Alvar Aalto Bent Lamination

Aalto s stool e60 1934 is a four legged version.

Alvar aalto bent lamination.

3 february 1898 11 may 1976 was a finnish architect and designer. It is made of bent laminated veneer and is the result of numerous bending trials using birch wood that is in part naturally damp. Aalto s bar stool 64 1935 is familiar because it s been copied so often. In 1935 the company artek was established in finland to mass produce and distribute wood furniture designed by aalto and his wife aino.

When one thinks of alvar aalto images of laminated wood and plywood furniture instantly spring to mind. Aalto s stool e60 1934 is a four legged version. His designs were popular from the 1850s on especially among 20th century architects such as le corbusier and alvar aalto. Most of their designs remain in production.

The building was considered the flagship of finnish functionalism. Available for sale from r company alvar aalto paimio chair 1931 1932 bent plywood bent laminated birch and solid birch 34 1 2 23 3 4 26 in. In 1932 aalto had developed a revolutionary type of furniture made of laminated bent plywood. Aalto invented a new form of laminated bent plywood furniture which he patented in 1933.

His stools are simple designs with bent wooden legs that provide strength durability and stackability. His work includes architecture furniture textiles and glassware as well as sculptures and paintings he never regarded himself as an artist seeing painting and sculpture as branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture. At the london great exhibition in 1851 thonet s steam bent laminated wood chairs and settees far outshone the heavy ornate furniture of the period. Aalto s bentwood furniture had a great influence on the american designers charles and ray eames and the finnish born eero saarinen.

The result of this unique method of bending birch wood is the l leg that be can be found on many of his furniture forms. To this end he carried out numerous experiments with bent laminated wood in the late 1920s. Aalto s bar stool 64 1935 is familiar because it s been copied so often. In 1932 aalto had developed a revolutionary type of furniture made of laminated bent plywood.

Alvar experimented with a variety of construction materials including tubular steel but he made the most significant technical innovations using laminated materials such as birch and plywood. Radically modern furniture from wood was one of aalto s central ideas. His stools are simple designs with bent wooden legs that provide strength durability and stackability. The paimio chair quickly became popular and was produced in large quantities.