Linda Linko: in search of New Finnishness

As part of PTTRNS exhibition, Iittala Arabia Design Centre invited artist Linda Linko to search for the future of Finnish patterns. In her voluminous collage she s studying colour, shapes and transparency and challenging the traditional perception of one hundred year old Finland: perhaps we re not as gloomy and pessimistic as we tend to say we are. The piece illustrates Linko s work process and her candid use of different techniques. Using her exquisite color palette she paints large scale surfaces from w