4 February, 2008

901 thevagn is matchless

901 thevagnen is designed by the renowned Finnish furniture designer Alvar Aalto. This TEACART of Aalto has such a refined and modern look to it is incredible that the debut in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris. One of his great innovations, curved birch frame, visible on both sides of the wagon. It has a strong, light frame and thick layers of birch forming closed loops.

All practical components can be found at 901 thevagnen. It has large, white with black wheel tread rubber, handle and edge stripes are made from solid birch. 901-wagon also has shelves with white, laminated surfaces.

With its curved björkram cart has a refined, modern look. Birch ådras dignity and a rich honey color. Birch is a renewable resource; two birch trees are planted for every tree used in the production of Aalto's furniture . It is also less wastage and less glue used with this material. Laminated stock is used only where the leg bends and the rest is solid wood. It is handmade and very little industrial treatment required for its production.

901 thevagn

Alvar Aalto began with interior design in the late 1920s as a natural extension of his architectural designs. A piece of furniture was not a distant object for him, it was part of a melodic interior. He described to the furniture and architecture has branches on the same tree.

He was born in Finland 1898th Incorporating nature was typical and natural for Aalto. Finnish forest and lake landscape was an endless source of inspiration and spiritual rebirth for him. Nature offered countless themes to which he applied his own interpretation.

From this philosophical basis, he founded and a handful of familiar designers a movement against what they viewed as the dehumanizing effect of the machine age. Aalto felt that rapid industrialization could lead to social alienation. Therefore, he brought a human perspective to the form of initiation and in the process became a pioneer of modernism with a clear message that the aesthetics and functionality belongs to everyone.

His most significant innovation was a process which shaped white birch to the organic, artistic, curvaceous forms. Wood, especially birch, it was natural material for Aalto. Birch is commonly found in Finnish forests, warm and durable, while being a renewable resource.

During his 50 year career Aalto designed the nearly 60 paintings and numerous manufactured today by Artek. They are renowned as modernist classics and continue to be popular and relevant, but the most famous is and will always be 901 thevagnen.