--- title: "Artek" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/artek" language: "en" type: "manufacturer" description: "Individual designer items from Artek ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2019-05-12T01:03:48+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Artek ![Artek](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/manufacturers/a/artek/artek-logo.jpg) Philosophy Artek is a sales and propaganda center for the new housing ideology. Artek was founded in 1935 by four young idealists, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl. The business idea of the company was “to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of habitation by exhibitions and other educational means.” The founders of Artek advocated a new kind of environment for everyday life. They believed in a grand synthesis of the arts and wanted to make a difference in town planning as well as architecture and design. Today Artek is renowned as being one of the most innovative contributors to modern design, building on the heritage of Alvar Aalto. Functionality and timeless aesthetics are the essential elements in the creation of every product that bears the Artek name. Artek’s comprehensive furniture system is based on the original idea of standards and systems, which has its origin from Alvar Aalto’s L-system. The standard and system thinking makes the furniture range versatile and allows it to be customised for individual projects. Artek’s furniture can be found in various types of spaces; from public spaces to homes, museums to schools and hotels to offices. The creative hub of the company is Artek STUDIO, the unit where new products and ideas are developed. Artek is continuously searching for new materials and questioning existing solutions. The cornerstones of the company’s product development strategy are ethics and aesthetics. In Artek, this translates into a combination of high quality, timeless classics and strong ideology in design thinking. The core of the Artek product range consists of Alvar Aalto’s furniture and lighting pieces. Under its new portfolio strategy, Artek is looking to extend the range and, to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary in 2010, has acquired the rights to Ilmari Tapiovaara’s furniture collection. In parallel, Artek also continues to work in close collaboration with prominent international architects, designers and artists, such as Eero Aarnio, Shigeru Ban, Naoto Fukasawa, Harri Koskinen, Juha Leiviskä, Enzo Mari and Tobias Rehberger. Artek is headquartered in Finland and is owned by the privately held investment company Proventus AB, based in Sweden. Artek has three stores in Finland; one in Helsinki, one store in Espoo and in Turku. Artek maintains close relations with the family of Alvar and Aino Aalto as well as the Alvar Aalto Foundation. The exchange of knowhow is valuable for all the concerned parties. While valuing traditions Artek has at the same time entered a new era. Combining the ideology of the radical founders and a contemporary and dynamic approach to product development, the company is more art and tech than ever. Collections [Armchairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek/collection/armchairs) [Chairs & Stools](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek/collection/chairs-stools) [Lighting fixture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek/collection/lighting-fixture) [Others](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek/collection/others) [Tables](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek/collection/tables) Features [REVIEW – MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023: DROPCITY & U.F.O.G.O. On the fast track 4/28/2023 As part of Milan Design Week 2023, also questions were asked about our future life and living – like on the part of the new centre for architecture and design Dropcity and the Swiss university ÉCAL. We present the pioneering projects to you.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/dropcity-u.f.o.g.o.-milan-design-week-sustainability-design-architecture-stylepark-magazine) Related Articles [DESIGN Made from wood 8/28/2024 Kari Virtanen is one of the pioneers who came to Fiskars in Finland in the early 1990s and transformed the small town into a design destination. Co-owner and CEO Johanna Vuorio told us how a carpentry workshop became a globally active furniture company during an interview at the headquarters there.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/nikari-woodnotes-design-fiskars-stylepark-magazine) [INTERVIEWS The Elegance of Logic 8/5/2024 Daniel Rybakken's approach has been honoured early on with many awards. We spoke to the designer about how chairs are like human bodies, the relationship between art and design and what his father taught him about cars.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/interview-daniel-rybakken-scandinavian-interior-design-stylepark-magazine) [REVIEW – STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR 2024 Pragmatic and upbeat 2/16/2024 “A test bed for new ideas” was the overarching theme of the Stockholm Furniture Fair from February 6 to 10, 2024. The presentation was by no means as prosaic as the title, and in fact it quickly became clear: This ongoing experiment is starting to get playful.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stockholm-furniture-fair-stockholm-design-week-fair-review-scandinavia-stylepark) [PREVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023 Designing change 4/11/2023 From 18 to 23 April 2023, the Salone del Mobile.Milano will be held at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre and include the Euroluce lighting biennale. Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi, founders of the research-based design studio Formafantasma, have created modular exhibition designs for it. Andrea Trimarchi explains the concept to us in an interview.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/formafantasma-euroluce-light-salone-del-mobile-installation-exhibition-design-stylepark-magazine) [REVIEW – STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR 2023 Stay flexible 2/18/2023 For three years, the Stockholm Furniture Fair had to take a break due to the pandemic. That both the organisers and the Scandinavian creatives and companies have integrated the current change into their work during this time became quite clear when the gates of Stockholmsmässan finally opened again from 7 to 11 February 2023.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stockholm-furniture-fair-design-week-sweden-design-architecture-art-fair-stylepark-magazine) [HOTEL Room in the green 11/22/2022 Agrotourism is booming and bringing new forms of hotel business to light. The Berlin-based start-up Raus, for example, develops mobile, self-sufficient hotel rooms that it sets up in forests, meadows, fields and pastures. Architect Sigurd Larsen is responsible for the latest design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/raus-sigurd-larsen-cabins-destination-vacation-nature-stylepark) [ARCHITECTURE Harmonious Contrasts 8/11/2021 Studio Ben Allen has painstakingly modernized a terraced Victorian house in London and added an extension to it, one that combines various different styles. “House Recast” recently received the 2021 “Don't Move, Improve” award.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/studio-ben-allen-london-dont-move-improve-awards) [DESIGN Harmonic tension 6/18/2021 Studio Besau-Marguerre has created an interior design concept for the workrooms of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe MK&G in Hamburg that combines different trends.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/besau-marguerre-mkg-interior-design-memphis) [NEW WORK Breaking the Grid 3/2/2021 With their Douglas House in London’s West End, Note Design Studio has created a new feel-good place for flexible working. In the process, the Swedish collective has given this 1930s building a gentle nudge and a slight wave.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/note-design-studio-tog-douglas-house-london) [HOTEL A nest with a hill 1/8/2021 With the Shiroiya Hotel, Sou Fujimoto Architects have succeeded in producing a fascinating combination of an old building and a conversion, design, architecture and art. Michele de Lucchi, Jasper Morrison, Leandro Erlich and Sou Fujimoto have each designed one of the rooms.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/shiroiya-hotel-maebashi-japan-sou-fujimoto-architects) [FEATURED German Sustainability Award Design: The Winners 12/4/2020 The German Sustainability Award is the largest of its kind in Europe. Now for the first time it has also been conferred in the area of design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/german-sustainability-award-design-winners) [INTERVIEWS STYLEPARK ZOOM IN with Besau Marguerre 5/4/2020 Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau founded their studio in Hamburg in 2011. Since then they've been working with great success and a holistic design approach for renowed companies such as Vitra, Artek, Thonet, E15 or Fürstenberg.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-zoom-in-with-besau-marguerre) [STOCKHOLM FURNITURE & LIGHT FAIR 2020 Innovative traditionalists 2/11/2020 The Stockholm Furniture Fair and Stockholm Design Week showcase Scandinavia’s high standards of craftsmanship and design once again in 2020.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stockholm-design-week-2020) [FAIRS & EVENTS Impressions Stockholm Furniture Fair 2/8/2019 Impressions from Sweden's largest furniture fair, the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2019.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/impressions-stockholm-furniture-fair-image-gallery) [IMM COLOGNE 2019 Impressions imm cologne 2019 1/16/2019 Impressions from the international furniture and furnishing fair imm 2019 in Cologne.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/imm-cologne-2019-image-gallery) [DESIGN Where work lives 12/5/2018 For the new Artek Oy headquarters in Helsinki, the British architect Sevil Peach combined office and showroom to create a place where you feel at home.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/artek-oy-headquarter-sevil-peach) [ARCHITECTURE Living at the desk 1/1/2018 Studio Joanna Laajisto has created office spaces for an international agency that staff have already made into their second home.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/office-fjord-laajisto) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Your daily dose from Salone del Mobile 2017 4/4/2017 You did not make it to the Salone del Mobile? Don't worry! Stylepark delivers you fresh impressions from the design hotspots in Milan every day.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/daily-update-from-salone-del-mobile-2017) [FAIRS & EVENTS Above all warm 2/13/2017 Red threads, wild patterns: The Scandinavians once again proved their talent for good living indoors when outdoors things are stormy and snowy – at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/review-stockholm-furniture-light-fair-2017) [DESIGN The boss sat at the back 10/2/2015 He knew how spaces functioned and how to build modern furniture without requiring tubular steel: Walking in Alvar Aalto’s footsteps in Finland.