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Artek

アルテック · FI

Finnish furniture company founded in 1935 by Alvar and Aino Aalto and partners, known for bent-plywood furniture.

Founded
1935
Category
furniture
Official
www.artek.fi

Brand Concept

Artek was founded in 1935 by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl with the mission 'to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of habitation by exhibitions and other educational means.' The name synthesizes 'art' and 'technology,' reflecting the Bauhaus-influenced belief that these disciplines should work holistically. Artek stands for clarity, functionality, and poetic simplicity, expressing these values through Aalto's warm, tactile use of bent laminated birch and plywood.

Signature Products

  • Stool 60 1933 Alvar Aalto's three-legged stool, built on the revolutionary L-leg joint, has been in continuous production since 1933 and is one of the most recognized and widely sold furniture designs in the world.
  • Paimio Armchair 1932 Designed for a tuberculosis sanatorium, its cantilevered birch plywood shell was conceived to ease breathing—a landmark example of form and function united in Aalto's modernist vision.
  • Domus Chair 1946 Designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara for a Helsinki student residence, this compact, stackable chair became an international success and is known as 'the Finnish chair.'

Collaborations per year

1 2016 4 2017 1 2018 1 2019 1 2022

By Category

Collaborations 8 works