Tag: Marimekko
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My Marimekko t-shirt
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…
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Marimekko at Bendigo Art Gallery
How lucky to be in Bendigo just days before the close of the Marimekko exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery. The designers’ sketches and concept art interested me most, but the long swathes of cotton material hung on the wall had an art-like quality. Design was foremost in the ethos and dictated clothing shape and…
ART by Jude Tulloch 