artek is a Finnish company founded in 1935 by four people: architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Aalto, visual arts promoter Maire Gullichsen and the art historian Nils-Gustav Hahl. They believed in combining art and technology, emphasizing technical expertise in production with high quality materials. This credo echoed the main ideas of the Bauhaus, a German art / design school, and the International Style of architecture. Historically based design with ornamentation was considered frivolous and taboo.
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