Kukkapuro Yrjö

Kukkapuro Yrjö

Yrjö Kukkapuro was born April 6, 1933 is a Finnish interior architect and furniture designer. His career started in the 1950s while studying in the Academy of Design in Helsinki. Kukkapuro’s most famous model is called Karuselli (carousel) and it belongs to the collection of major museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It was also nominated as the most comfortable chair in the world by The New York Times in 1974.

Kukkapuro is married to graphic artist Irmeli Kukkapuro née Salminen since 1954. The couple have built a home studio in Kauniainen in 1968. The building designed by Yrjö Kukkapuro and engineer Eero Paloheimo resembles pop-art style.

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