Artek - modern designs for a modern living culture
- modern and radical designs since 1935
- founded by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl
- Interface design, architecture and art
Artek - always modern
Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl. With their designs, they wanted to promote a modern culture of living. The radical spirit of its founders still lives in Artek today and so the company produces furniture from the world of modern design that stands at the interface of design, architecture and art. They are characterised by clarity, functionality and poetic simplicity.
