Maija-Liisa Komulainen
Maija-Liisa Komulainen (born January 29, 1922 in Kajaani , Finland ) is a Finnish interior and industrial designer .
Life
Maija-Liisa Komulainen graduated from the Helsinki Institute of Crafts and Design in 1949 . From 1950 to 1967 she worked in Helsinki. At the international inventor competitions in Paris in 1954 and in Brussels in 1955, she won a silver medal for her exhibits. In 1967 she opened the Estudio de Interiores, Maija-Liisa Komulainen & Li Helo, Francisco Gourie in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . She was a member of the Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO and the Finnish Designer Association ORNAMO, both based in Helsinki.
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In the late 1950s Komulainen furnished Tamminiemi , the former residence of the Finnish presidents in Helsinki, on behalf of the composer Sylvi Kekkonen (wife of the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen from 1956 to 1981) .
Among other things, she designed seating furniture such as chairs made of wood, wicker or metal, as well as armchairs in the lounge chair style.
Her best-known creations include luminous objects such as her wall lights Fuga , which are reminiscent of organ pipes, made of aluminum with several concealed light sources, which she designed around 1970 for the Dutch manufacturer of lights Raak in Amsterdam . The company manufactured a large number of these lights, which, with their warm, indirect light, were widely used in public buildings. The metal floor lamp Chantarelle, which looks like mushrooms and is mostly made of copper-colored anodized aluminum, owed its design to Komulainen around the same time and was also implemented by Raak .
Web links
- Portrait photos by Maija-Liisa Komulainen. In: Museoviraston Kuvakokoelmat ( National Council of Art Collections ).
- Maija-Liisa Komulainen . In: artnet , with pictures of Komulainen's work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Biographical Center: The World Who's Who of Women . Volume 2, Melrose Press, 1974, p. 666.
- ^ Neil Kent: Helsinki. A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books, 2004, ISBN 1-90266-975-4 , p. 158.
- ^ Th. Andresen, Bitten Jordan: Living in Scandinavia. Julius Hoffmann, 1958, p. 94.
- ^ Donald J. Willcox: New design in wood. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970, p. 47.
- ↑ Salón nacional de Plastic Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dirección nacional de bellas artes, Argentina. Comisión nacional de bellas artes, Argentina. Ministerio de justicia e instructión pública. 1954, p. 103.
- ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. Volume 786, United States Patent Office, 1963. p. 493.
- ↑ Raak Fuga Wall Lamp. In: vintageinfo.be
- ^ Raak Fugue wall lights, design by Maija Liisa Komulainen, 1970. In: cencity.nl
- ↑ Vintage Cantharelle Table Lamp by Maija Liisa Komulainen for Raak . In: pamono.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Komulainen, Maija-Liisa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish interior and industrial designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kajaani , Finland |