Marimekko

Marimekko was founded by Armi Ratia and Riitta Immonen in 1951 and is based in Helsinki, Finland and is a clothing and textiles design company, Marimekko designs and manufacters interior decor such as furnishing fabrics and tableware, as well as that they sell clothing, bags and other accessories, particularly noticed for brightly coloured printed fabrics and simple styles for both men an women's wear as well as for home furniture, which give Marimekko a unique identity, their products are sold in approximately 40 countries where their main markets are North America, Northern Europe and the Asia Pacific region.


Sanna Anukka is a designer born and based in Brighton, UK currently working as a printmaker and textile designer, inspired by her finnish heritage she spends her time designing for the collections at Marmimekko while also working on her own range of silk screen prints and other products, after graduating in 2005 she started of as a freelancer selling the screen prints she had printed in her final year at her sister-in-law's Scandinavian design boutique in London, she was spotted by the CEO of marimekko in British Vouge, who regularly invited her to their headquarters.