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This year’s winter series from Arabia is called Moomin Spring Winter. They are designed by Tove Slotte based on pictures from Tove Jansson’s book, Moominland Midwinter (1957). Tove Slotte has been working with Arabia for more then 30 years, designing almost all of their Moomin products. She gives new life to these beloved images, bringing them into the 21st century with a fresh crisp look.

As the name of the series suggests, they bring promise of spring while winter is not over. As we know Moomins sleep through the winter, but now Moomintroll has awakened from his winter sleep and goes out to see snow for the very first time. Little My is also getting acquainted with the snow. She discovered that Moominmamma’s silver tray is perfect for sliding down the hill.

As the sun starts to shine a little more and the snow is melting, Snufkin returns to Moominland from his long wandering journey. He knows that Moomintroll has been waiting for him longingly.

After the winter solstice the day light starts growing little by little, and by March spring is in the air, but the Moomin friends can still enjoy the winter games and adventures.

This lovely new Moomin series contains a mug, a bowl, 2 coffee spoons, and a set of 4 mini-mugs for the Christmas tree or home decoration.

Visit our shop,  Finland Quality Design to order your favorite pieces and don’t forget about our Moomin Advent Calendar.

Here is a beautiful new Moomin collection from Finlayson to warm our long dark winter nights. Finlayson has prepared a whole series featuring Moomintroll finding the Ancestor hanging from the crystal chandelier: a satin bed set and extra pilowcase, a hand towel and a large bath towel.

Also part of the collection is Moomin Magic series in red and black containing bed sets and many beautiful, useful things for the kitchen : aprons, pot holders, table mats as well as decorative pillows and shopping bags.

All these and more are available in our shop now. You can see the whole collection here.

This summer’s seasonal products from Arabia feature the Moomins and the summer theater.

One summer night a nearby volcano erupts and creates a massive wave that floods Moomin Valley. While escaping the flood the Moomin family and their friends find a building floating past, and take up residence there. The house looks strange, missing a wall, has red velvet curtains and all kinds of strange clothes and wigs and stairs that go nowhere. They believe it is a deserted house until they find out someone else lives there, Emma, who explains that it is not a house but a theater.  Emma, the theater rat,  tells the secrets of the theater world to the Moomins. Moominpappa gets so excited that he even writes a play in which everyone gets to act.

Tove Jansson’s book insightfully describes the human challenges and opportunities. The theater is a stage where everyone can be someone else. “The theater is the most important thing in the world, because it shows you whom you could be, and who you would like to be even if don’t dare be.” Jansson says.

As last summer we will have a mug, a plate and two coffee spoons. Additionally there will be two small ceramics figures, Moomin Troll and Snorkmaiden.

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This year Arabia gives us two new sets of dishes for kids: Moomintroll and Little My. The plates are 18 cm diameter and one of them features Moomintroll exploring through Moominpappa’s old chest of treasures, tools and souvenirs, while the other one is decorated with animals from the zoo and Little My blowing soap bubbles. The mug, the same in both sets, is 0.18 L in volume, and it matches both plates, showing Moomintroll and Little My hiding the wild animals in the attic.

The images are inspired by Tove Jansson’s comic strip Moominvalley turns jungle. During a drought, Moominmamma plants some tropical seeds found on the shore and a lush rainforest erupts in Moominvalley. The forest is soon populated by wild animals from the zoo set free by Stinky. The police come to take the wild animals back to the zoo and the Moomins hide them in the house. Moomins have to prove that they are not related to hippopotamuses when the police try to capture them too.

These delightful new dishes are now available in our shop Finland Quality Design.

Coming in April the new Moomin seasonal mug for summer 2016 – Midsummer. The mug is inspired by Tove Jansson’s book, Midsummer Madness, and it features lovely characters: Snorkmaiden, Mymble and Fillyjonk.

The mug will be available in our shop in the beginning of April. Subscribe to our newsletter to get more information on new products and discounts.

The new Ancestor mug, bowl and plate, as well as Tooticky mug, bowl and plate are now available in our store Finland Quality Design.

Both mugs are illustrated by Arabia artist Tove Slotte and they are inspired from the original book “Moominland Midwinter” by Tove Jansson.

The Ancestor and Tooticky mugs are the first to get the character names on the bottom of the mug. Within 6 months also the other character mugs will have the updated stamps.