Aalto Alvar Furniture
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.
Aalto alvar furniture. Aalto wished to learn the language of wood fibres and believed that there is a positive effect when our skin comes into contact with natural materials. Bend the rules with alvar aalto. A forefather of scandinavian modernism alvar aalto s furniture is instantly recognizable for their curvaceous bentwood frames with his architect wife aino by his side alvar aalto created stop and stare pieces like the 402 lounger and paimio chair.
Hugo alvar henrik aalto pronounced ˈhuɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto. Alvar and aino aalto maire gullichsen and nils gustav hahl. Their goal was to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.
Artek was founded in helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists. Aino and alvar aalto s savoy restaurant in helsinki restored after 80 years. 3 february 1898 11 may 1976 was a finnish architect and designer.
Alvar aalto made his international breakthrough as a furniture designer. Today artek remains faithful to the aaltos basic values as their master. 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.