Designer · Finland · 1925–1984
Saara Hopea
Saara Hopea (1925–1984) – Finnish interior architect and glass and jewellery designer; designer at Nuutajärvi, 1952–1959.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1925–1984
- Country
- Finland
Saara Elisabet Hopea (married name Hopea-Untracht) was born on 26 August 1925 in Porvoo and died there on 25 June 1984. She was the daughter of a goldsmith. From 1943 to 1946, she studied interior architecture at the Central School of Applied Arts in Helsinki; she worked at Majander Oy and Oy Taito Ab.
In 1952, Kaj Franck employed her at the Nuutajärvi glassworks (Notsjö) as its second permanent designer; she worked there until 1959. Later, she designed jewellery for the family company Ossian Hopea in Porvoo. She received silver medals at the Milan Triennale (1954, 1957) and, in 1982, the Finnish State Award for Arts and Crafts.
