Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (18981976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his native country, but by the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. Aalto turned to ideas based on Functionalism, subsequently moving toward more organic structures, with brick and wood replacing plaster and steel. He also designed buildings, furniture, lamps, and glass objects.
Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings about Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and ...
A presentation of the work of this British product designer whose furniture pieces are works of art.
Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings about Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and ...
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California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style
The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. And the best of these were exhibited, sometimes idolized, through a series of popular shows at the Pasadena Art Museum.
California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style
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