• Havia, Jarkko An industrial designer for Kemppi Oy. • Heikkilä, Simo (1943–) A designer and interior architect who started his career by designing Marimekko stores and exhibitions. He opened his own studio in 1971. Lightweight structures and carefully designed lighting are characteristic of his exhibition architecture. Visible structures and pure materials are typical of his furniture and small items. Nowadays Heikkilä is the director of the Wood Studio at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. • Heikkinen, Mikko (1949-) A Finnish architect who has had an agency together with Markku Komonen since 1974. His works include the Finnish Science Centre Heureka, the Juminkeko Information Center, and the Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. • Helin, Pekka (1945–) An architect whose more recent works are the shopping centre Sello in Espoo, the Itämerenaukio high-rise building in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, and the headquarters of Nokia, which received the Steel Design Award in 1997. His works also include the expansion of the Finnish Parliament as well as the headquarters of Finnforest in Tapiola, Espoo. • Hinkula, Antti (1976-) Creative director and founding partner of multidisciplinary design consultancy Kokoro & Moi. A crossover between traditional and interactive media focused on raising the standards of visual communication. • Hirvi, Erja Textile designer Erja Hirvi has mainly designed print fabrics for Marimekko since 1995. Her simplified and often playful patterns have been seen on fabrics and other interior decoration products as well as on clothes and bags. • Hänninen, Olavi (1920-1992) An interior architect and a versatile designer whose projects ranged from furniture to trams and from church silverware to complete interior décors for public buildings. • Ishimoto, Fujiwo (1941–) A Japanese textile and ceramics artist who has lived in Finland since 1970. Ishimoto worked as a designer for Decembre in 1970–74 and has worked for Marimekko since 1974. He has also designed ceramics for Arabia since 1989 as well as sets and costumes. • Isola, Maija (1927–2001) One of the most well known Finnish furnishing fabric designers. She had a long and successful career as the main designer of Marimekko textiles and as a free artist. In her lifetime, Isola designed over 500 fabrics, the most famous of which is Unikko. • Jung, Dora (1906–1980) A Finnish textile artist, who during her 50-year career designed well over 1,000 different textile works (1,679 rugs), received all the most important awards and honours, and displayed her works around Finland and abroad. • Jäntti, Toivo (1900–1975) A Finnish architect who together with Yrjö Lindegren won the 1st and 3rd prize in the design competition for the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki. He also designed buildings in the Kellokoski hospital area and continued with the modification and expansion projects of the stadium for the rest of his life. • Järvisalo, Jouko (1950–) An interior architect and Mobel Oy’s Artistic Director since 2000. • Kaipiainen, Birger (1915–1988) A Finnish designer and potter who became an artist for Arabia and worked in this position almost throughout his life. Typical of Kaipiainen’s works are stylized natural themes, especially
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