Tapio Wirkkala at Venini tattoo Swedish gardener Tatsumasa Murasame

Swedish gardener Tatsumasa Murasame

Work is so integral to our lives and our culture that we have internalized beliefs about its value and have built our economies and lifestyles around those beliefs

a sort of Bildungsroman in which his model (whoever she may be) does not emerge unscathed

made millions

Nadia Budde

Tapio Wirkkala at Venini tattoo Swedish gardener Tatsumasa MurasameCreator 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