Linda Linko

Helsinki-based artist Linda Linko (b.1979) is known for the hands-on, thoughtful approach to her work. Behind this approach is Linda's love for experimental collage, mixed media and hand-painted typography. Despite her work passing for fine art over design, Linda has a long list of clients who keep returning to her for her effortless, handmade style. The various clients she has worked with include Apple, Penguin Books, Adidas, Rimowa, Gap and Finnish National Gallery.

In 2019 a new pattern, Speckle by Linda Linko, was introduced to the Iittala Graphics collection. Linda Linko drew inspiration for the new Iittala Graphics mug from a place in the middle of the forest where she spends a lot of time. In there Linda has a garden and she describes how each year nature tries to take it over and, despite having been tamed with stone steps, the wilderness still pushes through. The Speckle pattern has a mystical blue background colour with organic, bright-coloured shapes – perhaps a nocturnal garden or a field of flowers.