Pre Artek Alvar Aalto Stool

Alvar aalto s four legged stool e60 is the most elemental of furniture pieces equally suitable as a seat table storage unit or display surface.

Pre artek alvar aalto stool.

Designs are judged in a range of categories on the basis of their humanity honesty innovation aesthetics and ethics. The legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat without the need for complicated connecting elements. Poster stool 60 20 00 add to cart. Aalto s design is special in many ways but was pioneering in its utilitarian philosophy and minimalist aesthetic.

Founded in 1957 by the japanese institute of design promotion the good design award seeks to enrich life and society through design. Alvar aalto s iconic stool 60 is the most elemental of furniture pieces equally suitable as a seat a table storage unit or display surface. Shop alvaraalto fi alvar aalto museum alvar aallon katu 7 fi 40600 jyväskylä. Place these stools around a bar or high top table or even against a wall.

Artek has a longstanding friendship with japanese fashion and textile designer akira minagawa. Artek is proud to announce that alvar aalto s iconic stool 60 has been awarded the 2019 good design long life design award. Artek alvar aalto kitchen bar stools the tallest of aalto s stools the kitchen bar stools are ideal for any situation. Thanks to its geometry the stool can be stacked to save space in a spiralling tower sculpture.

It was 1933 when alvar aalto designed the stool 60 yet it remains today the most copied stool style today. The first collaboration between the finland aficionado minagawa founder of japan based fashion company minä perhonen and artek goes back to 2008 when he transformed the seat of alvar aalto s stool 60 into a labyrinth a playful tongue in cheek gesture. Projecting a sense of relaxed familiarity stool e60 is equally suited to the home public buildings and educational facilities.