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Klaus Haapaniemi (b. 1970) has had plenty of coverage recently in the Finnish as well as foreign media. His CV of design work is impressive: garment prints for Diesel, Levis, Marimekko, Dolce & Gabbana, Cacharel and Bela’s Dead, a new brand. He has also worked as Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Bantam, published a book entitled ‘Giants’ together with the Finnish writer Rosa Liksom, produced illustrations for the Observer newspaper, shown his work in exhibitions – and done a few other things in between. The international WGSN trend analysis service has dubbed him as one of the mo[... mehr]
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Born on Ahvenanmaa, Finland, in 1962. Today, Lindfors is active both as a designer and sculptor and he has many international commissions behind him. His work includes Winged Victory (1996), a sculpture for Swatch’s pavilion during the Olympics in Atlanta, as well as Freedom of Speech, a sculpture exhibition at the Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. His collaboration with Marimekko has contributed to several new patterns and products.
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