Finland 1925 - 1984
Yki Nummi was a versatile designer and he played a part in making Finnish design world-renowned in the 1950s. Nummi was one of the first designers in Finland to use plastic and acryl as material for lamps. Mainly Nummi worked for contracts and designed lamps for certain specific spaces.
Nummi studied design at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki (1946-50). 1950-58 designer at Orno Metalfactories designdepartment. Lamps for hospitals, sanatories, churches and other contracts. 1951-1965 seri... Read more
Yki Nummi was a versatile designer and he played a part in making Finnish design world-renowned in the 1950s. Nummi was one of the first designers in Finland to use plastic and acryl as material for lamps. Mainly Nummi worked for contracts and designed lamps for certain specific spaces.
Nummi studied design at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki (1946-50). 1950-58 designer at Orno Metalfactories designdepartment. Lamps for hospitals, sanatories, churches and other contracts. 1951-1965 serie of white and transparent acrylic lamps; the table lamp "Modern Art" from 1956 was taken up as an European design-product 1958 to the Museum of Modern Art. 1954, -57 and -60 Nummi´s lamps were honered as innovative designs at the Triennale in Milan.
1959 the 100W/24 main spotlights for the worldexhibition in Brussels. Besides his work as designer Nummi was board member of the company Orno and The Finnish Applied Arts Cooperation and member of the Finnish Lighttechnical Association and was asked to lecture even in Japan (i.e. at the World Design Center 1960). In the 1950s and 1960s, Yki Nummi designed light fixtures and various types of serving trays and containers for the Sanka company of Loviisa in acrylic, which was a new material at the time. His designs evolved in the factory´s Y Collection. Nummi is one of the pioneers of design in plastics in Finland. His works were awarded gold medals at the Milan Triennials of 1954 and 1957. He received the Pro Finlandia medal in 1971.
