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287403. EERO AARNIO, MUSHROOM STOOL.

Description

Designed in 1962, Green fibreglass. Manufactured by Adelta. Diameter 50 cm.

Bukipedia

The legendary Finnish designer, Professor Eero Aarnio was one of the first to create furniture in fiberglass and plastic; materials that offer virtually unlimited possibilities to create new
shapes and colours. With his “Ball Chair”, presented at the international furniture fair in Cologne in 1966, Aarnio revolutionized furniture design and the innovative easy chair marked his final career breakthrough internationally. Eero Aarnio’s design is sculptural but at the same time playful, with frequent allusions to 1960’s pop culture. Aarnio’s designs were based on fundamental geometrical elements such as the sphere and the ellipse, and he transformed these into seat furniture. Aarnio’s creed was that “a chair is a seat but a seat doesn’t have to look like a chair”. The pieces quickly became hugely popular with a broad international demand and today Eero Aarnio is considered one of the greatest contemporary designers worldwide. With their futuristic shapes and materials Aarnio’s creations became symbols of the Space Age - a notion the designer himself has always shunned. “Space didn’t inspire me at all, I just wanted to create a round chair, I simply wanted to find a new shape”, Aarnio has stated in numerous interviews. During his career Eero Aarnio has been awarded numerous prizes, amongst them the International Design Award
of the American Institute of Interior Designers in 1968, the Italian Compasso d’Oro prize in 2008, the Kaj Franck Design Prize in 2008 and the Pro Finlandia Award in 2010.

Exhibitions

Den första retrospektiva Eero Aarnio-utställning på Konsthallen i Helsingfors år 2003, varefter utställningen visades i Oslo (Kunstindustrimuseet, 2004), Köpenhamn (Dansk Design Center, 2005), Washington D.C. (Finlands ambassad, 2005), México City (Museo Franz Mayer, 2007) och Berlin (Finlands ambassad, 2007).

Condition

Bruksslitage.

Auction ended 1 April 2012 at 12:27 EDT.

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Bidding history (4 bids)
Bidder Time Bid
50238 31 March 2012 at 15:30 EDT 170 EUR
64606 31 March 2012 at 12:22 EDT 160 EUR
34945 24 March 2012 at 09:07 EDT 150 EUR
34266 23 March 2012 at 14:06 EDT 130 EUR
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