Arabia Moomin Bowl #17
Hattifatteners (2007–)
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The bowl was released in 2007 and has been in production ever since. It is the first bowl to picture hattifatteners alone. Hattifatteners have been seen in the 1991 Bowl Little My. Tove Slotte chose ...
The bowl was released in 2007 and has been in production ever since. It is the first bowl to picture hattifatteners alone. Hattifatteners have been seen in the 1991 Bowl Little My. Tove Slotte chose the image from Tove Jansson’s first picture book The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My. In addition to the orange bowl, the orange Hattifatteners mug was also released. It is one of designer Tove Slotte’s favourites: “I like it for both the colouring and the arrangement of the Hattifatteners mug, not for the characters themselves. Hattifatteners are quite impersonal and mystical creatures, but at the same time there’s something almost mesmerizing about them. In Japanese the Hattifatteners are called Nuoronyoro, which sounds funny.”
Additional information
Name
Hattifatteners
Product category
Moomin Bowl
Bowl number
17
Production period
2007–
Theme
Characters
Brand
Arabia
Bottom stamps
3 different
Product designer
Kaj Franck
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Character
The Hattifatteners
Original image
Book - The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1952) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 4.5, Width: 14.8, Diameter: 14.8 cm
Weight
320 g
Volume
450 ml
Color
Orange
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Bowl
Bottom stamps (3)
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.
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
The Hattifatteners
Wandering silently in large flocks, the Hattifatteners are peculiar creatures. Hattifatteners don’t eat, sleep or speak at all. They are only interested in traveling forward, to the horizon and beyond. Hattifatteners resemble narrow and pointy mushrooms, with tiny arms and eyes. When it thunders, they transform into lightning rods and should be avoided. Otherwise they are quite harmless. On the Midsummer day Hattifatteners gather together on their own island, but after that they continue their eternal wandering. The first time hattifatteners were seen in Tove Jansson’s novel The Moomins and the Great Flood.
