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mortmere ([personal profile] mortmere) wrote2017-05-06 05:21 pm

Finnish design in "Starsky & Hutch"

When you're a geek from Finland, part of the fun always is finding some Finnish influence, like design items, in foreign movies and television series. A couple of well-known examples include the tulip chairs in "Star Trek", whose original designer was born in Finland, and Princess Leia's Lapponia jewellery in "Star Wars". Seeing such things makes us Finns ridiculously proud. :D

With "Starsky & Hutch", finding anything of Finnish origin seemed so unlikely that I haven't really been looking, but then one very, very minor detail caught my eye in "Death Notice".

In the background in one girl's flat, there is a picture frame with a white and blue design in it. I don't think there is a Finn alive (at least one who's even remotely interested in design) who wouldn't instantly recognize that as Maija Isola's classic Marimekko print design "Kaivo" (1964). 

A very, very minor "yay" for this. (For a big "yay", it'd take something like "Kaivo" curtains or duvet covers in Starsky's flat. Hmm, actually, I think Starsky would really like some Marimekko designs...)





[identity profile] mortmere.livejournal.com 2017-05-07 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't it just? I also like that the print is here in fresh blue/white, not in the very 60s/70s red/black or yellow/brown that I've most often seen it.