Tapio Yli-Viikari
Tapio Yli-Viikari (b. 1948) worked as the Director of the Arabia Art and Product Design Department before his transfer to management of the Department of Ceramics and Glass at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH in 1987.
As the Director of the Ceramics and Glass Department at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, Tapio Yli-Viikari is in a position to view the world’s ceramic art and industry. Yli-Viikari says he has removed all excess from the Kokki oven dishes. Appropriateness is beauty.