Maker/Artist
Sarpaneva, Timo
Finnish designer, 1926-2006
Finnish designer worked for the iittala Glassworks, beginning 1950. Sarpaneva designed that company's logo in 1956. In 1962 he established his own independent design office and did work for a variety of companies.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s helped establish Scandinavia as a center for modern design. He created designs in wood, metal, and textiles for many domestic objects, but preferred to work with glass. Finnish glassmaker.
