Marimekko
Piirto Unikko Bath Sets
- Specifications
- Description
- The Designer
- The Maker
- Brand:Marimekko of Finland
- Country: Portugal
- SKU: MM-073543x073544x073798-190-FJ-OH
- Material: 100% Cotton
- Care:
This item will stay beautiful and keep its pleasant feel by following thesecare instructions:
Wash the product in a full washing machine with similar colors at 140°F. We recommend washing colorful items using a deturgent suitable for colored fabrics that does not contain bleaching or brightening agents. Avoid using fabric conditioners as it may weaken the material's absorbency. Products with bold colors may bleed color. It is recommended to wash the product before the first use. Tumble dry with low heat. Iron with medium heat (300°F MAX.). Do not dry clean.
- Designer:Maija Isola
- Dimensions:
- Bath Towel: 39.4" x 63"
- Hand Towel: 19.7" x 39.4"
- Guest: 11.8" x 19.7"
This bath towel is made of heavyweight organic cotton terry. The towel features the debossed Piirto Unikko pattern on one side and the Marimekko label on the bottom edge.
Unikko, symbolizing creativity, was born in a time when hardly any floral designs were included in Marimekko’s collections. Maija Isola, however, was fascinated by the theme of flowers and decided to create an entire range of novel floral prints.
The 6-piece set includes two bath towels, two hand towels, and two guest towel.
The 4-piece set includes two bath towels and two hand towels.
Maija Isola's (1927-2001) remarkable career as a textile designer began at Printex, Marimekko's predecessor, in 1949 and lasted 38 years. She designed more than 500 fabric patterns, which cover an amazingly diverse range of motifs and design techniques.
Maija Isola laid the foundation for Marimekko as a print house. She lived an unconventional life for her time, painting what she encountered when traveling across Europe, North Africa, and America. On these trips, many of her patterns and colors were born.
She often worked in the evenings, sitting on the floor, and painted the original artwork across the entire width of a canvas. Nature was an endless source of material, and sometimes she even used real plants for her designs. She composed the Kivet fabric, a print resembling giant stones, from circles cut out of colored paper.
Armi Ratia, founder of Marimekko, believed that the true essence of real flowers couldn't be faithfully captured in print, which is why floral prints were excluded from Marimekko collections. Maija Isola responded by creating a complete collection of graphic, pop-art-inspired floral fabrics. Among them was Unikko, designed in 1964, which has been continuously printed since its launch.
Marimekko is a world-famous Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company's product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home decor items ranging from textiles to tableware.
When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled designs gave it a strong and unique identity. The classic Unikko pattern was created in 1964, after Marimekko founder Armi Ratia publicly proclaimed a ban on flowers in Marimekko prints. Artist Maija Isola defied the order and designed a whole collection of floral patterns that were so fresh and unique that Armi ended up taking eight of them. One of those she accepted was Unikko, the future icon of icons.
Marimekko is always up to date with the relevant and modern home decor while operating by traditional Finnish values. Each and every article is designed to fulfill Marimekko's core mission: quality, functionality and timelessness. Fresh forms, innovative designs, joyful colors and beautiful patterns—the FJØRN Marimekko selection offers Bags & Totes, Tableware and Textiles for the Kitchen, Blankets, Cushions and Vases for the living room and many other objects that make a house a home.
