60 Stool
Alvar Aalto’s iconic Stool 60 is the most elemental of furniture pieces, equally suitable as a seat, a table, storage unit, or display surface. The legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat without the need for complicated connecting elements. The secret of its success lies in its legs' unique bends, quality and finishing whose manufacturing technology was patented. Thanks to its geometry, the stool can be stacked to save space in a spiralling tower sculpture. Stool 60 is available in a wide variety of colours and finishes. one of the most cherished products in the history of design.
Specification
Drawn from the maker's CAD model. CAD files available on request.
- Legs: Birch, clear lacquer
- Seat: Birch, lacquered
- Stackable
- Suitable as both stool or side table
- Available in a variety of colours
Artek
Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl, to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living.
Alvar Aalto
One of the founding figures of modern architecture. With his wife Aino, Aalto designed the furniture for his own buildings, the Paimio Sanatorium and the Viipuri Library. Bending Finnish birch, he gave modernism a warmer, more human material.
