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Decades: An Exhibition by Artek 2nd Cycle to Celebrate 90 Years of Stool 60

Decades: An Exhibition by Artek 2nd Cycle to Celebrate 90 Years of Stool 60

To celebrate Stool 60’s 90th anniversary, Artek 2nd Cycle presents the exhibition Decades, which pays tribute to the three-legged stool designed by Alvar Aalto in 1933. The dozens of stools on display represent a...

Artek launches Stool 60 Sleeping Beauty

Artek launches Stool 60 Sleeping Beauty

Inspired by the concept of graceful aging, while paying homage to the near-century old trees used in the making of each stool, Tsuyoshi Tane’s Stool 60 Sleeping Beauty explores ways to capture the patina of age and...

Artek meets Dover Street Market Ginza

Artek meets Dover Street Market Ginza

Stool 60 turns 90. The anniversary celebrations began in Japan on March 18th with a large installation by Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA) at Tokyo’s Dover Street Market Ginza. Celebrating the Finnish...

Connecting Craft in Wood and Clay

Connecting Craft in Wood and Clay

Artek and Heath Ceramics have come together once again to produce a collection of furniture that embodies their values and showcases their creative chemistry. Founded an ocean apart more than 70 years ago, both...

Wooden Conversations

Wooden Conversations

The award-winning Domus Chair was designed in 1946 by Finnish designer and interior architect Ilmari Tapiovaara for the student housing complex Domus Academica in Helsinki. The original chair was made in wood – the...

"Cambio – on Finnish Forestry” at Designmuseo Helsinki

"Cambio – on Finnish Forestry” at Designmuseo Helsinki

In 2020, Formafantasma set up Cambio, an ongoing investigation into the extraction, production and distribution of wood products. Cambio manifests itself in a travelling exhibition – previously shown in the UK,...

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