Alvar Aalto on the wall – classic wallpapers and UNESCO World Heritage
Alvar Aalto’s architecture is now part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. We celebrate with two classic Aalto wallpaper patterns, created almost 80 years ago, yet still remarkably modern today.
Now that Alvar Aalto’s architecture has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, we want to celebrate one of Finland’s most important designers.
Alvar Aalto was first and foremost an architect, but to him architecture, furniture, materials and interiors were all part of the same whole. That is why he also designed furniture, glassware, textiles and patterns for interiors. His inspiration often came directly from architecture itself.
Alvar Aalto 14/6 was originally created for the NK Textile Chamber in the 1940s. The graphic composition is 14 squares wide and six high, with a structure inspired by the architectural form of brickwork.
Alvar Aalto M.I.T. has an even more direct architectural connection. The design is associated with Baker House, the student residence Aalto designed for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its small-scale geometric pattern takes its cue from the building's brick façade.
More than three quarters of a century later, both patterns still sit naturally in contemporary interiors.
Alvar Aalto 1960. Photo: unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
To celebrate the UNESCO recognition, we are currently offering special prices on Alvar Aalto wallpapers at Aveo.
Alvar Aalto 14/6: €129 / roll
Alvar Aalto M.I.T. in blue, grey, beige and black: €99 / roll
A small piece of Finnish design history, right on the wall.