A trio of coffee cups, saucers, and cake plates from the Juhannus series by Arabia, a leading Finnish tableware manufacturer. The coffee cup will be as small as an espresso cup. Juhannus is a Finnish word that means "the time of the summer solstice", and it is the season called midsummer in Northern Europe. In Northern Europe, the sun only lasts a few hours in the winter, but on the other hand, during the midsummer season, the sun shines for about 20 hours a day. It is the best season of the year in Scandinavia as it is cool and not too hot.
It is a detailed decoration printed carefully by silk screen printing, and the rose that blooms at the time of the summer solstice called Midsummer Rose is drawn. This variety is usually called Rosa spinosissima. Originally, the colors were exaggerated to add black-brown thorns, but the red thorns are also drawn to emphasize that this white flower is a rose. The designer is Laija Uosikkinen, one of the legendary designers of ARABIA, known for Emilia, Kalevala, and Ali. Such highly realistic decorations are relatively rare, as many of her designs are deformed pointillism and geometric patterns. Since the Juhannus series itself was a short production period of 4 years, it is highly rare and not often available in vintage.
Details Manufacturer: ARABIA Designer: Raija Uosikkinen Series name: Juhannus Age: 1966-1970 Country of origin: Finland Condition: ★★★★☆ (4: Good condition)
All three items are in good condition with no cracks or cracks.
■ Raija Uosikkinen (1923-2004)
Born in Holoran, a town in southern Finland. In 1947, he graduated from Aalto University Faculty of Arts and joined Arabia. For 40 years until 1986, he worked as an exclusive designer for Arabia, and was in charge of the design of the Emilia series and Kalevala earplates. He often collaborated with Kaj Franck, and basically Kaj Franck provided the form of the product, and Uosikkinen provided the decorative design.
Even after retiring from ARABIA in 1986 , Raija Uosikkinen continued to live in a house right next to the company and welcomed the company's current designers and students from Aalto University to his home, welcoming them in a friendly manner. It is said that he was instructed by It is said that his representative work, the Emilia series, expressed his yearning for a life in the distant United States. After the Second World War, Finland was not a rich country because of the continuous period of poverty.
