The design it all started with for Alvar Aalto's career as furniture designer: the Stool 60. This model is his longest running item that is still in production since 1933. This stool is still new in the box and has never been used yet. It's from 2024 as shown on the sticker on the box. Usually we only feature vintage pieces, but it's also fun to show you how they're being sold nowadays and Ikea certainly wasn't the first one to flatpack their furniture for easy shipping.

Alvar Aalto, together with carpenter Otto Korhonen, began experimenting with bending solid wood in the late 1920s. The collaboration resulted in an L-leg, which was an invention that took a step towards the mass production of Aalto’s furniture. Alvar Aalto patented the L-leg bending technique in 1933. L-leg became to be the standard component for Aalto’s furniture design and based on the invention also Y-leg and X-leg were later developed.   

Dimensions
Height: 44 cm
Ø: 35 cm