Furniture Designs of Eero Aarnio
They say that your life reflects your work, and this can never be truer with an esteemed and renowned designer like Eero Aarnio. His life and times have reflected his work, thanks to his passion and his love for safe types of plastic. All of his work has been made from friendly materials, and even though he has worked with traditional materials like steel and wood, he has been famous for using playful shapes and colours that are manufactured in plastic, including toys and children’s furniture.
Eero Aarnio studied from 1954 to 1957 at the Institute of Industrial Arts. After his graduation, he worked with a famous and also well renowned Finnish designer IImari Tapiovaara. In 1960 he started working for the Asko Company before deciding to go alone as an industrial and interior designer and establishing his own design office in 1962.
In 1966, Eero Aarnio designed and introduced his Globe Chair to the market. This chair won the approval of many design presses, irrespective of it being expensive and that it was formed on a limited extent.
Because of how the Globe Chair had won the acclaim of many people, the Asko Company that he had previously worked for requested Eero Aarnio to be its limited partner. The term of their limited partnership was that he was supposed to use new materials and modes of production to design experimental furniture.
Thanks to the new partnership, Eero Aarnio’s professional image grew so much during that time and contributed significantly to his being famous in the world. At that time, many Finnish designers worked with wood, but what made Eero Aarnio stand out was his working with plastics. His main idea was to create new designs at very low cost use materials that were up-to-date. Another thing that inspired him to create the new design was that he wanted his designs to be both striking and durable.
In 1970, Eero Aarnio started using Polyurethane foam in his creation of new designs. The Pony chair that was introduced on the market in 1970 is one such example. This has been one of the most extraordinary chairs in the history of furniture of the 20th century. This chair has distinguished so much of Eero Aarnio’s work. Eero Aarnio’s work has always been known to be an inspiration to many, and he is always quoted as saying that ‘design means constant renewal, realignment and growth’.
This is probably the reason why each piece of his work has always stood out from the rest and always outshines the work of other designers.
In 2005, Eero Aarnio joined another Finnish company Artek as a freelance designer. His outstanding work has always taken him places and earned him many offers from established companies around the world. Eero Aarnio is admired by many Finnish companies, and envied by many designers all over the world. His work has been through many generations, and the generations are yet to see the best of him.
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