Nikari Oy, founded in 1967, is a manufacturer of sustainable wood design products of exquisite quality. We produce wooden furniture and custom-made furnishings of local forests’ wood to public premises as well as private homes. Through decades our determination to concentrate on wood and its ecological benefits has gained us great knowledge about Finnish wood and surface treatment materials like oils, waxes and soaps. Characterised by an ambitious and contemporary approach, the design of Nikari furniture is deeply rooted in the Nordic tradition. Restrained and serene, the design respects the essence of wood. Nikari furniture fits naturally into interiors from various periods. We design and develop our own collection continuously. In addition, we are actively engaged in various furnishing projects in Finland and overseas. Our designers and cabinet makers are often invited to participate in advisory boards of demanding product development and wood architecture projects. The exquisite quality of our furniture means the best possible wood material choices, well thought functional forms, carefully designed joints and details as well as very precise woodwork. Strong woodworking competence is the result of studying traditional furniture, and over the years Nikari cabinet makers have garnered a vast tacit knowledge of raw materials. Yet their design approach is contemporary, including the skill to select the best method, whether it means traditional handicraft or state-of-the-art technology. Well-made wooden furniture lasts years and ages with grace. Wooden products are part of the cycle of nature. Wood is the only renewable raw material utilised on a large scale by the construction and furniture industries. The wood Nikari uses is mainly supplied by a sawmill next door in Fiskars. Most of the timber comes from nearby forests tended with the principles of sustainability and biodiversity. The collection products are mostly made of solid wood, upholstery materials and fabric, joints adhesives and surface treatment materials. We have carefully searched for as high quality and ecological materials as possible. In order to maintain the products’ long lifecycle, the upholstery parts can be changed. That is why they are usually attached to wood by metal screws. We also prefer ecological and natural surface treatment materials, such as oil, waxes and soap. Wooden furniture treated with natural substances ages with dignity, retaining its attractive look and feel.
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Switzerland
Alfredo Häberli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1964. He moved to Switzerland in 1977 and graduated 1991 with distinction in Industrial Design at the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. Today, he is an internationally established designer based in Zurich and is working for some of the leading companies of the international design industry such as Alias, BD Barcelona, BMW, Camper, FSB, Georg Jensen, Iittala, Kvadrat, Luceplan, Moroso, Schiffini and Vitra. He manages to unite tradition with innovation, joy and energy in his designs and his work is strongly influenced by his early childhood in Argentina as well as his curiousness and studies in everyday life. The results are works with a strong expression and emotionality. Alfredo Häberli's work and designs have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe and he has received many awards for his work during the past 16 years. A personal monograph «Alfredo Häberli - Sketching My Own Landscape» was published by Frame Publishers in Amsterdam and in October 2006 he was guest of honour at the 20th Biennale of Design in Kortrijk, Belgium. In this context the book «Alfredo Häberli Design Live» with photos of some of Switzerlands most influential Artists, interpreting Alfredo Häberlis work, was released and published by Birkhäuser. With his own retrospective exhibition «SurroundThings» in 2008 at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, for which he was responsible for numerous exhibitions since 1988, a personal dream came true. In 2009 he was awarded by A&W magazine (Architektur & Wohnen) as the «Designer of the Year 2009» and honoured with a monograph exhibition on the occasion of the international furniture fair - imm cologne. Alfredo Häberli has been curating «Atelier Pfister – Neues Schweizer Design» by Pfister AG since 2009. Alfredo Häberli's most extensive project to date, the 25hours Hotel Zurich West, was inaugurated in November 2012. He was responsible for the overall interior decoration and designed more than 60 products for the hotel. In 2014 Alfredo Häberli received the prestigious Swiss Grand Prix of Design from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture.
