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Valentina Modig-Manuel, née Modig in 1936 (June 25, 1907, Minsk – June 22, 2005, Turku), was a ceramic artist who, together with her husband, founded Finland’s first independent ceramics studio. Modig-Manuel’s parents had moved to Minsk at the end of the 19th century, but the family returned to Finland before World War I and settledContinue reading “Valentina Modig-Manuel”

Greta Lisa Jäderholm-Snellman was born in 1894 in Helsinki and passed away in 1973 in Alicante, Spain. She was one of the first female ceramists in Finland and worked in many different materials throughout her career. Born to parents Herman Jäderholm and Hilma Nyberg, she matriculated from Nya Svenska Samskolan in 1912 and later studiedContinue reading “Greta-Lisa Jäderholm-Snellman”

Märta Blomstedt was an architect and one of the driving forces of the Finnish functionalism movement. She initially worked with her husband, the architect Pauli E. Blomstedt but she started a company and continues their projects with Matti Lampén after her husband’s death in 1935. She approached her projects holistically and designs all aspects ofContinue reading “Märta Blomstedt”

Maija Heikinheimo (1908 – 1963) was a Finnish designer and interior decorator who studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki between 1929 and 1932. She started her career at Asko (Asko Avonius Huonekalutehtaat / f. 1918) , one of the larger furniture manufacturers in Finland at the time, as its first in-houseContinue reading “Maija Heikinheimo”

Few have have had the same impact on design and the arts as Maire Gullichsen, born Ahlström in 1907 in Pori, Finland. Although she made few designs herself, her contributions through the renowned company Artek and personal patron initiatives greatly impacted the development of the Nordic design scene. Gullichsen was born into the Ahlström family,Continue reading “Maire Gullichsen”