Arabia Moomin Bowl #76
Ice Swimming (2025)
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The Moomin bowl Ice Swimming is Moomin Arabia’s winter season dish for 2025. Unlike in previous years, this seasonal item is only available through Moomin Arabia’s online store and shops, as well as t...
The Moomin bowl Ice Swimming is Moomin Arabia’s winter season dish for 2025. Unlike in previous years, this seasonal item is only available through Moomin Arabia’s online store and shops, as well as the Moomin.com online store and Moomin Shops. The production quantity is unknown. The illustration is based on Tove Jansson’s comic strip Moomin’s Winter Follies (1955), which also inspired the previous winter seasonal mug Ski Jumping. The Ice Swimming bowl is part of the four-piece winter series themed around the Moomins’ winter sports.
Additional information
Name
Ice Swimming
Product category
Moomin Bowl
Bowl number
76
Production period
2025
Theme
Winter season
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Kaj Franck
Graphic designer
Parvati Pillai
Original image
Comic strip #5 - Moomin's Winter Follies (1955) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 4.5, Width: 14.8, Diameter: 14.8 cm
Weight
320 g
Volume
450 ml
Colors
Light blue, Pink, White
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Bowl
Designers
Kaj Franck
Kaj Franck was born on November 9, 1911 in Vyborg. He was one of the most internationally known Finnish glass and ceramic designers. In 1932, Franck graduated from the School of Art and Design as a furniture designer. After graduation, Franck worked as a catalog designer, interior designer, and furniture designer. Franck was the artistic director of the Nuutajärvi glass factory from 1950 to 1973. In addition to this, he worked as a teacher at the Art School in 1945 and later as its artistic director from 1960–1969. Kaj Franck has designed products for Arabia, Iittala and Artek, among others. Franck's best-known works are the Kilta series, the Teema series and the Kartio glasses. During his career, Kaj Franck won several awards and received recognition for his design work at the Milan Triennial in 1951, 1954 and the Milan Triennial Grand Prix in 1957. He has also received the Compasso d’Oro Prize, the Lunning Prize, the Prince Eugen Medal and Pro Finlandia. In 1972, he was awarded the title of Professor and Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art in London in 1983. Kaj Franck died at the age of 77 in 1989.
Parvati Pillai
Parvati Pillai, born in 1989 in Kerala, India, is a visual and creative designer who is passionate about illustration, storytelling, and brand building. Parvati Pillai started working as the Moomin mugs designer and illustrator for the Fiskars Group in 2022.
