MARIMEKKO WEEK: SNEAK PEEK

Today I am super excited to show a sneak peak into my recent Marimekko visit. I got the chance to tour the Beverly Hills store yesterday and photograph to my heart's content. Check out the Instagram here and come back Monday for a whole week of Marimekko! 

Marimekko was the first design company I became familiar with when I graduated from architecture school and started noticing patterns. This was in the days before Pinterest and Instagram, so I don't quite remember how I first heard of the brand which has been around the 1960's. When I was backpacking through Scandinavia, I became more obsessed with the bold florals I saw in Finland's Marimekko shops. So much so, that I bought a black and white duvet and backpacked with it for a few weeks just so I could decorate my first apartment. The theme was black, white and red, and though I have moved on to a lot of other favorite colors, I still have the duvet to this day. It is such an iconic, bold pattern, as fresh and modern as the day it was designed. Fast forward many years, still loving patterns and duvets, I was thrilled to learn that Marimekko opened a few retail stores in the United States. The stores sell the bold, colorful fabrics but also make beanbags, pillows, tablecloths, and wall hangings out of them. To showcase this inspiring brand, I will be sharing Marimekko color and pattern stories every day next week.

Thank you Cezara for hosting such a fun outing!