Arabia Moomin Serving Dishes
Friendship Serving Plate (2016–)
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Friendship Serving Plate was released in 2016 and it is still in production. The original artwork is found in Tove Jansson’s novel 'Who will comfort Toffle?'. Tove Slotte designed and adapted Tove Jan...
Friendship Serving Plate was released in 2016 and it is still in production. The original artwork is found in Tove Jansson’s novel 'Who will comfort Toffle?'. Tove Slotte designed and adapted Tove Jansson's original illustrations to ceramics. The diameter of the Serving Plate is 30 cm.
Additional information
Name
Friendship Serving Plate
Product category
Moomin Serving Dishes
Production period
2016–
Theme
Special products
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Arabia
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Characters
Miffle
Toffle
Original image
Book - Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 1.5, Diameter: 30.0 cm
Weight
910 g
Color
Multicolor
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Servicing dishes
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
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?
