Marianne Goebl, managing director at Artek, describes the collaboration with Formafantasma as ‘a dialogue’, which started as a research project and resulted in a new iteration of Cambio shown at ...

Artek, the legendary furniture firm co-founded by Alvar Aalto, is finally landing on American shores: The company has opened its first-ever American showroom, and, rather than relying on distributors, ...

On Aino Aalto's 130th anniversary, Tekla and Artek join forces to launch a collection that pays tribute to the Finnish designer's work, with a collaboration featuring her s Kirsikankukka pattern ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Artek, the Finnish modern design house founded by Alvar Aalto and his associates in 1935, has been sold to Swiss design and architecture firm Vitra, the companies announced on ...

Kokkonen, to his credit, pushes his design philosophy to the limit — even into metaphysical territory. “Right from the beginning of the design process we felt that there would be room for a lamp that ...

"Once Apple, and then Google, had deployed a richer, strategic approach to design in order to seamlessly orchestrate people, apps, media, devices and the interfaces between them, Nokia had no answer.

At our recent Reclaiming Design event, we were thrilled to see such amazing work and general interest in the integration of reused and recycled materials in the design process. But super-kudos go out ...

Finnish design brand Artek has collaborated with design studio Formafantasma to mark the 90th anniversary of its Stool 60 designed by Alvar Aalto, in a bid to encourage what it calls a “wider, wilder, ...

Students from Swiss design school ÉCAL have used material offcuts and production rejects from Finnish manufacturer Artek to create a collection of toys. A modernist-style doll's house, a balance ...