Scandinavian

Scandinavian design: Aalto's bentwood, Jacobsen's chairs, Wegner's joinery, and the argument that good design should be ordinary.

Part of Design

23 moments in this segment.

1. 1898 - Alvar aalto, nordjyllands kunstmuseum, 1958-1972. Aalborg museum of modern art, 1958-1972. architects: alvar aalto (1898-1976) and jean jacques baruël (b.1923). complex curves carressed by light. the idea to suspend concave reflectors inside the skylight was first used by aalto in his in the biennale gardens in venice. in venice, it had the quality of a sketch, because the whole building was a sketch. in aalborg it is fully developed. since carlo scarpa was in charge of the biennale gardens - and scarpa knew greatness when he saw it - no-one was allowed to touch aalto's temporary pavilion which is still there today. I'll post.
2. 1929 - Finnish pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair - Exterior. The Finnish pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair was designed by Alvar Aalto and opened to the public on 4 May 1939. The statue in front, a variation of the sculpture ‘’Suomen neito’’ by Wäinö Aaltonen was originally designed to be placed at Hämeensilta in Tampere in 1929. The source names Probably Werner West.
3. 1933 - Alvar Aalto, Paimio Sanatorium, Bedroom lamp. Alvar Aalto, Paimio Sanatorium, Patient bedroom lamp. Dated to 1933.
4. 1934 - Aalto wood. Alvar Aalto's wood bending experiments c. 1934 Paustian House, Copenhagen.
5. 1937 - Artek Stool. Production of Aalto's stool 60 at Artek, 1937.
6. 1939 - World fair 1939 - Finnish section- Aalto's wooden figure. 1939 in New York - Finland's section planned by Aino and Alvar Aalto.
7. 1939 - Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland. Alvar Aalto's Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland. The source names J-P Kärnä. Dated to 1939.
8. 1943 - Nekalan asevelikylän talkootöitä vuonna 1943
9. 1946 - MIT Baker House Dormitory. 1946, 1949, Alvar Aalto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The source names Gunnar Klack.
10. 1950 - Alvar Aalto Lakeuden ristissä. 1960, Aalto kuoli 1976. The source names Göran Schildt. Dated to 1950.
11. 1952 - Alvar Aalto ja Elissa Aalto kesäasunnollaan Muuratsalossa. 1952, 54. Alvar Aalto kuoli 1976. Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. SLSA 1150 foto 730. The source names Göran Schildt.
12. 1954 - Alvar Aalto tittar ut ur Daphnes akterkajuta 1954-1955 SLSA 1150 5956. Alvar Aalto tittar ut ur Daphnes akterkajuta. Taget under resan på Nilen, kring årsskiftet 1954-1955. The source names Göran Schildt.
13. 1958 - Alvar ja Elissa Aalto Lakeuden Ristin kirkossa rakentamisen aikana. 1958, 1960. The source names Eino tai Kalevi Mäkinen.
14. 1958 - Vuoksenniskan kirkko eli Kolmen Ristin kirkko. 1958.
15. 1959 - Gosta-Engzell-1959. Photograph of the Finnish architects Alvar Aalto (1898, 1976) and Elissa Aalto (1922, 1994) and the Swedish ambassador Gösta Engzell (1898, 1997) at the Finnish Independence Day reception at the Presidential palace in Helsinki. Dated to 1959.
16. 1962 - Alvar-Aalto-in-Uppsala-1962. Photograph of the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and a model for his Västmanlands-Dala nation building in Uppsala, Sweden. Dated to 1962.
17. 1971 - Alvar Aalto framför Finlandiahuset 1971-1976 SLSA 1150 foto 4448. Alvar Aalto framför Finlandiahuset. The source names Göran Schildt. Dated to 1971. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 1971.
18. 1971 - Alvar Aalto utanför Finlandiahuset 1971-1976 SLSA 1150 foto 7972. Alvar Aalto utanför Finlandiahuset. The source names Göran Schildt. Dated to 1971. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 1971.
19. 1971 - 2018 4Y1A7918 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland. (1898 - 1976). Dated to 1971.
20. 1971 - 2018 4Y1A7899 Helsinki, Finland. 1971.
21. 1971 - Finlandia-talo (Finlandia Hall) Helsinki, Finland - Feb 10, 2025. Finlandia-talo (arkkitehti Alvar Aalto, v. 1971) kuvattuna peruskorjauksen jälkeen 10. helmikuuta 2025. The source names Lasse Keskinen. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 1971.
22. 1971 - Finlandia-talo (Finlandia Hall) Helsinki, Finland - Aug 18, 2026. Finlandia-talo (arkkitehti Alvar Aalto, v. 1971) kuvattuna peruskorjauksen jälkeen 18. elokuuta 2026. The source names Lasse Keskinen. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 1971.
23. 1976 - Reykjavík- nordisches Haus, Kulturzentrum, Alvar Aalto - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr.. 1976.