories to see the processes as they’re usually overseas. but it’s definitely awesome seeing photos of it!
So Interesting, do you think I can contact you to have further information ??
Thanks for posting this! it’s great to be able to see how some of my favorite fabrics are made…fascinating!
This is awesome! Thank you for the glimpse into a textile printing factory… this is something I’ve always wanted to get in to myself!
yes the making of the marimekko´s fabric is amazing, i recently had the chance to see the marimekkos work here in mexico in a museum i think that its awesome, and there i saw a video when they did this procces manually, they were amazing, they didnt need a machine to make their fabrics marimekko rules!!!
Wow This is wonderful, that dream!
I love Marimekko fabrics, I cant imagined the backstage of `their productions, I do stamped on my house but in a very handmade process, I would like to work there! Greetings from a designer in Chile.
(sorry my english)
[...] Fabric printing has been a core area of expertise at Marimekko from the very beginning and these skills are being developed continuously. The fabric printing works at Herttoniemi in Helsinki are a unique facility in terms of versatility and flexibility. In 2004, a new, state-of-the-art printing press was installed at the factory – a 12-color flat screen printing machine, including a rotary press, made by the Austrian company J. Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH. Also, the stencil-making process was modernized with new digital equipment supplied by Lüscher AG of Switzerland. A new textile steamer and automatic color kitchen were installed at the factory in 2006. The refurbishments are part of a developmental project aimed at improving quality, making cost savings and increasing technical capabilities to facilitate product development. Source [...]
[...] we posted pictures of the state-of-the-art Marimekko printing press. For comparison, above and below are some photos of the old equipment and fabric production (from [...]
i knew marimekko by a friend, i visited Franz Mayer Museum because an exhibition of Marimekko was displayed in there.
i absolutely love it. everything was really beautiful and amazing.
i`m going to study fashion design and Marimekko only encouraged more my love for fashion.
to see this photos it is to complete my knowledge about it.
just a great blog!
I am looking for a video on the process of making fabric to show at a Quilter’s Guild meeting and would appreciate any info you can furnish me. Thank you!