Designer · Finland · 1925–1990
Kaarina Aho
Kaarina Aho (1925–1990) – Finnish ceramicist, tableware designer at Arabia, 1946–1962, in Kaj Franck’s team.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1925–1990
- Country
- Finland
Kaarina Aho was born on 28 January 1925 and died on 23 September 1990 in Helsinki. After graduating from the Central School of Applied Arts, she began working at Arabia in 1946 as Kaj Franck’s assistant, and from 1949 to 1962 as a designer in his team, creating mainly simple serving vessels.
She designed four tableware services for Arabia, the best known of which is Palapeli. She received silver medals at the Milan Triennale (1954, 1957) and a gold medal at the exhibition in Sacramento (1961). From 1962, she ran her own ceramic studio in Helsinki. She was the granddaughter of the painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt.
