When I bought this T-shirt in an upmarket Op Shop, on a trip to Melbourne a few years ago, it was already well-worn.

I don’t know when my T-shirt hit the retail market for the first time, but I do know that Annnika Rimala created the original design, called Keidas, in 1967.

Imagine how different a t-shirt printed with the same design in red would feel and look – very sixties.

Check out the original sixties colourway here:
Keidas / Maripedia Pattern

See the same design featured on fabric at the 2018 Marimekko Exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria, Australia, here:

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The iteration of motifs that have inter-generational appeal and continue to look fresh speaks of exceptional design talent flourishing in the creative milieu of the Finnish company.