Alvar Aalto

The Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto is Finland's all-time greatest proponent of modern furniture design and architecture...

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Stool NE60 Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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Stool NE60 Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

€495.00

Table 80B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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Table 80B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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Paimio Armchair 41

€4,078.00(RRP €4,348.00)

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Pendant Light A201

€570.00(RRP €608.00)

Bench 153B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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Bench 153B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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High Chair K65

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Table 91

€2,119.00

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Bench 153A

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Armchair 400 Tank

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A330S Golden Bell

€590.00

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Table 90B

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Bench 153B

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Bar Stool 64

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Lounge Chair 42

€2,838.00

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Stool 60 Clear lacquered

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Tea Trolley 900

€3,862.00(RRP €4,119.00)

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A440

€584.00

Special Edition of Bench 153A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

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Special Edition of Bench 153A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

€662.00

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Armchair 401

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Table 90A

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Turnip A333

€560.00

Stool 60 Nordiska Galleriet Limited Edition

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Stool 60 Nordiska Galleriet Limited Edition

€314.00

Table 90D Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

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Table 90D Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA

€895.00

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Armchair 406

€1,790.00

Special Edition of Stool E60 Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

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Special Edition of Stool E60 Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

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Beehive A331

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Table 82B

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Pallet E60 Honey stain

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Lounge Chair 43

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Hand Grenade A110

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Table 95

€1,346.00

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Stool E60 - Clear coat/Orange

€307.00(RRP €327.00)

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Armchair 402

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NE60 Stool Nordiska Galleriet Exclusive Edition

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Table 81C

€938.00

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Golden Bell A330S

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Stool E60 Clear lacquered

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Armchair 406

€1,790.00

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Bord 81A

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Ceiling Light A622

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Table 81B

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Table 80A

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Table 97

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Table 83

€2,293.00

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Tea Trolley 901

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Special Edition of Aalto Table 82A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

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Special Edition of Aalto Table 82A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma

€1,731.00

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Shade 100

€2,438.00(RRP €2,599.00)

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A330S Golden Bell Krom

€597.00

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Chair 611

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Floor Light A811

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Aalto Vase 220 mm

€190.00

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Wall Shelf 112B

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Aalto Vase 160 mm

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Aalto Vase 270 mm

€300.00

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Chair 69

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A805

€2,430.00

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A330S Golden Bell

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A810

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Daybed 710

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Umbrella Stand 115

€631.00

Alvar Aalto 1898 - 1976

Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto is Finland's greatest ever advocate of modern furniture design and architecture. He was one of the 'giants' who shaped Nordic modernism and has designed many functionalist buildings around the world during his lifetime.

Nevertheless, Aalto is responsible for some of the greatest furniture design icons of our time. Alvar Aalto had a personal interpretation of functionalism with its soft, organic forms and curved lines. To express his creativity, he founded Finland's largest furniture manufacturer, Artek, together with Aino Aalto, Nils-Gustav Hahl and Maire Gullichsen - four talented individuals who were strongly influenced by radical ideologies that are still relevant in furniture design today.

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born on 3 February 1898 in Kuortane, Finland. His father, Johan Henrik Aalto, was a Finnish-speaking surveyor and his mother, Selma Matilda Hackstedt, was a Swedish-speaking postal worker. Alvar was one of four children and when he was five years old, the family moved to Alajärvi and then to Jyväskylä in the centre of Finland. During his childhood, young Aalto accompanied his father on his travels as a surveyor, learning the basics of property boundaries, environments and land. He dropped out of primary and secondary school and then chose to take painting classes with a local artist. It was then that young Alvar decided to enrol in the architecture programme at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Even when Aalto was drafted into the Finnish War, he continued his studies when peace came. Already at university, Alvar designed and built his first house in the village of Alajärvi. A house his family and he himself came to live in. In 1921 he earned his degree in architecture. However, he chose to go back to the military and in the summer of 1923 he became a commanding officer. During his years in the military and at university, Alvar travelled in Scandinavia. Mostly he travelled to Stockholm and Gothenburg where he worked under the architect Arvid Bjerke, which led to drawings of semi-detached houses. With his military service over, Alvar was ready to start his first business: an architectural office called "Alvar Aalto: 'Architect and Monumental Artist'" in his hometown of Jyväskylä.