Brand:Artek

Stool 60

Stool 60, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1933, is considered a design classic of the 20th century. The characterizing element of this seat is found in the particular L-shape of its legs, created through a process of curvature and is a distinctive feature of all Alvar Aalto’s design creations.

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Description

Stool 60, the stool par excellence, was designed by Alvar Aalto in the early 1930s. The simple three-legged structure is obtained by bending the solid birch wood at right angles, with a circular top.
The stool is a practical object in terms of space, being also stackable, and has become the quintessence of design by combining elegance and functionality. The Stool 60 stool is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, for its simplicity and innovative technology.

Additional information

Year

1933

Colour

Legs: white lacquered birch; Seat: white lacquered birch, Legs: black lacquered birch; Seat: black lacquered birch, legs: birch; Seat: HPL, IKI white, Legs: birch; Seat: birch, Legs: birch; Seat: orange laquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: white laquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: blue laquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: yellow laquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: gray lacquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: black lacquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: petrol lacquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: red lacquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: green lacquered birch, Legs: birch; Seat: black linoleum

Designer

Dimensions

44 x 38 cm

Material

Birch

Brand

Artek

Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Their goal was “to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.” The name Artek is a synthesis of "art" and ‘technology’ – concepts central to the international modernist movement that came to prominence in the 1920s. It was Walter Gropius, a key proponent of modernism, who coined the motto ‘art and technology – a new unity.’ Technology was understood to include science and industrial production methods, while the conception of art extended beyond the fine arts to encompass architecture and design. Modernism aimed to achieve a fruitful union of these two spheres. This same aspiration guided the founders of Artek in their naming of the company and in the design of iconic pieces of world design such as the Stool 60, Armchair 42 and Paimio and the Tea Trolley 900. In line with the spirit of its founders, Artek today remains an innovative company in the world of modern design, developing new products at the intersection of design, architecture and art. The Artek collection consists of furniture, lighting, and accessories designed by Finnish masters - including Tapio Wirkkala, Jørn Utzon, Eero Aarnio and the founders - and by important contemporary international designers including Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius. Artek stands for clarity, functionality, and poetic simplicity.