The classic Marimekko x Iittala collaboration ‘Kivi’ (meaning stone in Finnish). Designed by Heikki Orvola in 1988. Marked Marimekko on base, no mold number. The votives enrich the flame’s glow and multiplies it. Iittala glassworks` glass experts create Kivi using solid colour for the glass mass instead of merely colouring the glass from the surface which makes the colour especially rich. Kivi is available in several different colors – at the moment 47 – each with their own special Iittala glass recipe. Most of Kivi candle holders are normal, little size. In 2002-2014 there were produced also large 80 mm high Kivi votives. They are more rare, and also more valuable.
Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala‘s official i-logo was designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1956. Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art glass. Over time, Iittala has expanded from glass to other materials, such as ceramics and metal while keeping with their key philosophy of progressive elegant and timeless design.
Heikki Orvola is a Finnish designer and planner. He started his career as a designer in the 1960s. In 1968, he started to work at the Nuutajärvi glassworks. In 1972, he designed the Aurora set of glasses for Iittala. With Fujiwo Ishimoto he designed the Illusia tableware for Arabia Ceramics Factory.
In the 1980s, Orvola designed for Marimekko. In 1987, he designed the candleholder Kivi, which is still in production today at Iittala. In 1998, he designed the Verna goblet, as well as a set of glasses called Palazzo for Iittala. His design work can be found in Finnish museums as well as abroad.
Marimekko is a Finnish home furnishings, textiles, and fashion company based in Helsinki. It made important contributions to fashion in the 1960s. It is particularly noted for its brightly colored printed fabrics and simple styles, used both in women’s garments and in home furnishings. Two designers in particular, Vuokko Nurmesniemi, with bold stripes, and Maija Isola, with large simple flowered prints such as the Unikko poppy, created hundreds of distinctive patterns and helped to make Marimekko a household name across the world.
- Iittala x Marimekko collaboration
- Designer – Heikki Orvola
- Material – Crystal Glass
- Manufacturer – Iittala
- Made in Finland
- Height – 6,5 cm
- Diameter – 7,5 cm
- Candle space diameter – 5 cm
- Condition – great / signs of age may appear / see images
