Eero Aarnio

Eero Aarnio, was born in 1932 in Finland, he, is one of the great innovators of modern furniture design. The first designs of Eero Aarnio, followed the Finnish tradition of using mainly natural materials for designs such as "Jattujakkare a basket chair. In the 1960s, he started experimenting with the new plastic material such as fiber glass. In his designs we can see that he goes beyond the conventional forms for objects instead he likes to use a more organic forms.

It's actually interesting that one of his most famous designs was made actually for himself, because he needed a chair in his new home. And now that chair, the "Ball Chair"  is exhibited in museums and has become part of history and most important as an emblematic piece of furniture in the 60s.

The "Ball chair" is a globular seating shell of plastic reinforced with glass fiber attached to a narrow base with a wide bottom and a round opening in the front, through one can look around while seated on the inside. The sphere mutes all sounds heard outside but amplifies the sounds inside. The chair provides anyone seating a sense of protective and private space.

The process of making that chair included, using an inside mould, which has been made using the same principle as glider fuselage; covering the plywood body mould with wet paper and laminated the surface with fiberglass, rubbed down the outside, remove the mould from inside, had it upholstered and finally added the leg.

another iconic creations include the Pastil (1968), and the Bubble (1968) which are a great expression of what was going on in the sixties with the pop culture and the spirit of the time. The use of plastic permits the designer to freely create any form and also enables you to use any color that you want into your design which also represents the culture of that time.

Although in the 1960s and the 1960s there was the throwaway ethic, Eero Aarnio detested it and he remained true to the Scandinavian tradition of quality and durability. Even though his preferred materials were plastic and fiberglass, but he also uses wood and steel.