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-STUDIED ARCHITECHTURE
IN HELSINKI
-GOT INSPIRED BY CULTURE
OF MEDITERREANEAN
-STARTED ARTEK COMPANY
WITH WIFE ANIO IN 1935
-AVAR AALTO IS KNOWN
AS FATHER OF BENTWOOD
FURNITURE
-AALTOS FURNITURE IS BLEND OF FORM
AND SCUPTRAL DESIGN AND USE OF
WOOD CAREFULLY
-IN 1930 AALTO INVENTED NEW METHODS
FOR BENDING WOOD AND SLICING WHICH
HELPED HIM MAKING ORGANIC FORMS
-HIS CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE HAS
LONGEVITY AND GRACEFUL AGEING
-HIS GLASSWARE IS ALSO FAMOUS
-MOST OF HIS DESIGNS ARE DYNAMIC
-HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WILL BE A
POSITIVE EFFECT WHEN SKIN COMES
IN CONTACT WITH NATURAL MATERIAL
SO HE USED WOOD MOSTLY
famous Chairs by alvar aalto
-1932: Paimo Chair
-1933: Three-legged stacking Stool
-1933: Four-legged Stool
-1935-6: Armchair 404 (Zebra Chair)
-1939: Armchair 406
Vases
-1936: Aalto Vase
.
-his other famous furniture include
Tea trolley
Daybed
Webbings
Screens
Umbrella stands
Wall shelves
Pedestials
Vases
Glassware
Lamps
Mirros
Benches
clothes tree
chairs
Paimio chair-1932
- it is designed for paimio sanatorium
-he has made it by altering wassily chair
By replacing cold steel with warm wood
Frame:
Frame: Laminated
Laminated
Seat: birch
Birch
birch
Birch plywood
Dimensions plywood
painted white
Depth painted
33-1/2 white
inches
33-1/2 inches
Width 2323inches
inches
Height 25-1/4
25-1/4inches
inches
Seat Height 1313inches
inches
stools
The innovative and strong L-leg construction is based
on the technique of bending solid wood, a technique
innovated and refined by Alvar Aalto and Artek since
the early 1930's.
Material:
Legs: Solid Natural Birch
Top: Birch Veneer
Dimensions:
Height: 17-3/8 inches
Diameter: 15 inches
Material:
Legs: Solid Natural
birch
Top: Natural Birch
veener
Dimensions:
Height: 17-3/8 inches
Diameter: 15 inches
Armchair 404-zebra tank chair
Materials and colours
Frame-breach
Seat and - foamfilled
Back
Aalto zebra fabric
Dimensions
Width 30-1/4 inches
Depth 30-1/4 inches
Height 25-1/2 inches
Seat 14-1/4 inches
Heigh
Aalto Vase
Alvar Aalto’s Savoy vase is one of the most famous vases in
history. Designed in 1936 for a competition at the Paris World’s
Fair, Finnish architect and furniture designer Alvar Aalto
anonymously entered and won the competition for his vase
under the pseudonym “Eskimo woman's leather breeches.”
Aalto, Finnish for “wave,” created a glass vase with wavy lines
and whimsical freeform design that continues to win awards,
has residency in famous museums, and is sought-after
worldwide.
Aalto Vase
Alvar Aalto’s Savoy vase is one of the most famous vases in
history. Designed in 1936 for a competition at the Paris World’s
Fair, Finnish architect and furniture designer Alvar Aalto
anonymously entered and won the competition for his vase
under the pseudonym “Eskimo woman's leather breeches.”
Aalto, Finnish for “wave,” created a glass vase with wavy lines
and whimsical freeform design that continues to win awards, has
residency in famous museums, and is sought-after worldwide.
Umbrella
Stand
Artek Alvar Aalto - Daybed
Clothes Tree
Alto Wall Shelves