Arabia Moomin Wall Tile #13
Decoration Tree Stinky (2016)
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The Decoration tree Stinky -wall tile was launched in 2016 and was available only for a limited time. The height of the wall tile is 89mm and the width is 89mm. The wall tile is part of a 13 pieces...
The Decoration tree Stinky -wall tile was launched in 2016 and was available only for a limited time. The height of the wall tile is 89mm and the width is 89mm. The wall tile is part of a 13 pieces Moomin by Arabia decoration tree. The unique wall tiles, which each features one or more Moominvalley residents, were produced between years 2014 and 2016. The designer and ceramic artist Tove Slotte has patterned the tree based on one of Tove Jansson’s original drawings from 1956. Originally, Jansson created a tree with a Moomintroll that was used in advertising for a bank.
Additional information
Name
Decoration Tree Stinky
Product category
Moomin Wall Tile
Serial number
13
Production period
2016
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Arabia
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Character
Stinky
Original image
Advertisement - Föreningsbanken (1956) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 8.9, Width: 8.9 cm
Weight
160 g
Colors
Blue, Light blue, Multicolor
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Wall tile
Designers
Arabia
Arabia was a Finnish design company founded in 1873 specializing in the processing of faijance, tableware and porcelain. The company's product selection consists of popular tableware sets and design products. Valued Arabia products are defined by timeless and strong design and practicality stemming from genuine consumer orientation. Several notable designers, such as Kaj Franck and Birger Kaipiainen, have designed products for Arabia, and Arabia has won numerous design awards. Arabia was acquired by Hackman in 1990 and became one of Hackman's trademarks.
Tove Slotte
Tove Slotte, born in 1957, is a Finnish artist and a graphic designer. She is a professional ceramist. Tove Slotte worked at Arabia from 1985 to 1990, after which she has worked as a freelance designer. She is best known for designing and illustrating the Moomin products for Iittala and Arabia ceramics. Tove Slotte has been a Moomin fan since her childhood. She says her favourite Moomin book is The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My. Tove Slotte has designed the Moomin products for Arabia for more than 30 years.
Characters
Stinky
Stinky is known as a mischievous and snappy character, who very much enjoys cheating and stealing. Even though he is caught every time, he keeps stealing; that is his nature though he is not mean by nature. Because of his behaviour, Stinky is not very popular among the inhabitants of Moominvalley. The Moomins treat him surprisingly gently. Being an outsider doesn’t seem to bother Stinky, on the contrary, he is quite proud of his reputation. He is rarely invited to come on picnics or events, but he might come and crash the party anyway. The dark and hairy Stinky first appeared in Tove Jansson’s first comic about Moomintroll.
