58 products
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Table 80B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€1,595.00
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Table 83 Limited Edition Walnut Stain/Linoleum Olive
€2,325.00
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Bench 153B Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€995.00
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Special Edition of Aalto Table 82A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€1,731.00
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Shade 100
€2,599.00
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Table 82B
€1,627.00
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Armchair 400 Tank
From €5,650.00
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Table 83
€2,293.00
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Bench 168B Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€1,041.00
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Table 97
€3,349.00
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Table 81B
€1,213.00
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Stool NE60 Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€495.00
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Table 80A
€1,122.00
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Children's Chair N65
From €428.00
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Table 95
€1,346.00
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Lounge Chair 42
€2,838.00
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Bord 81A
€1,615.00
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Special Edition of Bench 153A Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€662.00
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Table 91 Limited Edition Walnut Stain/Linoleum Pewter
€2,125.00
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Wall Shelf 112B
From €456.00
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Aalto Bord 90A, Björkfanér, Klarlackad
€1,313.00
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Chair 611
From €739.00
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Table 90A - Black Linoleum/Clear Lacquered
€1,313.00
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Bench 153A
From €841.00
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Table 81C
€938.00
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Paimio Armchair 41
€4,348.00
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Aalto Bord 90B, Vit laminat, Klarlackad
€866.00
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Bench 153B
From €668.00
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Aalto Bord 91 - Klarlackad Björkfanér
€2,119.00
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Children Stool NE60
From €295.00(RRP €332.00)
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Aalto Bord 90B, Björkfanér, Klarlackad
€866.00
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Chair 66 Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€458.00
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Table 90A, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€1,313.00
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Pallet E60 Honey stain
From €355.00
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Aalto Bord 90B, Svart linoleum, Klarlackad
€866.00
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Armchair 401
From €3,462.00
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Table 91, White laminate, Clear lacquered
€2,119.00
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Stool 60 Nordiska Galleriet Limited Edition
€311.00
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Aalto Bord 91, Svart linoleum, Klarlackad
€2,119.00
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Armchair 406
€1,790.00
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Table 90D Limited Edition Walnut Stain
€625.00
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Special Edition of Stool E60 Wild Birch, Signed Formafantasma
€260.00
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Tea Trolley 901
€2,607.00
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Chair 68
From €539.00
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Tea Trolley 900
€4,119.00
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Stool 60 Clear lacquered
From €265.00
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Side Table 915
€1,073.00
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Armchair 406
€1,790.00
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Stool E60 - Clear coat/Orange
€327.00
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Chair 66
From €463.00
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Lounge Chair 43
€5,958.00
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Stool E60 Clear lacquered
From €302.00
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Bar Stool 64
From €610.00
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Chair 69
From €463.00
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NE60 Stool Nordiska Galleriet Exclusive Edition
€302.00
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High Chair K65
From €532.00
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Chair 65
From €428.00
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Table 90D Curly Birch Exclusive for NO GA
€895.00
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.
