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Sannaliina writes about herself:
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"I am a Finnish designer and artist from a creative family.
My late father was an architect, my mother a handicrafts teacher and my grandmother a seamstress so I grew up knowing that I would become an artist of some sort also myself.
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I have always loved colors, ornaments, light and music - always listening to it while working... Arabic or Sub-continental, sometimes Finnish... all music inspires me. I try to find matching points between various cultures, their arts and architecture. My curiosity guides my design process.
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My style is not typically Scandinavian but more of a 'Nordic maximalism'. I typically use vivid strong colors and extravagant patterns in my work. Still a lot of inspiration I find from the nature of Finland (of any country actually), its forms and textures.
I am always willing to learn more. I never hesitate to start with a new, unfamiliar material or a subject. I see new tasks as creative challenges to be solved.
I have truly loved my work as a designer and artist. I feel blessed to have had chances to share my visions of luxury and beauty.
If I can make people happy with my designs, then I have succeeded in my work!"
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Before her MA in Aalto university she studied Fine Art techniques in Pekka Halonens Art Academy.
As her studies included such techniques as glass blowing, polishing and grinding, stone & woodworks, throwing, casting and firing, fine art print making in techniques such as stone lithography, copper etching, dry point, photogravyr, linocutting and silkscreen, she can handle a vast array of Art & Designing techniques.
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Since 2003 she has worked for her own company Design Kuu Co. Ltd as a CEO and Designer in fields of product design, mainly applied arts for textile products, fine bone china decorations, etching/engraving glass, designing high-end products and surfaces out of marbles and granites and creating patterns for various purposes such as graphic concrete that is usually seen in building facades.
Her collection of home decor & clothing, premium quality bed linens and extravagant men’s dress shirts all feature designs that are based on fractals - natures own mathematics, that are also seen on her audiovisual artworks for the iconic Burj Khalifa.
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She is a core team member of Finland-India Women's Bilateral Mastermind, founded in 2021 and an enthusiastic promoter of Pakistani arts and culture.
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For Sannaliina's CV, please click here
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www.finnishdesigners.fi/portfolio/sannaliina.kuussaari
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