When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have ...

Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and interior designer, widely regarded as one of the forebears of Nordic Modernism. He was born on February 3, 1898 in Kuortane, Finland and studied at the Helsinki ...

On the 27th day of the month of June, 1527, the Governor Panfilo de Narvaez departed from the port of San Lucar de Barrameda, with authority and orders from Your Majesty to conquer and govern the ...

A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French ‘fleuriste’ Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze ...

Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Image © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than sites of treatment, sanatoriums ...

The Alvar Aalto Museum’s summer exhibition unveils the unsung designers behind Artek’s iconic pieces, honouring decades of ...

Presented at 080 Barcelona Fashion, the collection transforms the emotional journey of taking a leap into wearable form.

The exhibition showcases the band of gifted designers who worked at Artek over a period of more than 60 years. It puts the spotlight on key designers and lesser-known creators on whose drawing boards ...