-50%
The Tiiliskivi (brick) print was designed by Marimekko’s founder Armi Ratia. The pattern reflects her belief in the simple beauty of everyday life.
Fabrics are sold by the decimetre (1 metre = 10 decimetres). For example, If you need 2.2 m, choose 22 units.
Width 145 cm
Printed in Finland
Tiiliskivi 950 cotton fabric
100 % cotton
repeat 73 cm
4.90 > € 2.45 (-50%)
Tiiliskivi 861 cotton linen fabric
79 % cotton 21 % linen
repeat 73 cm
5.50 > € 2.75 (-50%)
Pieni Tiiliskivi 810
50 x 100 cm
23 > € 11.50 (-50%)
Pieni Tiiliskivi 810
30 x 50 cm
13 > € 6.50 (-50%)
Armi Ratia (1912-1979) was a textile artist, the founder of Marimekko and one of the most famous Finnish entrepreneurs. She was the CEO of Marimekko until 1969 and again 1971 onwards. Ratia studied textile design in Helsinki and graduated in 1935. After graduating she founded her first enterprise, a weaving mill in Vyborg. In 1939 she had to leave the weaving mill as she moved to Helsinki together with her husband Viljo Ratia.
Marimekko's story can be said to have started when Armi Ratia joined Printex, a manufacturer of oilcloths and print fabric owned by Viljo Ratia. She began to acquire bold and colorful patterns for printing. Two years later Marimekko was born.
In the early days of Marimekko, Ratia sketched clothes and patterns on fabrics herself as well, but later on got more interested in marketing. She created the vision for Marimekko and found talented artists to implement it.