Pre Artek Alvar Aalto Stool

Artek has a longstanding friendship with japanese fashion and textile designer akira minagawa.

Pre artek alvar aalto stool.

Place these stools around a bar or high top table or even against a wall. Makia x alvar aalto 7 artek 87 contact. Designs are judged in a range of categories on the basis of their humanity honesty innovation aesthetics and ethics. Artek alvar aalto kitchen bar stools the tallest of aalto s stools the kitchen bar stools are ideal for any situation.

Founded in 1957 by the japanese institute of design promotion the good design award seeks to enrich life and society through design. The first collaboration between the finland aficionado minagawa founder of japan based fashion company minä perhonen and artek goes back to 2008 when he transformed the seat of alvar aalto s stool 60 into a labyrinth a playful tongue in cheek gesture. Aalto s design is special in many ways but was pioneering in its utilitarian philosophy and minimalist aesthetic. It was 1933 when alvar aalto designed the stool 60 yet it remains today the most copied stool style today.

Artek is proud to announce that alvar aalto s iconic stool 60 has been awarded the 2019 good design long life design award. The legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat without the need for complicated connecting elements. Shop alvaraalto fi alvar aalto museum alvar aallon katu 7 fi 40600 jyväskylä. Projecting a sense of relaxed familiarity stool e60 is equally suited to the home public buildings and educational facilities.

Easily providing seating at tall kitchen counters for informal meals or providing extra seating while entertaining. Finnstyle is proud to carry the only authentic aalto stool manufactured by artek which uses the original patented design and manufacturing technology to create the bent l shaped leg. Poster stool 60 20 00 add to cart.