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September, 2011
Marimekko Mixer – Meet Astrid Sylwan
Meet New Marimekko Designer Astrid Sylwan
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 whose abstract works command attention with ...
Make Your Own Marimekko Yoga Mat Bag
Marimekko Joonas 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 inventive crafts sewn by Marimekko designers, ...
Marimekko Lumimarja Strikes Again
The countless color combinations of Marimekkko's Lumimarja fabric
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 ...
Marimekko’s Got Your Number
Marimekko Uno Bag - Lukematon Collection
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 means “innumerable” in Finnish. Created ...
It’s All About Scale
Marimekko Unikko Beige Fabric
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 has since remained Marimekko’s most popular ...
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