Aino Aalto : Bolgeblick Karhula/iittala  

I thought
I thought the original design was inspired by Eskimo breeches ?

vase
No, that's the famous vase designed by her husband Alvar Aalto.

Re Aino Aalto
Yes, her glaas design was sold in great numbers, ofcourse, material molded glass was cheap to produce and so was the price for the customer. I started collecting the originalglasses two years ago. She came in second place in the competition Karhula Glassworks held in 1932. Production of her glassdesign "Bölgeblick" started 1934. And first version of especially the tumblers are more more marked in the horisontal form language. these tumblers tend to be more of sculptoral and in whole, the tumblers gives the impression of being more of a classicistical origin. At the time, the international style had it´s impact on whole Scandinavia, the style in for instance Sweden is called "funktionalism", and through the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 the more used diminuitive form "funkis" of the style was spread to and used in not only Sweden but also Finland and Norway. However, as with Bauhaus and all the other users, rationalisation is key to the style and therefore in the same year, 1934 of first version already mentioned, she rationalised the glassdesign to get rid of the more "classicistical expression" and turned it more "funkis". Aino Aaltos love to Scandinavia was expressed in the name of the glassdesign, the word "Bölgeblick" is of norwegian origin and express something almost poetic, I see that V and A Museum in London has said that the word is impossible to translate into english. Well, this is not my first language, but what the heck, I think that You get the idea?: "When a stone breaks the waters surface and the rings(waves) appears - that´s "Bölgeblick".