My design for Japanese company Naigai. Our cats Alfons and Milla have been my inspiration for the pattern ‘Cats by the Window’.
Photo: Lars Rebers
My Edo Sarasa pattern, Fresh Breeze, is one of the selected designs for a Scandinavian Pattern Collection’s project “Tokyo, the beautiful city”. Edo Sarasa is a traditional craftwork of dyeing fabric conveyed from the Edo era (1603-1868). For me Tokyo is the city of contrast; the city is full of people and you will find everything you want in Tokyo. On the other hand, you can find yourself in the peaceful parks, where it feels that the time has stopped. I got an idea of my design from the beautiful parks of Tokyo.
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Sashiko is an old Japanese embroidery technique and originally created in the North of Japan. I was given the opportunity to design a Sashiko-pattern for the Scandinavian Pattern Collection. The same pattern has been used in the UNIK-products.
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I’m one of Anna ja Liisa deigners. We are four designers from Ostrobothnia Finland and Anna ja Liisa is symbolic to us for the lifestyle in our home region. This is my patten ‘Leinikki’ for Annaliisa Kukkaketo collection where wildflowers bloom and the summer goes on forever. The collection was presented in the form of an exhibition in Tokyo in October 2019.
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I have cooperated with Japanese Ogawa for a couple of years. The company produces umbrellas. This umbrella belongs to the Spring 2018 collection.
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The name of the Collection is the Landscape and it describes Ostrobothnia.
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Birds are the theme for this collection. I wanted to design a pattern with birds where the surface and the rhythm of the pattern are the most dominating in the graphic expression.
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My dekoration for Japanese Tea bowl.
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This project has been the most interesting one yet. I have for the first time gotten the chance to design patterns for porcelain tableware. The porcelain is Japanese Hasami-porceline. The tableware is traditionally Japanese, a rice bowl, small plate and a small plate to put chopsticks on.
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Name of this pattern is Mummola and means grandmother´s house. The inspiration is from crocheted granny squares. During a cold autumn evening you want to curl up under a blanket and drink a cup of warm tea. This design is made for the Japanese Nishikawa company in cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection.
I am one of the designers for Scandinavian Pattern Collection who designed patterns for the Japanese company Uniqlo. Uniqlo operates in fourteen countries around the world. They descripe the cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection like this:
”This Nordic print stole is the result of a collaboration with the designers of “Scandinavian”. The color and pattern add a distinctive touch of Nordic nature and lifestyle to your look. Fun, colorful, and fashionable
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This pattern is made for a Japanese firm named Ogawa, who make umbrellas and parasols in Japan, in cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection. My pattern Paiste, means sunshine and it circulates the edge of the umbrella. Usually my patterns are printed on fabric, but in this umbrella the pattern is embroidered. Ogawa knows how to make beautiful products and the result is charming.
As a little schoolgirl, I collected pencil cases for my colored pencils. Now I have designed new pencil cases for Japanese Pilot and I hope that Japanese schoolchildren and students will enjoy them.
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I designed the pattern Japan for one of my exhibitions. The pattern has been around quite a bit; in several exhibitions and at the Finnish Housing Fairs. The fabric can be found in many homes as curtains and products made in the Japan-pattern have found their way all the way to Japan!
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Pattern design for Japanese department store Daimaru-Matsuzakaya.
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I got the idea for my pattern Tilkku from patchwork quilts. The pattern reminds me of the skilled women in my family, my mother and grandmothers, who made handicrafts in their everyday life.
Name of this pattern is Sinivuokko (Hepatica), which is one of the first flowers that blooms early in the spring. This design is made for the Japanese Nishikawa company in cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection.
Japanese Friscoway makes automotive goods such as textile products. They have used my pattern Marja (Berry) in a line of covers for cars; bench covers, cover for a steering wheels and seat pads. This design is made in cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection.
A Tenugui is a traditional Japanese cloth made of cotton. The Tenugui can be used for many different purposes. The manufactorer and seller of the Tenuguis is KAMAWANU and the organizer of the exhibitions is Scandinavian Pattern Collection.
Photo: Lars Rebers
Design for Japanese Nishikawa bedding.
I was offered the opportunity to design a fabric collection for the trademark “Lyckoboda” that concentrates on Ostrobothnian handicraft tradition.
Mugs, trays, coasters and pass cases with the pattern Cats by the Window. This pattern is made for Japanese Loft-department store in cooperation with Scandinavian Pattern Collection. The name of the concept is Kissemisse. Our cats Milla and Alfons have been the models for the pattern.
I have cooperated with Japanese Ogawa for a couple of years. The company produce umbrellas.
Photo:Lars Rebers
