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Ultima Thule bowl 115 mm, 2 pcs, clear

£40.50 £54.10
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Description

The Ultima Thule dessert bowl is part of Iittala’s iconic glassware range, which was created in 1968 by Tapio Wirkkala. The inspiration for the collection was found in the melting spring ice of Northern Finland. Ultima Thule glasses are mouth-blown at the Iittala glass factory in Finland.

In 1969, the Finnish airline Finnair chose Ultima Thule for its new route from Helsinki to New York, and the glassware is still used in Finnair’s Business Class. Ultima Thule crystallises the expressive power of Finnish glass design, and this distinctive classic played a key role in Iittala’s international breakthrough. Over time, Ultima Thule has become one of Iittala’s most popular glassware ranges, exemplifying Wirkkala’s belief that the simplest objects often require the most work.

  • Height: 5 cm
  • Diameter: 11.5 cm

  • Material Glass
  • Colour Clear
  • Care instructions Dishwasher safe
  • Product ID: II1025940

Tapio Wirkkala

Tapio Wirkkala (1915–1985) is one of the most significant Finnish designers, and his career symbolises in many ways the global success of Finnish modern design. Wirkkala was a versatile designer and artist whose work ranged from glass design to furniture, graphics and sculpture. Over the course of his career, he designed a wide variety of objects, from refrigerators to banknotes and from furniture to magnificent jewellery.

The most important materials for Wirkkala were wood and glass – he was constantly searching for new ways to use them. He is remembered above all for the glass objects he designed for Iittala, such as the Ultima Thule series.

Tapio Wirkkala – an interpreter of nature’s forms

Tapio Wirkkala is one of the most internationally renowned names in Finnish design. Having graduated as an ornamental sculptor from the sculpture department of the Helsinki Central School of Applied Arts in 1936, Wirkkala was in many ways self-taught, as a glass artist too. His career took off strongly in 1946, when he designed the Kantarelli vase for Iittala, which went on to become a classic.

Wirkkala’s international breakthrough came at the Milan Triennale in 1951, where he won three Grand Prix awards. Around the same time, he also served as artistic director of the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki from 1951 to 1954.

Classics of Finnish glass art

The starting point of Wirkkala’s work was often the observation of nature’s structures. He studied the cracks of ice, the movement of water and the elements of the forest, and transformed these forms into objects in which asymmetry and randomness take on a central role. 

Wirkkala’s first glass collection to reach serial production at Iittala was Tapio, from 1954. One of his best-known works is the Ultima Thule series, designed in 1968, whose glassware is made using a special ice-glass technique. The technique was born as a result of Wirkkala’s development work and brought the objects a nature-inspired texture reminiscent of an icy surface.

A shaper of Finnish modernism

Wirkkala’s career was exceptionally wide-ranging. In addition to glass, he designed furniture, sculptures, posters and everyday objects, and his handprint was also seen in the design of Finland’s currency.  Over the course of his career, he was honoured with several significant awards, such as multiple top prizes at the Milan Triennale, the Pro Finlandia Medal in 1955 and the honorary title of Academician of Art in 1972.

Wirkkala was also a central figure in the rise of Finnish design to international awareness in the mid-20th century. His legacy lives on strongly both in objects still in production and in the mindset of Finnish design, in which the greatest source of inspiration is often nature.

Who: Tapio Wirkkala

  • Finnish designer and sculptor (1915–1985).
  • One of the most significant names in Finnish glass design.
  • His design is marked by a sculptural aesthetic inspired by the forms of nature.
  • Designed thousands of objects over his career, including around 400 glass objects for Iittala.
  • Notable works: the Kantarelli vase, the Tapio glassware and the Ultima Thule series.

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Ultima Thule bowl 115 mm, 2 pcs, clear

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