"All materials have their own unwritten laws… You should never be violent with a material you’re working on, and the designer should aim at being in harmony with his material."
Tapio Wirkkala (1915 - 1985) - Finnish Designer
(Source: modernity.se)
Inspired by Scandinavia's natural landscape as well as the political and civic climate, Scandinavian Design evokes organic forms and natural patterning. A marriage between modern materials and technique and traditional craft has produced a certain clarity, simplicity and practicality which is encompassed in understated, well-made and functional products.
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Nike. Designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Asko, Finland.
Originally designed 1950’s. These jubileum examples from the edition of 45 from 2002. -
Oiva / Tonkka can by Sami Ruotsalainen for Marimekko
Marimekko, established in 1951, is a Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its original prints and colours. The company designs and manufactures high-quality clothing, interior decoration textiles, bags and other accessories.
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Alvar & Elissa Aalto, 1950’s
Born in Finland and a pioneer of the Scandinavian modern movement, Aalto came to prominence in the early 20th century with a humanistic approach to modernism. He infused his works with a sense of mood, intensity, atmosphere and national identity; it has been said “Finland is with Aalto wherever he goes.” He first received world recognition upon completion of the Paimio Sanatorium in 1929. In 1939, he designed the Finnish Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair; if the highest of praise from the international media wasn’t enough, architect Frank Lloyd Wright proclaimed it a work of genius. His later career brought him much more success in the field of architecture, but also in other forms of design. Aalto was a legendary glassware designer, creating numerous stunning pieces including the Aalto Vase, which was inspired by the dress of an arctic indigenous woman. To this day, glassblowers in the iittala, the famed Finnish housewares factory, recreate his designs to spec.
Alvar Aalto once said “We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man on the street.”
Exert from Styleture.com
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he Aalto 710 Daybed, designed by Alvar Aalto (Finnish Architect and Designer) for Artek in 1933. The Aalto 710 daybed has L-legs and naturally lacquered solid birch frame
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