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Markku Salo

Also known as: Markku Salo; primary name: Salo, Markku
Details: individual; ceramicist/glass worker/potter; designer; academic/intellectual; Finnish; Male
Life dates: 1954-
Biography: Finnish industrial designer and teacher. Studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki from 1974-79, after graduating from the Kankaanpää Art School. He has combined industrial design with work in further education. Initially invited to work for the Salora company in 1979, to design electronic products, he was hired by the Nuutajärvi glassworks in 1983. He has continued to work for the Finnish glass industry, designing both serial production and art glass made in small editions. He runs his own Markku Salo Gallery in Nuutajärvi Glass Village where his handmade glassware is made.
Bibliography: Marianne Aav and Eeva Viljanen, eds. 'Iittala 125 Years of Finnish Glass', Stuttgart 2006