Textile Unikko
Artist/Maker
DatesManufactured: Manufactured 1965 Made: Made 1965
Material / Technique
Dimensionsl x w: Mått 500 x 140 cm
Inventory numberNMK 119/1970
AcqusitionPurchase 1970
Other titlesTitle (sv): Tygtryck "Unikko" Title (en): Textile Unikko Label (sv): Textil Unikko Label (en): Textile Unikko
DescriptionDescription: Design Research owner Ben Thompson discovered Marimekko via his friends Robert and Margaret Eskridge. They were architects who had become acquainted with Marimekko’s founder Armi Ratia during their time on the Fulbright exchange program in Finland in 1957–1958. Dresses that they took home to the US captured Thompson’s interest and spurred him to start selling the company’s unconventional fabrics and clothes.
Collection
MaterialCotton (Textile fibre)
TechniqueArt industry