Sculptor/Designer Tapio Wirkkala Made Pipes Too

briarfriar · May 14, 2015

Read all about it, and see the pipes, here.
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drezz01 · May 14, 2015

Alvar Aalto certainly earned his title as the “father of modern Finnish design”...

Well, I'm hooked.
That was a great introduction to this man's work! I'm going to go scour the internet for more now. Gotta love any article that includes architecture, industrial design, and pipes!
I especially enjoyed this line as it pertains to something we were talking about in Pipes Vs Aesthetics

He championed a type of design that was “democratic” because he was creating soulful, well-crafted, usable objects that never sacrificed functionality for beauty

owen · May 14, 2015

Fantastic designs.

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