Finland
Alvar Aalto war ein finnischer Architekt, Designer, Bildhauer und Maler. Er galt als einer der einflussreichsten Architekten der nordischen Moderne. Alvar Aalto: Biografie Alvar Aalto wurde am 3. Februar 1898 in Kuortane geboren. 1921 schloss er sein Architekturstudium an der technischen Universität Helsinki ab. Im September 1923 gründete er sein erstes Architekturbüro in Jyväskylä. Das im Jahr 1932 fertiggestellte Sanatorium in Paimio brachte Aalto schliesslich den internationalen Durchbruch. Auch die Bibliothek in Wiborg (1927-1935), das Studentenwohnheim in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1947-1949), das Hauptgebäude der Technischen Universität Helsinki (1953), die Maison Carrée bei Paris (1956-1958) und das Kulturzentrum in Wolfsburg (1958-1962) sowie die Essener Oper (1989) fanden internationale Beachtung. 1935 gründete Aalto mit seiner Ehefrau Aino Aalto-Marsio und seiner Förderin, der Industriellengattin Mairea Gullichsen, die Möbelfirma Artek in Helsinki. Seit dem Jahre 1936 entwarf Aalto Glasware, aus der u.a. die Aalto Vase hervorging. Der finnische Glashersteller iittala produziert sie bis heute. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren wurden ihm zahlreiche Ehren und Auszeichnungen einschliesslich der Royal Gold Medal für Architektur im Jahr 1957 von Queen Elizabeth II überreicht. Die Savoy Vase von Alvar Aalto In 1936 kreierte Aalto zusammen mit dem finnischen Glashersteller iittala Glasware. Die Aalto Vase gehört zu den bekanntesten Objekten des finnischen Designs. Sie wurde unter anderem für das luxuriöse Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki massgefertigt und ist deshalb auch unter dem Namen Savoy Vase bekannt. Mit ihrer asymmetrischen Gestalt und den freien Kurven symbolisiert sie Originalität, Geradlinigkeit und ästhetischen Anspruch. Die Vase präsentiert sich mit ihren geschmeidigen, wellenförmigen Linien als charakteristisch für die finnische Landschaft und die vielen Seen. Des Weiteren wollte Alvar Aalto mit der freien Form der Vasen die formlose Natur darstellen. Die Aalto Vase wurde 1937 auf der Weltausstellung in Paris präsentiert. Ihre Schlichtheit wurde auch im 21. Jahrhundert populär. Kleinere Versionen werden heute noch in der iittala Glasfabrik in Finnland produziert. In jüngster Zeit hat die Glasvase einen ikonischen Status erlangt. Aaltos Paimio Chair Für das Sanatorium-Projekt in Paimo 1928 entwarf Alvar Aalto zahlreiche Möbel und Lampen. Der Paimo Chair war eines der Objekte für die Inneneinrichtung des Gebäudes. Er arbeitete mit Holz, um mit dem warmen, schmiegsamen Material geeignete Möbelstücke für Patienten herzustellen, die jeden Tag mehrere Stunden am Stück sitzen mussten. Die ersten Entwürfe wurden 1929 in der Stadt Turku präsentiert. Heute wird der Paimio Armchair in zahlreichen Museen, wie dem Museum of Modern Art ausgestellt. © by Architonic
Über Nikari
Nikari Oy, founded in 1967, is a manufacturer of sustainable wood design products of exquisite quality. We produce wooden furniture and custom-made furnishings of local forests’ wood to public premises as well as private homes. Through decades our determination to concentrate on wood and its ecological benefits has gained us great knowledge about Finnish wood and surface treatment materials like oils, waxes and soaps.
Characterised by an ambitious and contemporary approach, the design of Nikari furniture is deeply rooted in the Nordic tradition. Restrained and serene, the design respects the essence of wood. Nikari furniture fits naturally into interiors from various periods.
We design and develop our own collection continuously. In addition, we are actively engaged in various furnishing projects in Finland and overseas. Our designers and cabinet makers are often invited to participate in advisory boards of demanding product development and wood architecture projects.
The exquisite quality of our furniture means the best possible wood material choices, well thought functional forms, carefully designed joints and details as well as very precise woodwork. Strong woodworking competence is the result of studying traditional furniture, and over the years Nikari cabinet makers have garnered a vast tacit knowledge of raw materials. Yet their design approach is contemporary, including the skill to select the best method, whether it means traditional handicraft or state-of-the-art technology. Well-made wooden furniture lasts years and ages with grace.
Wooden products are part of the cycle of nature. Wood is the only renewable raw material utilised on a large scale by the construction and furniture industries. The wood Nikari uses is mainly supplied by a sawmill next door in Fiskars. Most of the timber comes from nearby forests tended with the principles of sustainability and biodiversity. The collection products are mostly made of solid wood, upholstery materials and fabric, joints adhesives and surface treatment materials. We have carefully searched for as high quality and ecological materials as possible. In order to maintain the products’ long lifecycle, the upholstery parts can be changed. That is why they are usually attached to wood by metal screws. We also prefer ecological and natural surface treatment materials, such as oil, waxes and soap. Wooden furniture treated with natural substances ages with dignity, retaining its attractive look and feel.
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