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-boss-sat-at-the-back) [FAIRS & EVENTS Clerics meet Matrizia 4/22/2015 “An impure tongue does not taste; dulled senses only notice the sharpest stimuli, or they chew more than they feel.” – Johann Gottfried von Herder](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/clerics-meet-matrizia) [DESIGN Small is beautiful 3/25/2015 They’re back in fashion – small, light armchairs with a wooden or tubular steel frame. In the 1950s and 1960s they came to fame as “easy chairs”; now they’ve morphed into “lounge chairs”. For the office or the home.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/small-is-beautiful) [FAIRS & EVENTS Scandinavia x 12 2/6/2015 News from the North? Yes, indeed! Even though the makers of the Stockholm Furniture Fair have completely revised the hall layout we managed to glimpse the hottest innovations – here are the 12 most exciting ones.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/scandinavia-x-12) [ARCHITECTURE Energy remains within the interior 10/3/2014 Vitra Design Museum is focusing on Alvar Aalto. And the result is more than just another show on that Grand Old Master of Modernism.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/energy-remains-within-the-interior) [FAIRS & EVENTS Tranquility – is to be found in salad bowls 9/23/2014 The “Helsinki Design Week” took place for the 10th time this year. For all those who may have forgotten what makes Finnish design so special – the trade fair complex and Helsinki’s Design District provided a lot to bring things back to mind.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/tranquility-is-to-be-found-in-salad-bowls) [FAIRS & EVENTS Here come the Finns! 9/2/2014 Soon it’ll be book fair time again in Frankfurt. And as always, the fair’s Guest of Honor country gets to shape the face of culture in the city for a short time. So what does Finland have to offer in addition to vodka and forests, sauna and Saarinen, Artek and Aalto?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/here-come-the-finns) [FAIRS & EVENTS Salone, Salone or Twelve Milan stories 4/16/2014 Milan in the days of the Salone and Fuori Salone – is a hodgepodge of impressions, encounters and cameo stories. In terms of form and content, they are as different as, say, people, furniture, brands, and markets.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/salone-salone-or-twelve-milan-stories) [DESIGN Konstantin Grcic: Straightforward as Alvar Aalto 4/5/2014 Not officially presented yet, but definitely a cameo piece of his exhibition at Vitra Design Museum: Konstantin Grcic’ new “Rival Chair”.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/konstantin-grcic-straightforward-as-alvar-aalto) [DESIGN Beef brisket with oh là là 3/3/2014 Maxie Eisen is the latest culinary addition to the renowned district round Frankfurt’s main station. The bistro-and-bar is not only the new place-to-be for fans of pastrami but will – thanks to the stylish interiors by the likes of Jean Prouvé and Ilmari Tapiovaara – equally appeal to lovers of good design. Only the mafia should have been kept outside.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/beef-brisket-with-oh-la-la) [MAGAZINE A breath of fresh air from the North 2/14/2013 Scandinavian design stands for simplicity, reliability and high-quality craftsmanship. At this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair we were met with attempts to redefine such values in the 21st century.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/a-breath-of-fresh-air-from-the-north) [MAGAZINE Adornedliving 9/19/2012 This fall, the presentation at Paris’ “Maison&Objet” focused on accessories of every shape and kind. Dominating themes in the trade fair halls of the “Parc des Expositions” included wood, porcelain and clever combinations of different styles.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/adornedliving) [MAGAZINE Like small poltergeists 4/16/2012 Wanton act or successful appropriation? For the Salone del Mobile designer Mike Meiré gave the "60" stool, a classic by Alvar Aalto, a colorful, coat of paint applied by hand. Jörg Zimmermann spoke to him about the concept.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/like-small-poltergeists) [FAIRS & EVENTS Designpääkaupunki 2012 7/24/2011 How much are titles, prizes and other distinctions really worth? What some consider a mark of quality is seen by others as a red rag. The Finnish capital Helsinki has been selected as the World Design Capital 2012 – and is definitely worth a visit.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/designpaeaekaupunki-2012) [MAGAZINE Milan is here again 4/6/2011 En route for Milan. It’s that time of the year; the Milan furniture salon is just round the corner and the design world is in pandemonium. To give you an idea of the countless events throughout the city we have compiled a list of what we consider to be the most promising among them.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/milan-is-here-again) [MAGAZINE Return of the grid 8/3/2010 System furniture was long considered the epitome of no-fun and über-rational design, but now it is undergoing a revival. The new items of system furniture are proof that functionalist Modernism is being seen in a new light and mark the end of the heyday of design art and limited editions.