Helsinki, 1951. Prints that changed the way the world dresses.
Finnish house of textile and fashion design. Founded by Armi Ratia.
Marimekko was founded in 1951 in Helsinki by Armi Ratia, a woman who wanted to give Finnish women a reason to wear color in a postwar country. What she created crossed every border: graphic and botanical prints that became iconic, a total design philosophy that runs from dress to tableware, from tablecloth to bag, from wall textile to coffee cup. The Unikko, her poppy, was drawn in 1964 against Armi’s wishes, as she refused floral patterns. Today it is one of the most recognized prints in the world. Marimekko does not sell clothes. It sells a way of seeing the world, joyful, assertive, free.
