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Markku Salo´s new unique piece, Cucumber Canister, is in Auction at Lasivitriini Day in Nuutajärvi Glass Villagge. The day is full of happenings dealing with glass. Markku Salo´s gallery is open, too, and there you can pick up a lot of his prototypes and experimental...

Markku Salo´s new Year Dog 2016, Primavera, will be published on 20 th March 2016. The Dog is made in 100 pieces. Each is signed and numbered. Markku Salo: Year Dog 2016, Primavera, 25 x 23 x 5 cm

In November 2015 opened a new hospital in Tampere City where Markku Salo has made 11 big works of art. Here you see one of those works. Other images are to be watch on Finnish side of Markku Salo´s website here THE SPRING OF HOPE. Glass, metal, bronze.

KAJ FRANCK DESIGN PRIZE 2015:DESIGNER, GLASS ARTIST MARKKU SALO The Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2015 awarded by Design Forum Finland has been given todesigner, glass artist Markku Salo. The prize is one of the most eminent design prizes inFinland and was now...

Making of Markku Salo´s 2015 Year Dog in Nuutajärvi Glass Village. Work group: Janne Rahunen, Markus Elo, Otto Koivuranta and Jani Setälä. And Heikki Viinikainen. Watch the video here

According to The Culture Trip Markku Salo is one of Finland´s 10 best designers. Read more The Culture Trip

Gallery Markku Salo is one of the exhibitors at Creativity Worl Forum. Creativity World Forum is world's greatest event focused on business development. It was organized for the first time in 2004. Ice Live Business Forum 2014 is the first Creativity World Forum...

"A world-renowned Finnish artist and designer, Markku Salo, is always looking for new ways to express the artistic quality of glass as a material. But a techinque is just a tool: it should never outrank the content. Markku will trace the development of his work,...

"Glass innovation through product design and art" / Scan Magazine, issue 56, september 2013 (Link opes a pdf-file)

Watching at the Moon and All Night Long are novelties to Markku Salo´s Dogs-collection. Dogs are made of glass and metal. They are made at Nuutajärvi Glass Village. Dog is a theme which Markku Salo has interpreted during his career from 1980´s. Dogs will be produced...