artek 60 Stool Birch

Design: Alvar Aalto in 1933 for artek

Concept: 60 The stool is a product designed by the world-famous designer Alvar Aalto. This stool can also be used as a small table for storage or as a conveniently placed small footstool. The seat is originally made of natural lacquered birch veneer, but it is also possible to choose between some of the more colorful versions should you wish for this. The familiar figure does well both at home and at work, or in places where there may be a need for extra seating. The 60 stool continues the functionality of its ability to stack multiple stools on top of each other to save space.

The designer behind: You can not say Artek without also saying Alvar Aalto. The Finnish-born architect and designer was a large part of Artek, and is also behind a larger part of Artek's most well-known furniture and lamp designs. Alvar Aalto experimented in the late 1920s with various forms of innovative manufacturing methods, which also resulted in the creation of the now world-famous' L-leg '' which today can be found on up to 36 artek products such as the three-legged 60 stool, or the larger four-legged E60 stool.