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/return-of-the-grid) [MAGAZINE The drunken bar: Venetian Wanderings, Part 4 7/28/2009 An Italian bar is at times often more than simply a bar. Sometimes those who enter it get quite drunk without having drunk anything, as Tobias Rehberger demonstrates impressively.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-drunken-bar-venetian-wanderings-part-4) [MAGAZINE Positive Propaganda 5/8/2009 Artek is re-issuing an old, modular chair design created by Shigeru Ban in 1993, and is thus continuing its successful collaboration with the architect, making a statement fully in keeping with its corporate culture.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/positive-propaganda) [MAGAZINE One for all! 4/19/2009 Artek launcht das 10-Unit System von Shigeru Ban.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/one-for-all) [MAGAZINE The miracle grass 11/18/2008 Bamboo has long since not just been an ingredient in Asian cooking; there are now laptops, bicycle frames and furniture made of the "wonder grass". It is one of the fasting growing renewable raw materials in the world and is currently the most popular, most loved ecological material.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/the-miracle-grass) [MAGAZINE Welcome to Design Wonderland 10/10/2008 Helsinki Design Week - Kari Korkman, who initiated and organizes the event, describes it as "an annual festival for creativity", and a visit indeed confirms that it is easy to be swept along by the Finns' enthusiasm for design.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/welcome-to-design-wonderland) [FAIRS & EVENTS Sustainability as a Principle 4/25/2007 With the Shigeru Ban pavilion in Milan, Finnish furniture manufacturer Artek and the forest product company UPM-Kymmene are pointing the way to a future dominated by ecological architecture and sustainability.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/sustainability-as-a-principle) Address Artek oy ab Mannerheimintie 12 B, 4. krs 00100 Helsinki Finland T: +358 (0)10 617 3470 F: +358 (0)10 617 3491 - Estimate - Printed catalogue Products [![Atelier Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Artek_TAF_Atelier-Chair_dark-red-lacquered-beech_FS.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/atelier-chair) [Artek Atelier Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/atelier-chair) [![L-Leg stool](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Stool_60_ash_sRGB_170106_144302.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/l-leg-stool) [Artek L-Leg stool](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/l-leg-stool) [![L-Leg table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Aalto_Tables_0_sRGB.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/l-leg-table) [Artek L-Leg table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/l-leg-table) [![Kaari shelf with desk](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-shelf-with-desk/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-shelf-with-desk-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-shelf-with-desk) [Artek Kaari shelf with desk](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-shelf-with-desk) [![Tea Trolley 901](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/a/artek/produkte/tea-trolley-901/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/tea-trolley-901-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/tea-trolley-901) [Artek Tea Trolley 901](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/tea-trolley-901) [![Kaari table small](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-table-small/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-table-small-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table-small) [Artek Kaari table small](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table-small) [![Kaari shelf](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-shelf/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-shelf-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-shelf) [Artek Kaari shelf](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-shelf) [![Kaari console](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-console/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-console-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-console) [Artek Kaari console](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-console) [![Kaari desk](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-desk/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-desk-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-desk) [Artek Kaari desk](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-desk) [![Kaari single shelf](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-single-shelf/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-single-shelf-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-single-shelf) [Artek Kaari single shelf](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-single-shelf) [![Kaari table round](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-table-round/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-table-round-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table-round) [Artek Kaari table round](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table-round) [![Kaari table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/artek/produkte/kaari-table/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kaari-table-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table) [Artek Kaari table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artek/kaari-table) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artek)