Finnish design in "Starsky & Hutch"

[mortmere]

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...)

Comments

[matsir]

If I'm remembering correctly, a friend had couch pillows with a design a lot like that (or a knock off) on them. (In the '70s, probably from Sears or Penney's) I didn't know it was famous and Finnish!

[hardboiledbaby]

You get all the props for spotting the awesome :)

Finnish design

[ursulaangstrom]

Very interesting entry, Mortmere.

I recently did one of those ancestry DNA analysis kits and learned I have a smidgen of Finnish ancestry. This was a delightful surprise. Thanks for teaching me something about Finnish design. I like this design since it looks like crescent moons to me and I am born in the zodiac sign Cancer. Cancer is the only zodiac sign controlled by the Moon. So anything that reminds me of the moon is something I collect. I appreciate you sharing all of this.

Ursula Angstrom

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[marianrose.livejournal.com]

Fantastic find! Makes me happy too :)