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Peter Holmblad born 1934, managing director and owner of Stelton till 2004.
Engaged as Export Manager in 1963 and became owner of the company in the late seventies.
The launch of the Cylinda Line in 1967 was a result of a close connection between Peter Holmblad and Arne Jacobsen.
Among other things Peter Holmblad has designed a line of bar products and the well known watering can. Today he is on the board of directors at Stelton A/S and guides the management team for the future to come.
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| [iittala, Arabia, Marimekko] |
Born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1943. Heikki Orvola is one of the driving forces within Finnish design. He works in glass, ceramics, cast iron and textiles for iittala, Arabia and Marimekko. Orvola has worked for the industrial art business, but he has also worked in a variety of different materials as a form of pure, artistic expression. During his career as a designer, Heikki Orvola has received awards and prizes, including the Kaj Franck prize in 1998 – perhaps Finland’s most important design prize. For iittala he designd Kivi and Aika.
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