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Great article
It's a lovely article, totally accurate and useful.
Most of Aalto's best designs were done in the late 1930's and it's drop-dead amazing how crisp and current they still are. There's nothing 'dated' about design of this quality.
Just like Aalto was influenced by the bent wood furniture from Thonet, Eames was surely influenced by Aalto's furniture.

a lovely read, thankyou.
a lovely read, thankyou.

Kinda funny that Kullberg said:
"They then developed the sleek Bambu range of furniture, which is to be made in Japan from pressed sheets of bamboo grown in southern China. ?At first I thought, Why bamboo?? Kullberg says. ?It?s not even Scandinavian."
Neither was teak, which was another Asian import half a century ago, and which has now become nearly synonymous with classic Scandinavian furniture design. I wonder if we will see bamboo in a similar light 40 years from now.
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...

I've been wondering about...
I've been wondering about bamboo sheet goods lately and have been curious about how its bonded, yup good old formaldeyhde!
After a bit of reading I'm not as hysterical about formaldeyhde as I was but I do wonder about the actual volume of adhesive needed to make a sheet of the stuff compared to plywood, I was thinking perhaps more but then perhaps becuase there are fewer and thicker plies perhaps it is less.
It might be easier to repair than plywood, certainly little danger of sanding through the top layer of veneer.
One thing that would be nice to see used (if its possible) is the stripey variegated tiger bamboo used for the face sides.
So nice to see a truly re-newable and hardy material on the market, I'd like to get some and play with it!
One thing re-reading the article though, I've never thought of Tom Dixon as being an especially green designer, I wonder where that idea comes from?

Here's
another one: palm ply
More MCM than MCM ever was !
(You're right about the thick face veneer. Good stuff. It's the future of plywood. . .or should be.)
http://www.durapalm.com/durapalm.html

a partner had a living room f...
a partner had a living room full of the stuff (as furniture) it was nice enough but I get the impression the surface has to be virtually flooded with sealer, polyurethanes I expect.
Personally I prefer the bamboo, I'll have to do some reading on its properties before I get too enthusiastic.
btw very good point about teak now being synonymous with Danish furniture.
What would be unfortunate is if Aalto designs were translated into the new material, excpet for the tambour screen, I think that could work.

changing the materials
What would be unfortunate is if Aalto designs were translated into the new material, excpet for the tambour screen, I think that could work.
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If Artek hasn't altered any of the classic Aalto pieces thus far, I doubt they will. The bent wood they've been using all these years is from replaceable forests, so I don't thinkl we've much to worry about.
My Zebra chair is less than 4 years old (it was in the Finnstyle store), looks exactly like vintage ones.

Is adult entertainment star Miss Rakel Liekki still...
...their mannequin?