Nikkilä's Heart, elementary school

Aimo Katajamäki

School’s facade art work were completed in two phases 2017-2020. Colorful boards were used on the wall surfaces. Because the facades were multicolored I wanted to make the art work in black and white. The illustration flows through windows and covers the color fields, going around the entire building complex. I created the original illustrations by using the line rasters from the old wood engravings . The works were printed directly on the elements in the factory.

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    Aimo Katajamäki, Finland (2013)

    Katajamäki is operating extensively across design, architecture and art field, in minimal and maximal scales. Katajamäki has his recognizable handwriting; vital, expressive and uncompromising visual expression. His ideas and art...

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    School’s facade art work were completed in two phases 2017-2020. Colorful boards were used on the wall surfaces. Because the facades were multicolored I wanted to make the art work in black and white. The illustration flows through windows and covers the color fields, going around the entire building complex. I created the original illustrations by using the line rasters from the old wood engravings . The works were printed directly on the elements in the factory.

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    Aimo Katajamäki, Finland (2013)

    Katajamäki is operating extensively across design, architecture and art field, in minimal and maximal scales.
    Katajamäki has his recognizable handwriting; vital, expressive and uncompromising visual expression. His ideas and art come closer to a broader audience in the surfaces and the art work of public spaces. Katajamäki is also a sculptor, who has open-minded worked with different surfaces, materials and processes.
    His most well known international recognition in graphic design has been the Gold Award in Warsaw International Poster Biennale. Katajamäki’s ”Wooden people” sculpture installation is housed in an annex of Finnish Parliament. Aimo Katajamäki received the State Prize for Design 2013 together his wife interior architect Päivi Meuronen.
    Katajamäki works in his own design studio Aimonomia Oy.

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