Alvar Aalto furniture
The Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto is Finland's all-time greatest proponent of modern furniture design and architecture...
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Bench 168B Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€1,041
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Table 80B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€1,595
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Chair 66 Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€458
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NE60 Stool Nordiska Galleriet Exclusive Edition
€305
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Paimio Armchair 41
€4,348
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Table 83 Limited Edition Walnut Stain/Linoleum Olive
€2,325
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Stool 60 Nordiska Galleriet Limited Edition
€314
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Children Stool NE60
From €295€332
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Shade 100
€2,599
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Bench 153B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€995
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Chair 69
From €463
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Table 90D Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€625
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Armchair 401
From €3,462
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Stool 60 Clear lacquered
From €265
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Table 90D Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€895
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Wall Shelf 112B
From €456
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Table 91 Limited Edition Walnut Stain/Linoleum Pewter
€2,125
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Special Edition of Stool E60 Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€260
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Chair 66
From €463
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Armchair 406
€1,790
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Bench 153A
From €841
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Table 90A, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€1,313
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Children's Chair N65
From €428
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Stool NE60 Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€495
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Chair 68
From €539
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Armchair 400 Tank
From €5,650
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Aalto Bord 90B, Björkfanér, Klarlackad
€866
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Pallet E60 Honey stain
From €355
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Chair 611
From €739
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High Chair K65
From €532
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Table 81B, Black linoleum, Clear lacquered
€1,213
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Armchair 406
€1,790
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Stool E60 - Clear coat/Orange
€327
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Aalto Bord 90A, Björkfanér, Klarlackad
€1,313
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Lounge Chair 42
€2,838
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Bench 153B
From €668
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Aalto Bord 90B, Vit laminat, Klarlackad
€866
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Chair 65
From €428
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Lounge Chair 43
€5,958
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Table 82B, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€1,627
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Bar Stool 64
From €610
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Special Edition of Bench 153A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€662
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Table 81B, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€1,213
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Stool E60 Clear lacquered
From €302
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Table 90A - Black Linoleum/Clear Lacquered
€1,313
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Table 83 white laminate/clear lacquered
€2,293
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Aalto Table 80A, White laminate top, Natural lac
€1,122
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Aalto Bord 80A, Svart linoleum, Klarlackad
€1,122
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Tea Trolley 901
€2,607
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Aalto Bord 91 - Klarlackad Björkfanér
€2,119
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Table 95
€1,346
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Table 91, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€2,119
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Table 97
€3,349
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Side Table 915
€1,073
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Tea Trolley 900
€4,119
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Special Edition of Aalto Table 82A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€1,731
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Table 82B, Black linoleum, Clear lacquered
€1,627
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Aalto Table 83 björkfanér/klarlackad
€2,293
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Table 83 black linoleum/clear lacquered
€2,293
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Aalto Table 80A, Birch veneer top, Natural lac
€1,122
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.
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