Bökars plate, 27 cm, brown

Heikki Orvola designed the dazzling Bökars plate for Marimekko. Nuutajärvi Glassworks' angular plate is made of brown pressed glass and finished with a graphic repeating pattern. The Bökars plate brings an elegant and interesting touch to even a more restrained table setting.

The Bökars plate was produced in two different sizes and several different colors in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Heikki Orvola

Nuutajärvi Glassworks was established in Urjala in 1793, and until 2014 it was the oldest glass factory still operating in Finland. The Nuutajärvi glass factory area is nowadays listed among the nationally important built cultural environments by The National Board of Antiquities. During its long history, Nuutajärvi Glassworks manufactured everything from window glass to design glass.

Kaj Franck was the longest-running artistic director of the Nuutajärvi Glassworks between 1951 and 1973. The glass factory also employed several other well-known Finnish glass designers such as Gunnel Nyman, Saara Hopea, Oiva Toikka, Heikki Orvola and Kerttu Nurminen. Independent glass designers and artists still work and manufacture glass objects at the Nuutajärvi glass factory area. The Nuutajärvi Glass Museum Prykäri, designed by Kaj Franck, also locates in the area.