When people talk about Finnish designer, we usually think of Alvar Aalto who is not only one of greatest architect but also a products designer. However, there is another Finnish designer, Ilmari Tapiovaara, we should know. Before I went to design museum, I have never known about this designer who is also one of the greatest designer in Finland.
Fortunately, because of the Design week in Finland, I went to design museum for free on Sunday before I enrolled in Design and Culture course. I saw a lot of furniture designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara, including the famous chair, Domus Chair, which was made with plywood technique and can be easily piled.
Domus chair, 1946
Ilmari Tapiovaara showed the piling method of Domus Chair with models.
(searched from google)
In the exhibition, I also like another chair designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara, which is called Wilhelmina Arm Chair. It also can be piled and the shape of the wood skeleton looks not only flexible but also elegant.
Besides those products, there were lots of master's sketch in the exhibition. It shows the process of product development and how amazing the master's sketch was. In the age without computer, they can draw like what we do with computer today. Moreover, his sketch showed lots of detail including the function and mechanism with only pencils. It reminds me that how important the basic skills, such as sketch and mechanism, is.
Except furniture design, Ilmari Tapiovaara is also famous in interior design which is his major field of design. In his work of interior design work, we can find the style is also simple and elegant just like his furniture design. No wonder it is said that Ilmari Tapiovaara is versatile designer in Finland.
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