Reading Room

Welcome to the reading room. Have a seat and leaf through news, stories, interviews and anecdotes about our products, its designers and the people around the world who brought Artek into their lives.

Artek Reimagined by Paul Smith: Edition Two

9/11/2025

Artek and Paul Smith continue their creative partnership with a new, limited-edition version of the Stool 60. Following the success of last year’s collaboration, which reimagined three Artek classics through the...

Where printmaking meets wood bending

A letter from Armi Ratia to Alvar Aalto illustrates the shared values between Marimekko and Artek, two Finnish brands with distinct design philosophies.

The evolving elegance of Restaurant Savoy

Restaurant Savoy has been a Helsinki landmark destination for cuisine and culture ever since it opened its doors in 1937. From the outset, its ambitions were straightforward but deceptively hard to achieve. “What...

On Screens and Surfaces

After apologising to Inka Bell for the early hour, I pause to admire the impressive array of prints on the wall of her studio behind her, suggesting an alternative career as an exhibition organiser awaits. She...

When the Moomins appeared at Villa Mairea

In 1946, Tove Jansson left Villa Mairea after a visit to her friends Maire and Harry Gullichsen at their home in western Finland. Not any home, of course – Villa Mairea was designed in 1939 by Aino and Alvar Aalto,...

Designed in Finland. Made for the world.

2025 is a year of celebration at Artek. It marks 90 years since four visionary young founders set out to create a new kind of furniture company. Their goal? Bringing Finland to the world, and the world to Finland. To...

Celebrating 90 years of Artek

2/28/2025

Artek launches a year of celebration with Moomin collaboration and special commemorative poster

How Villa Mairea came to embody the Artek Interior

Finished in 1939, Aino and Alvar Aalto’s modernist masterpiece became a symbol of Artek’s ongoing quest to merge function with artistic expression in the home.

A space for showing and a home for living

When used thoughtfully, natural and warm materials create welcoming spaces to be equally enjoyed privately and with guests. Maison Louis Carré, completed in 1959, perfectly embodies this duality.

Forest Collection

The Forest Collection introduces a new "wild birch" wood selection developed by Artek and design studio Formafantasma. Classic Aalto furniture pieces are made using more of the tree, embracing the natural variations...

Crafted Through Time

Creating interiors that merge function with artistic expression has been central to Artek’s ideology since 1935. Ever since Aino Aalto’s creative direction of the company, the quest for beauty in every part of...