Liisi Beckmannn (1924 - 2004) was born in Finland and attended the Institute of industrial Art in Helsinki where she was a pupil of both Tapio Wirkkala and Ilmari Tapiovaara).  She also studied graphic art in Germany and took drawing courses at the Brera Academy in Milan.  She participated in countless collective exhibitions throughout her career and her design objects have been displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.