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Mikko Laakkonen

Designer: 

The most important thing to remember when decorating a room: Try to understand who lives there

My favourite room: The sauna at my summer cottage

My best design moment: Haven’t had it yet

My most important mentor: Friends and colleagues

The word that best describes my design philosophy: Honest, I hope

My first memory of Marimekko: The tablecloth at my grandma’s

The thing I hope to bring to Marimekko: Good product design

I love to wear sailing trousers when I go sailing in the fall.

The shape I’m most fascinated with right now: The sphere

Three things I can’t live without right now: Paper, pen, and music player

Three things I couldn’t live without when I was a teenager: Music player, guitar, skateboard

Light and whimsical or dark and stormy? Light and whimsical

Sketch by hand or click on computer? Sketch first, then computer

If I were not working as a designer, I would be: Doing something with my hands

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