■ Product description
ARABIA's masterpiece Paratiisi jar. Paratiisi means "paradise" in Finnish. Designed by Birger Kaipiainen, one of the company's representative designers, it was released in 1969. Production of the Paratiisi was discontinued in 1974 due to the time and effort required to produce it. This is a model called the old logo manufactured in Finland after 1988 when production resumed. It features a crown logo on the back stamp and a colored leaf pattern.
The Paratiisi logo began with the viola (pansy) logo in 1969, followed by a leaf logo that replaced the ARABIA mark on the viola manufactured in the latter half of 1971, and a circular English logo in the 1988 reprint. There are four types: the replaced crown logo (old logo), and the modern black and white logo without the color of the 1988 logo. It will be made in Finland until the crown logo in 1988.
Details Manufacturer: ARABIA Designer: Birger Kaipiainen Series name: Paratiisi Age: 1988 Country of origin: Finland Condition: ★★★★★ (5: Complete)
It will be a dead stock item that has been stored without being used. Very good condition with no signs of use.
■Size: Width 11.5cm Height 10.4cm Height 11cm (including lid)
■ About Birger Kaipiainen
Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988 )
Born in Pori, southwestern Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. Finland's leading designer, known as the "King of Decorators". Although his family moved to Helsinki when he was young, Kaipiainen spent every summer in Russia. Stay in a homestay in a town called Sortavala. The sense of nature and artistry nurtured there will influence him for the rest of his life. When Kaipiainen was young, he suffered from polio, which left him walking with a cane for the rest of his life. He was unable to turn a potter's wheel on his own due to a disability in one hand, but it is said that this actually served as an opportunity for him to hone his artistic sense.
Kaipiainen graduated from Finland's premier art university, Aalto University, and joined Arabia in 1937. From 1954, he also transferred to Rorstrand in Sweden for four years. In the heyday of simple and unadorned Nordic modern art, Kaipiainen's designs are rich in decorativeness and are characterized by detailed depictions drawn to every corner. He has built a unique worldview that stands out from the mainstream of the times, designing Paratish in 1969, Apia in 1970, and Sunnuntai in 1971. These are still the reprinted editions of Arabia, and have become a signboard product.
