Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Artek (company)

Index Artek (company)

Artek is a Finnish furniture company. [1]

21 relations: Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto, Bauhaus, Design Museum, Helsinki, Eero Aarnio, Finland, Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas, International Style (architecture), Juha Leiviskä, Littoinen, Maire Gullichsen, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Paimio Sanatorium, Shigeru Ban, Triennale, Tuberculosis, Turku, UPM (company), Vitra (furniture), Wassily Chair.

Aino Aalto

Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto (born Aino Maria Mandelin; 25 January 1894 – 13 January 1949) was a Finnish architect and a pioneer of Scandinavian design.

New!!: Artek (company) and Aino Aalto · See more »

Alvar Aalto

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer.

New!!: Artek (company) and Alvar Aalto · See more »

Bauhaus

Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught.

New!!: Artek (company) and Bauhaus · See more »

Design Museum, Helsinki

Design Museum (Designmuseo, Designmuseet) is a museum in Helsinki devoted to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design, including industrial design, fashion, and graphic design.

New!!: Artek (company) and Design Museum, Helsinki · See more »

Eero Aarnio

Eero Aarnio (born 21 July 1932, in Helsinki) is a Finnish interior designer, noted for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, such as his plastic and fibreglass chairs.

New!!: Artek (company) and Eero Aarnio · See more »

Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

New!!: Artek (company) and Finland · See more »

Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas

Huonekalutehdas Korhonen Oy, formerly called O.Y. Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas A.B is a former furniture producer located in Littoinen, Kaarina, Finland.

New!!: Artek (company) and Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas · See more »

International Style (architecture)

The International Style is the name of a major architectural style that developed in the 1920s and 1930s and strongly related to Modernism and Modern architecture.

New!!: Artek (company) and International Style (architecture) · See more »

Juha Leiviskä

Juha Ilmari Leiviskä (born 17 March 1936 in Helsinki) is a prominent Finnish architect and designer.

New!!: Artek (company) and Juha Leiviskä · See more »

Littoinen

Littoinen is a village in south-western Finland, centred on Lake Littoinen (Littoistenjärvi).

New!!: Artek (company) and Littoinen · See more »

Maire Gullichsen

Maire Eva Johanna Gullichsen (née Ahlström, later known as Gullichsen-Nyströmer, 24 June 1907, Porin maalaiskunta – 9 July 1990, Pori) was a Finnish art collector and patron.

New!!: Artek (company) and Maire Gullichsen · See more »

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

New!!: Artek (company) and Museum of Modern Art · See more »

New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Artek (company) and New York City · See more »

Paimio Sanatorium

Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Southwest Finland, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

New!!: Artek (company) and Paimio Sanatorium · See more »

Shigeru Ban

is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.

New!!: Artek (company) and Shigeru Ban · See more »

Triennale

La Triennale di Milano is a design and art museum in the Parco Sempione in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy.

New!!: Artek (company) and Triennale · See more »

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

New!!: Artek (company) and Tuberculosis · See more »

Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland.

New!!: Artek (company) and Turku · See more »

UPM (company)

UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a Finnish forest industry company.

New!!: Artek (company) and UPM (company) · See more »

Vitra (furniture)

Vitra is a Swiss family-owned furniture company with headquarters in Birsfelden, Switzerland.

New!!: Artek (company) and Vitra (furniture) · See more »

Wassily Chair

The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-1926 while he was the head of the cabinet-making workshop at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany.

New!!: Artek (company) and Wassily Chair · See more »

Redirects here:

Artek Oy, Paimio Chair.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artek_(company)

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »