Alvar Aalto Furniture
In fact aalto first achieved fame in continental europe as a furniture designer and only later as an architect.
Alvar aalto furniture. In 1935 aino and alvar aalto founded the finnish company artek to manufacture their designs. In 1935 alvar aalto together with aino aalto maire gullichsen and nils gustav hahl founded artek a world renowned furniture and lighting company. Through his innovations in form and line alvar aalto s name has also become important in the history of design.
An architect and designer alvar aalto deserves an immense share of the credit for bringing scandinavian modernism to a prominent place in the global arena. Shipping only on all furniture. 3 february 1898 11 may 1976 was a finnish architect and designer.
Alvar and aino aalto maire gullichsen and nils gustav hahl. Discover unique homes for sale that you can t see anywhere else. Alvar aalto finnish architect city planner and furniture designer whose international reputation rests on a distinctive blend of modernist refinement indigenous materials and personal expression in form and detail.
His contribution to furniture design was among his foremost achievements in its own right. Hugo alvar henrik aalto pronounced ˈhuɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto. Aino and alvar aalto s savoy restaurant in helsinki restored after 80 years.
Artek was founded in helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists. Aalto gives you the assurance that you can find a new house you ll love to own. Their goal was to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.
In 1935 alvar aalto and his wife aino founded the finnish company artek to manufacture their interior designs. In both his buildings and in his furnishings which range from chairs tables and lighting to table and glassware aalto s sensitivity to the natural world and to organic forms and materials tempered the hardness of rationalist. His mature style is epitomized by the säynätsalo fin town hall group.