Collection

The Adelta Designers:

Eero Aarnio
Pauli E. Blomstedt
Eliel Saarinen
Yki Nummi

Eero Aarnio:

• The Finnish designer Eero Aarnio, born in 1932, studied from 1954 to 1957 at the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
• He was – and still is – one of the pioneers in using plastic in furniture design. 
• In 1963 he designed the first Ball Chair and earned international reputation.
• A few years later the Pastil Chair and Tomato Chair came out and until today Aarnio loves to work with fibreglass.
  
  For further information please visit
  www.eero-aarnio.com

Pauli E. Blomstedt:

• Pauli Ernesti Blomstedt (1900-1935) graduated in 1922 as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology.
• He was an uncompromising Modernist and sometimes too modern for his time.
• Blomstedt was one of the leading representatives of Functionalism.
• The Soumalainen Säästöpankki bank building in Kotka represents the most mature achievements of Finnish Functionalism.
  
  Coming soon:
  the Pauli E. Blomstedt website

Eliel Saarinen:

• The finnish born Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) studied architecture and painting in Helsinki.
• According to the philosophy of architecture at the beginning century Saarinen designed also the furniture for his projects.
• Early examples are Hannes Chair (1908) and White Chair (1910).
• In 1923 he moved to the United States and developed the concept and designed the complete area of the Cranbrook Academy and School near Detroit.
  
  For further information please visit
  www.eliel-saarinen.com

Yki Nummi

• Yki Nummi (1925-1984) was born in China He studied mathematics and physics in Turku and Helsinki (Finland).
• From 1946 to 1950 he studied design at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki.
• He was one of the first Designers in Finland to use plastic and acryl as material for lamps.
• One of his most famous design is the Skyflyer (Lokki, Lentävä Lautanen).
• 1954, -57 and -60 Nummi´s lamps were honered as innovative designs at the Triennale in Milan.