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Minna Parikka

Shoe designer Minna Parikka and artist Jani Leinonen collaborated on an art project filled with corporate mascots and shoes. The duo created a space with an optical illusion covered with a print based on Jani Leinonenโ€™s painting. The print also takes over 3 styles of Minna Parikkaโ€™s satin shoes that all have their place in the installation. โ€˜Here the common and tacky commercial characters collide into the luxurious and abundant high heels. The battle between the classes has began.โ€™ the duo states.

The 3 styles of shoes are all numbered and signed in series of 25. โ€˜They are art and we can not control what do you do with them, frame them or wear them!โ€™ The pairs come in sizes 36-41 and are sold through Amos Anderson during โ€˜boutiqueโ€™ exhibition which is officially part of Helsinki World Design Capital Year 2012.

ยฉ Minna Parikka/Jani Leinonen


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