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Marimekko's Siirtolapuutarha apron features Maija Louekari’s cheerful design, inspired by the vibrant floral magnificence of summer and tells a story of country life in an urban environment. Since its debut in 2009, this modern classic pattern has brought its lively charm to both textiles and tableware.
The apron is made of 100% organic cotton and has waist straps and a pocket on the front. The size can be adjusted with the neckband’s snap buttons.
Maija Louekari (b. 1982) is a Finnish textile artist and pattern designer known above all for the prints she has designed for Marimekko. Louekari draws inspiration from everyday life and the ordinary things, people and sounds around her. The surrounding landscapes also feed her work, whether an urban metropolis or a Finnish forest.
Among Louekari’s best-known prints are the Siirtolapuutarha and Räsymatto patterns, now modern classics, which she originally designed for the Oiva tableware series – designed by Sami Ruotsalainen and launched in 2009.
Maija Louekari is a Finnish illustrator and textile designer known especially for her recognisable style based on a hand-drawn line.
Louekari studied design and interiors at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and graphic design at the Danish Design School. The young designer’s career received a significant boost in 2003, when she won the Frames for a Young Life design competition organised by the University of Art and Design and Marimekko. After the competition, Louekari became one of Marimekko’s central pattern designers.
Louekari’s prints are characterised by a strong rhythm and storytelling imagery that often springs from nature and everyday observations – plants, animals and landscapes are transformed in Louekari’s hands into graphic, rhythmic surfaces.
Her large-scale, cohesive prints usually come about through freehand drawing, and Louekari also enjoys experimenting with paper-cutting, for example. Her craft-based way of working gives her prints a distinctive and warm character.
Louekari has designed numerous well-known prints for Marimekko: from her pen have come the Siirtolapuutarha and Räsymatto prints that appeared in 2009 and are now among the present-day Marimekko classics, the wintry Kuusikossa and the graphically pared-back Kukat puhkeavat.
Louekari’s work has been seen widely in textiles, tableware and homeware, and through Marimekko’s global popularity it has reached a wide international audience too.
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