Klaus Haapaniemi - Arlanda Shopping
December 2011
This year Arlanda Airport (Sweden's largest airport located outside of Stockholm) decorated their shops with a Christmas motif by Klaus Haapaniemi. The campaign involved bags, posters, stickers, banners, postcards and an activity area for kids.
Agency: Planeta Design
Klaus Haapaniemi - Minimarket AW11
November 2011
In Minimarket's AW11 - Vikingi - collection you will find 3 beautiful dresses with Klaus Haapaniemi's peacock print on. Here's an extract from the story behind the collection:
"Vikings and valkyries supplied the inspiration for our Autumn Winter 2011 collection. For this collection we have also, together with illustrators Klaus Haapaniemi and Martin Bergström, created three prints inspired by peacocks and glass beads. Both peacocks and glass beads were significant for vikings, the peacock as a symbol for power and importance and glass beads were a commercial article from Asia and The Far East.
/Minimarket"
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Klaus Haapaniemi - ‘Putte The Cat’ - Candleholders
August 2011
Turkish company Monna Studio has launched a new designer collection. Together with Karim Rashid, Sam Baron and Tomoko Azumi, Klaus Haapaniemi is one of the four artists collaborating with them.
"I wanted to create something which could work as a shamelessly decorative piece in anybodys home and still function as simple tea light candle holder. I owe my inspiration for this ceramic candleholders totally to my friend, the domestic house cat Putte Alexander, who I also named the collection after ".
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Klaus Haapaniemi - Established and Sons
August 2011
An array of influences from Finnish folklore, history, and interests in nature and fashion contribute to the design of Klaus Haapaniemi's immersive Mammoth tapestry, Meteor Ottoman and Volcano Rug for Brittish design company Established & Son.
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Project on Creativity
June 2010
AOL (America On-Line) is one of the largest providers of online services in the world, offering email, interactive newspapers, magazines and internet access. For their 25th anniversary this year, AOL launched a new project called "Project on Creativity". The project celebrates upcoming artists and last week they launched their second collection curated by reknowned artist Chuck Close.
Eva Hjelte and Klaus Haapaniemi are two of the 25 handpicked artists represented in the second collection with their illustrations "BearHair" and Mushroom Land". To see more, visit the AOL Artist Gallery. You can also start following Eva Hjelte's brand new blog by clicking HERE!
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Klaus Haapaniemi at Apoteket
November 2009
Klaus Haapaniemi illustrated the pattern for this years in-store Christmas campaign at Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket. The patterns is applied on wrapping paper, gift bags and signs.
Agency: Kollo, Helsingborg
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Neko
November 2009
Neko is the titel of an illustrated childrensbook written by author Rosa Liksom with illustrations by Klaus Haapaniemi. The characters are animals and the story is based in feodal times in Japan.