Juhani & Pirkko Salovaara

Juhani and Pirkko Salovaara are an artist and designer couple based in Naantali, Finland. Industrial designer, Professor and sculptor Juhani Salovaara (b. 1943) graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 1967 and was one of the founding members of the design agency Ergonomiadesign, known today as ED Design. He has received the Industrial Designer of the Year award in 2003 and the Kaj Franck Design Prize in 2016. Visual artist Pirkko Salovaara (b. 1958) is known especially for her aquarelle paintings. In 2016, she was awarded as the Artist of the Year by Turun Sunnuntaimaalarit.