Arabia Moomin Wall Tile
Who will comfort Toffle? 1/6 (1990–1993)
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Arabia released a 6 pieces Moomin Collector's limited plate series 'Who will comfort Toffle?' in 1990. The production was limited to 10,000 pieces of all the wall tiles together. The original images a...
Arabia released a 6 pieces Moomin Collector's limited plate series 'Who will comfort Toffle?' in 1990. The production was limited to 10,000 pieces of all the wall tiles together. The original images are from Tove Jansson's novel 'Who will comfort Toffle?'. The graphical design is by Tove Slotte. The width of the wall tile is 15 cm and the weight is 222 grams. The production of the wall tile ended 1993.
Additional information
Name
Who will comfort Toffle? 1/6
Product category
Moomin Wall Tile
Production period
1990–1993
Themes
90s, Special products
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Arabia
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Characters
Fillyjonk
Little My
Snufkin
Toffle
Original image
Book - Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 1.5, Width: 15.0 cm
Weight
222 g
Colors
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
Little My
Little My lives in the Moomin house and is a part of the Moomin family, even though she is not really related to the Moomins. Mymble older is her mother, Mymble her sister, and Snufkin his half-brother. In spite of her small size, Little My is very courageous, fearless and brave. Little My is known for being quite feisty and having a sharp sense of humour. Little My always makes her own decisions and acts as she sees fit. She doesn’t let any kind of mayhem disturb her, and loves spending time in narrow and unusual places that most can’t even fit into. Little My is also very curious, she loves secrets and is good at keeping them. Little My has an orange bun of hair and a red dress. Little My first appeared in Tove Jansson’s book The Memoirs of Moominpappa.
Fillyjonk
Ms Fillyjonk is a friend of principles and good order. She is a caring and nervous mother, who only wants her kids to avoid the influence of bad company. Obeying the rules is very important to Fillyjonk, and sometimes she gets very upset over the tiniest obstacle. As Fillyjonk is very fond of cleaning and almost symmetrical order, sometimes the kids and their wild energy gets on her nerves quite a lot. However, Fillyjonk seems to secretly envy the relaxed and casual life of the Moomin family. Fillyjonk lives in a fenced house in Moominvalley with her three children. She wears a red dress, a hat and carries a purse. Fillyjonk’s kids are also dressed in matching clothes. Fillyjonk first appears in Tove Jansson’s novel The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My.
Snufkin
Snufkin is a harmonica playing free spirit, who loves fishing and hiking. His worldly belongings travel with him in his backpack, and he values the simple life. Freedom is very important to Snufkin, and he prefers doing things his own way. The wise and reflective Snufkin is very popular and admired in Moominvalley, especially among the tiniest and more fearful creatures. Each year around November, Snufkin leaves to travel south, and his friend Moomintroll stays behind and waits for his return. Mymble and Little My are Snufkin’s half sisters. Even though Snufkin enjoys his time alone, he doesn’t avoid the company of others. Snufkin has a green coat and a slouch hat. He first appeared in Tove Jansson’s novel Comet in Moominland.
Toffle
The easily frightened, shy Toffle also lives in Moominvalley. Toffle is lonely, and one day he goes out to find adventure and friends. He finds a message in a bottle, written by a lonely girl called Miffle. Toffle decides to save Miffle from the atrocious Groke. Toffle is a dark haired character dressed in a dark coat, and he was introduced in Tove Jansson’s novel Who will comfort Toffle?
