Meanwhile at the Design Museum in Helsinki, precious glassware by Iittala is on show (until 10 September), forms invented by some of the major designers in the Scandinavian tradition: Timo Sarpaneva, Tapio Wirkkala, and Kaj Franck, as well as of course Alvar and Aino Aalto, and more recently Harri Koskinen, Annaleena Hakatie and Alfredo Häberli.
Until 13.8.2006
This is Alvar Aalto
Iittala Glass Centre, Iittala
http://www.designmuseum.fi




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