Vankka Unikko Placement
Kioski bag
The Vankka tote bag is made of a firm cotton and linen blend, and it features the large Unikko flower and Marimekko logo in the front. The fabric is printed in Helsinki.
This product contains 46% recycled cotton and 21% recycled linen. Unbleached fabrics have a natural lively color and surface where small different colored areas may appear. There may be differences between products regarding this feature.
Unikko, symbolizing creativity, was born in a time when hardly any floral designs were included in Marimekko’s collections. Maija Isola, however, was fascinated by the theme of flowers and decided to create an entire range of novel floral prints.
Unikko
Unikko was created by Maija Isola in 1964 and has since become an international icon of print design. The founder of Marimekko, Armi Ratia, believed that it was not possible to faithfully capture the true essence of real flowers in print, which is why floral prints were earlier excluded from Marimekko collections. So, Maija Isola designed Unikko to be an abstraction of a flower rather than a photorealistic rendition. Today, Unikko is a powerful emblem of joy and creativity, seamlessly integrated into Marimekko's design identity.