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4worldlovers: To celebrate Stool 60’s 90th anniversary, Artek 2nd Cycle presents the exhibition Decades, which pays tribute to the three-legged stool designed by Alvar Aalto in 1933. The dozens of stools on display represent a...

Stool 60 turns 90. The anniversary celebrations began in Japan on March 18th with a large installation by Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA) at Tokyo’s Dover Street Market Ginza. Celebrating the Finnish...

Stool 60 Kontrasti celebrates the ingenious construction processes Alvar Aalto first realised in 1933.

Artek's Stool 60 celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2023—an extraordinary milestone for a humble wooden stool.

In Finnish, Kori means “basket”, and speaks of the intelligent core element designed to create a warm, generous atmosphere through soft and diffuse light, ensuring its suitability for a wide variety of...

WOOD WOOD co-founder Brian SS Jensen added a dimension of colour to the iconic Stool 60 without compromising the wood's beautiful natural grain. After experimenting with several linseed oil-based stains on untreated...

Artek and Heath Ceramics have come together once again to produce a collection of furniture that embodies their values and showcases their creative chemistry. Founded an ocean apart more than 70 years ago, both...

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After several years of use, webbing may lose its tension upon which it needs to be replaced. Since Artek’s furniture is designed with longevity in mind, the webbing can easily be renewed, ensuring that the product...

4worldlovers: It all began with buttons. And it all started with a real need: Kaija Aarikka, then a textile arts student at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, was unable to find any buttons to go with a dress she had designed. So she made them herself. From these fun and original buttons the story quickly went on to include jewellery. And February 24, 1954 went down as the day that Aarikka was born.

In 1960, Aarikka opened its own little shop, the Nappi-Aarikka outlet, in Helsinki.

Aarikka’s second shop opened its doors in 1963 on Bulevardi, also in Helsinki. This shop, called Kukkurakauppa, showcased true boutique style. In addition to buttons and jewellery, it had room for gift items and for the clothing lines for men and women presented on the shop’s opening day.

Aarikka weathered the social turmoil of the 1970s without any major conflicts, as the cheerful and colourful style of Aarikka is viewed as a democratic style that suits all youthful consumers.

New shops were established at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, foreign customers were gained at trade fairs from New York to Tokyo. Soon, more than half of the company's production was being exported.

In the 1980s, everything that was big and impressive was deemed beautiful. The heat of the economic boom brought a time of intense growth for Aarikka too. In 1984, the company was overjoyed to receive awards both as ‘entrepreneur of the year’ and for its role as an exporter.

Aarikka’s product range shifted more and more toward decorative products and gift items.

Kaija Aarikka publicly called for joy and passion in people’s work, and she was lauded for her work from many directions. She was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal and the honorary titles Commercial Counsellor and Marketplace Counsellor of Somerniemi. Pauliina Aarikka began to take greater charge of design issues.

All of the company’s production was still in Finland, with this including 40 people working from home. Colouring operations included, there were 600 products under production in these years.

4worldlovers: We are currently testing our brand new finishing plant, and we’d like to invite you along for the journey. Now is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy an entirely unique piece of Lapuan Kankurit craftsmanship in the form of a cosy woollen blanket. Every pilot product batch is one-of-a-kind and can come in varying sizes, weaves and finishes.

Pilot blanket batches are now available with SPECIAL PRICES in our Helsinki Store and Lapua Outlet as well as online as long as supplies last. The selection may wary.