Göran Hongell

1902–1973

All artists
Göran Hongell

The artist and designer Göran Hongell is chiefly known for his glass design, but his poster production of the 1920s was of a very high quality. After art studies at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, he set up his own interior design firm together with the artist Gunnar Forsström.

Hongell and Gunnar Forsström designed several posters. In 1928, they won a poster competition which aimed to make milk a more popular drink. Hongell was also a teacher of decorative painting at the Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1925 until 1932. They also created this celebrated Finnish travel poster together.

In 1933 Göran Hongell began his work as an artistic consultant at the glass factory Karhula-Iittala and later as art director for the same company. Among Hongell’s most famous glass designs is the 1940s Aarne-collection.

You can find products based on the co-operation between Hongell & Forsström here and here (the German version).

We're sorry, we don't yet have any posters by this artist in the shop.
But do let us know if you're interested!

Check out over 200 classic Finnish travel posters and read more about all the great Finnish poster artists in the digital version of our book ”Come to Finland” (found in three different editions; in English, French and German). After enjoying the posters a while we believe you are ready to order the real thing: the printed coffee table book.

GOTTA HAVE! GOTTA READ!