Designers

Heikki Orvola Professor Heikki Orvola has cooperated with Arabia for 15 years. In his career as an industrial designer, Orvola has been awarded with, for instance, the Kaj Franck Award and the Pro Finlandia Medal.

Fujiwo Ishimoto Fujiwo Ishimoto (1941) who was born in Japan has created unique ceramics art works in the Arabia Art Department since 1989. That same year he received Arabia Cultural Foundation’s scholarship. Ishimoto’s works are inspired by the surrounding nature with its phenomenon. The forms of his works are minimalistic and combined with lively exterior structures and generous decorations. Besides ceramics Fujiwo Ishimoto has worked with textiles in Marimekko for over 30 years.