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Alvar Aalto. Paimio Chair. 1931–1932. Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland. Bent plywood, bent laminated birch, and solid birch. 26 x 23 3/4 x 34 1/2" (66 x 60.3 x 87.6 cm). Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. 710.1943.1. Architecture and Design Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Photography ...
MoMA has long placed Aalto among the key figures in modern architecture and design. It presented the first museum exhibition and publication devoted to his work in 1938, Alvar Aalto: Architecture and Furniture. In 1984, MoMA presented an exhibition devoted to his furniture and glass, Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass, followed in 1998 by the ...
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Light fitting A 331. Alvar Aalto Design. Selection of furniture, light fittings and glassware designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto.
Artek was set up in 1935 to market and sell Alvar and Aino Aalto’s furniture, lighting and textiles, particularly on international markets. There are 47 products designed by Alvar Aalto in the Artek catalogue. Through his innovations in form and line, Alvar Aalto’s name has also become important in the history of design.
This chair, designed for Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium of 1929–32, demonstrates the radical possibilities of bentwood in its graceful, scrolling form, devoid of right angles and sharp geometry.
Aalto created this lightweight, economical, and comfortable chair by suspending a scrolled seating panel between two U-shaped wood frames. It is built as a free cantilever, which allows the chair to be supported without back legs, a principle previously applied only to metal furniture.
