Nuutajärvi vase

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In 1950, he designed the company’s iconic Kartio series of pressed-glass pitchers and glasses, which came in different colors that consumers could “mix and match” rather than having to buy a homogeneous set. In 1977, Franck redesigned the series, renamed Teemaa.

Franck’s designs for Iittala embodied the Finnish concept of pelkistetty, which literally means “reduced” and in the design world refers to the pared-down, minimal qualities of modernism.

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the company changed hands several times until it was bought by the Wartsila Group in 1950. We ship worldwide!
We’ll calculate the shipping price as soon as getting your request. Other designers at Nuutajarvi include Oiva Toikka, Heikki Orvola, Saara Hopea, and Runnar Engblom.

Nuutajarvi merged with Iittala in 1988, and Nuutajarvi glass is currently marketed under the Iittala name.

Sources: 20th Century Factory Glass by Lesley Jackson. In a 1947 Iittala-sponsored glass competition, Franck shared the top prize with Tapio Wirkkala.

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Nuutajarvi Notsjo

Nuutajarvi Notsjoglass - shown below is our current range of vases, bowls and other decorative vintage collectable glassware by Nuutajarvi Notsjo of Finland.

Nuutajarvi Notsjo was established in 1793, in Urjala, Finland, by Jacob Wilhelm de Pont and Harald Furnhjelm, originally making window glass + bottles.

One of his most famous creations for Arabia was the Origami dish from the early 1960s, a glossy all-white serving piece resembling a subtly folded piece of paper with four shallow sections for holding food.

Although his Arabia ceramics became household staples for consumers in Scandinavia and beyond, Franck is better known among collectors for his glass designs, particularly those he created for Iittala starting in the late 1940s.

In honor of Franck’s 100th birthday, in 2011, Iittala reissued Kartio glasses, Teema tableware and Purnukka jars, among other of his designs that retain their contemporary feel decades after their creation.

Find vintage Kaj Franck glass, vases and other furniture and decor on 1stDibs.

Scandinavian Vase by Nuutajärvi Finland

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He remained with the company for many years, steering its line of tableware in a dynamic new direction. Looks like your location is not in our Shipping Matrix.
But don’t worry! As the creative director of Arabia Ceramics, now part of Iittala, he, along with fellow Finns Timo Sarpaneva and Tapio Wirkkala, helped popularize the bright, warm and curvy aesthetic of Scandinavian modernism.

This principle, evidenced in objects like his elegant, unfussy sets of jewel-toned drinking glasses from the 1960s, informed Franck’s view of the manufacturing process as well. Kaj Franck was made art director, a position he held until 1976. He studied furniture design at the Central School of Industrial Design in Helsinki, and after graduating in 1932, worked as a catalogue illustrator for the Riihimäki glassworks, exploring interior and textile design on the side.

Franck professed an aversion to superfluous ornament. He became known as the “conscience of Finnish design,” a role he embraced as a professor and later artistic director at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.

Kaj Gabriel Franck was a leading figure in 20th-century Finnish design, specializing in ceramics and glass. Critical of mass production and consumerism, he was one of the country’s first professionals in his field to advocate recycling.