Katriina Nuutinen
“My inspiration comes from many things, such as everyday life, animal bones and structures, friends’ words, different materials, as well as interesting colour combinations. I am fascinated by complex yet sophisticated technical details, daring combinations of materials, and harmonious mixes of colour tones. My primary material is glass; it has great qualities that reflect light and colour and create optical illusions. It’s a challenge for a designer to work with glass.”
Katriina Nuutinen’s work is an outstanding example of modern Finnish glass design, inspired by the captivating interplay of glass and light. She specializes in glass and ceramics, but her work is also characterized by explorations with wood, metal, leather and textiles, as well as combining different materials. Nuutinen’s harmonic work mainly consists of sculptural lights, interior accessories and tableware.
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Nuutinen has won several international awards, among them the latest Talents a la Carte award by Maison&Objet fair 2016 and Interior Innovation Award 2015 Winner awarded to the Candeo bright light lamp produced by Finnish Innolux. In 2011 she was awarded the Finnish talent of the year in Muoto2011 gala in Helsinki. In 2014, her Oma floor lamp was selected for Home- ware Top 25 by Monocle magazine. More recently, she was also awarded a one-year grant by the Art Promotion Centre Finland. Katriina Nuutinen was born in 1983, in Helsinki, Finland. She took her Master’s in 2011 at the School of Arts and Design at Aalto University, Helsinki.
