Aino Aalto Furniture. In July of 1940 Finnish design couple Alvar and Aino Aalto announced the founding of Artek Pascoe Inc. This project was also the beginning of Aaltos career as a furniture designer because he invented the famous Paimio chair to help the patients with breathing.
The ultramodern furniture designed for Paimio Sanatorium by Alvar and Aino Aalto was made in the factory Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas later Huonekalutehdas Korhonen. 14 And in doing so developed an extensive and varied portfolio of furniture designs and interior solutions. This company was founded in 1934 by Philip Morton Shand and Geoffrey Boumphrey following the success of an exhibition of Aalto furniture that they had arranged the previous year.
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Aino Aaltos most famous design is probably the Aino Aalto glassware range created in 1932 with the name of Bölgeblick rings of water. Start selling Browse homes. More about iittala Aino Aalto Sea Blue Large Tumblers - Set of 2 Aino Aalto wife of esteemed architect and glass designer Alvar Aalto won the 1932 iittala-Karhula design competition in Finland and the gold prize at the Milan Triennale in 1936 for her functionalist glassware collection. Unmarked but presumed to be produced by Arte in the 1970s.
