DESIGN
Stoorstålka, Jokkmokk Designer duo Stoorstålka make everything together. The pair, Lotta W Stoor and Per Niila Stålka run a Sámi design shop displaying their own products.
designs: Sámi accessories, primarily shoes and garments,
home decoration details, tools for inkle weaving bands, and yarn. But we design other things as well and constantly look for new ideas.
Photo: Stoorstålka
where do you find inspiration? In modern Sámi lifestyle; in the Sámi daily life and our lives in the middle of Sápmi, in Jåhkåmåhkke. We find lots of inspiration from all our Sámi customers and the current trends in Sápmi at each point in time. There is tremendous activity in Sápmi now, all very exciting. what materials do you use? We design in all kinds of
Photo: Carl-Johan Utsi
Photo: Carl-Johan Utsi
Ullo-Liidni, a traditional, warm woollen scarf that comes in two sizes and many colours.
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Stoorstålka offers several home furnishing ranges with trays, cutting boards, glass coasters and tea towels. Sweaters, hats and scarfs with a print shaped as the Sámi brooch Risku, and other traditional patterns. www.stoorstalka.com
materials, depending on which works best for each respective product. We run a design business. We create unique Sámi products which are produced in larger quantities elsewhere; a lot of it in plastics, fabrics and ceramics.
what would you like your design to convey? We think our slogan says it all: “Design by Sámis for Sámi people, and equally cool souls”. what are your personal expressions? We are
driven by our love for beautiful Sámi everyday products and utensils in practical materials, using an artistic idiom based in Sámi aesthetic and design traditions. In short it’s lots of love and an equal portion of respect.
what does the arctic way of life mean to you?
It means being able to go to the neighbour to buy a freshly slaughtered reindeer that you bring home on the kick-sled and cut up the meat on the kitchen table. It also means fresh and delicious water, foraging for cloudberries, blueberries and lingonberries, stunning scenery and easily accessed nature. Our main hobby is shovelling snow; we adore the light, wonderful summer nights and also the spectacular and dark winters. We also cherish Sápmi and the strong feeling of togetherness amongst Sámi people from all corners of the world.
what’s the next step, the future? We base our business on Sámi needs and desires and these will continue as our leading theme into the next phase. We have an incessant amount of ideas on how to widen our portfolio and expand our presence throughout Sápmi.
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