Gunilla Jung was a glass and lighting artist and Silversmith. She designed glassware for Karhula (later Iittala) in the 1930s at the Institute of Applied Arts in Helsinki. Maybe best known for her pioneering lighting projects, such as in Helsinki’s Savoy Theatre.
Taito created her first silver designs and, later in the 1930s, others by Viri and Kultaseppät. She worked with Frans Nykänen, who at varying times was a director at both silversmithies.
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She used simple undecorated, geometric forms for her lighting designs – such as the Model No. Omo 2939 floor light. Sadly the career of this talented lighting and silver designer was all too brief she died in 1939.
Sources
1939. Applied art in Finland. Les arts appliques en Finlande. Las artes utiles en Finlandia.
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing.
Hughes, G. (1967). Modern silver, throughout the world, 1880-1967. Crown Publishers.