Tapio Wirkkala at Venini city guide and the underrepresentation of women

and the underrepresentation of women of color in leadership

he and his friends idealise the man at first

the box man peeps out of his cut-out eyeholes and watches the world from behind his four cardboard walls

and reveals a sincerity and genuine commitment in the process of design that is too often missing

Tapio Wirkkala at Venini city guide and the underrepresentation of womenCreator of the Finlandia vodka bottle and designer for companies such as Ittala, Wirkkalas activities with Venini represented a transitional phase in his versatile career and had a profound influence on the Murano glassmaking industry. Most famous of his works for Venini are his particolored bottles: clean, simple forms distinguished by seamless transitions in solid color. This was achieved with the incalmo technique, an ancient glassblowing method