Artek 60 stool Villi

The Artek 60 stool Villi is a tribute to the classic stool that turns 90 years old. Normally, the trees for Artek's products have been carefully selected for appearance reasons, and only specimens that meet strict selection criteria have ended up in the stools. Because of this, there has been little natural variation in the stools. These restrictions have not been related to the durability or quality of the wood, but more to the market's perception of aesthetic uniformity. In the Villi stool, these aesthetic limitations have been left aside and all kinds of birch and their parts have been chosen for production - and that is exactly where the beauty of the Villi stool lies.

The Artek Villi stool shows significant knot points that were previously left out of production, traces left by insects, as well as a darker heartwood and other possible natural color variations. By acting in this way, natural resources can be used more responsibly, and waste cannot be created in the same way. The Artek 60 stool Villi, which celebrates the natural beauty of wood, was designed in collaboration with Formafantasma.

The Artek 60 stool is designed by Alvar Aalto, a diamond of Finnish furniture design. The design of the beautiful L-legged stool never gets old. In addition to the seat, the 3-legged stool can also be conveniently used as a side table next to a bed or an armchair, for example. It also works as a spare seat and several stools stack beautifully into a rotating tower.

At the end of the 1920s, the architect and designer Alvar Aalto started experimenting with bending wood. Together with the furniture manufacturer Otto Korhonen, Aalto developed a pioneering process, which resulted in the L-leg. The iconic leg is created by cutting slits in a piece of wood below the bending point, to which wooden slats are glued. Aalto called the L-leg your little sister of the architectural column. Long-standing traditions in furniture production were interrupted when Aalto patented the technology in 1933. Durable and solid furniture was now made from warm organic wood material.

Artek - long-lived classics

Artek was founded in 1935 to sell and market furniture designed by Alvar Aalto . Artek's founders Alvar and Aino Aalto, Nils-Gustav Hahl and Maire Gullichsen published a manifesto drawn up in the spirit of functionalism, according to which Artek's purpose was "to trade in furniture and to promote modern housing culture through exhibitions and other means".

Artek's original values ​​– durability and high quality combined with a clean design language – are still at the core of the company. Artek's powerhouses Alvar and Aino Aalto created their own warm and human style for modern interior design, where nature was a major inspiration. It is the use of natural materials and the tireless search for new technical solutions that have made Artek a company whose values ​​are still relevant today.

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