If you don’t know her yet, chances are you will soon. The designer of Marimekko’s most complex print to date, Vattenblänk blurs the line between paint and print. Designer Astrid Sylwan is a Belgian-born painter…
Monthly Archives For September 2011
Make Your Own Marimekko Yoga Mat Bag
A purely remnant-inspired project, the idea for creating this Marimekko Yoga Mat Bag came after rummaging through our remnant fabric bin at work. Inspired after reading the Marimekko Surrur book, which walks you through countless…
Marimekko Lumimarja Strikes Again
That’s it; I’ve decided that Marimekko’s Lumimarja fabric wins the “most-popular” award this year. It seems that do-it-yourselfers consistently choose to re-vamp forgotten furniture, drab walls and plain tabletops with varying hues of Lumimarja-printed fabric…
Marimekko’s Got Your Number
You can always count on Marimekko to create bold and modern prints but this season they’re playing it by the numbers, literally. The fall 2011 collection of bags feature an expressive pattern called Lukematon, which…
It’s All About Scale
Marimekko’s famous Unikko fabric print made waves in the 1960’s with its signature large-scale flower motif that incited a trend for oversized prints and patterns. Big and bold, the Unikko print became wildly popular and…
