Incollect Magazine - Issue 14

LEFT: Set of 3 Alvar Aalto Stools X600 in Birch and Original Black Leather, Artek, 1960s. Simple, sculptural, and endlessly versatile. Aalto’s furniture designs are Scandinavian Modernism at its best. especially his technical innovations in bent plywood furniture, which had a great impact on mid-cntury modern furniture. RIGHT: Pair of Paavo Tynell “Umbrella” Table Lamps 5061, Brass & Glass, Taito 1940s.  Perfect for a layered lighting effect, with large shades of mouth blown champagne yellow glass underlaying a top dome in brass. Beautifully proportioned with a tapered central brass stem and circular brass base. LEFT: Hans-Agne Jakobsson Perforated Brass Chandelier, Model T 526 for Markaryd, 1960s. Perforated brass shades emit delicate pinpoints of light, and the relatively compact proportions make it particularly suitable for more intimate interiors. RIGHT: Early Alvar Aalto Spring Chair Model 31, Bent Plywood and Birch, Artek 1940s. One of the most iconic and finest furniture works from Alvar Aalto, the model 42 chair, also known as the spring chair, “Pikku Paimio” or “Small Paimio “in English. This model was originally created in the 1930s for the Paimion Parantola Tuberculosis Sanatorium and helped pave the way for Alvar Aalto´s international breakthrough with his functionalist furniture design. HADDADIN.FI INFO@HADDADIN.FI (050) 555 2865 @HADDADINDESIGN