The moment we know you’ve been waiting for!
Kisu goes bright!
After many successful dog-creations, the time was finally right in 2020 to introduce the first cat by Eero Aarnio. It immediately became a hit! After all, there are more cat persons in the world than the dog persons.
In 2022 mini Kisu joined the family. The plain matt white, the platinum, and the specially created limited edition of 1500 golden pieces were introduced to celebrate Eero Aarnio’s 90th birthday.
So it is only natural that now, two years later, our Kisu family gets one new member. The brightest one!
Kisu Light is now available for preorder.
Secure yours today and be one of the first to own this design masterpiece!
https://scandinaviandesign.com/personalities/eero-aarnio/products/kisu-light-2
The Story of Kisu
When Eero was 10 years old, their family lived in an apartment building in Kallio. They were not allowed to bring pets there, and therefore, the family didn’t have any pets at that time. It was the 1940s and stray cats would wander in the streets in the part of the city where the Aarnios lived. Young Eero would catch these cats and carry them home in his arms to the family’s apartment on the 5th floor. Eero’s mother would let him keep the cat for one day and he loved to play with them.
Even though, later on the family ended up having a dog, Eero has always found cats charming as well. “Cat has always been a very sympathetic animal character for me”, he says. Eero has designed several dog figures and characters during his career and finally he decided it was time for the cat as well. The name Kisu was a natural choice for him as in his childhood, Kisumisu, was a common term of endearment for cats in the Aarnio family.
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