The Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2008 for Professor Eero Aarnio
Eero Aarnio (born 1932) has been chosen to receive the Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2008 by the members of the prize jury who has made the choice at its meeting last spring.
The prize-giving ceremony taking place at Design Forum Finland on Thursday 11 December 2008, and to following with an exhibition that include a large number of new products along with popular classic designs by Aarnio.
Eero Aarnio’s internationally significant career in furniture design already began in the 1960s. After graduating from the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, Aarnio established his own office specializing in interior and industrial design in 1962.
Aarnio’s most recent exhibition has toured many countries and his works are on permanent display in leading collections, such as MoMA in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
”I always draw the piece in full scale. It’s almost like making the actual object and shaping its mass. It shows textiles as a black surface. If I draw only the contour, it is just a line. If I already give the object visual mass and weight on paper, it comes quite close to the right mood.” Professor Eero Aarnio, interior architect, winner of the Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2008.
The Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2008
Eero Aarnio 12 December 2008–11 January 2009
Free entrance
Exhibition info: P. (09) 6220 8132
Design Forum Finland
Space1, Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki
aila.kolehmainen@designforum.fi
Design Forum Finland
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December 27th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Very creative. Fashion was implied while doing doing those products,