Aino + Alvar Aalto

Aino + Alvar Aalto: A Life Together, publicerad av Phaidon, är en bok om finsk designs mest ikoniska par genom tiderna: Aino och Alvar Aalto. Boken, som börjar när de möttes och fortsätter tills Ainos bortgång, visar upp designduons delade liv och verk genom illustrationer och åtskilliga fotografier, ritningar och brev från arkivet. Den 352 sidor långa boken skrevs av Aaltos barnbarn, advokaten Heikki Aalto-Alanen, som har suttit i styrelsen för Alvar Aalto Foundation och Artek.

Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some of the most celebrated objects and buildings of the twentieth century. Through letters, documents, drawings, and family photographs, Alvar and Aino’s grandson tells the stories of their life together, in Finland and abroad, drawing on many of the never-before-published letters they sent to each other and to family, friends, and colleagues, until Aino’s death in 1949. The first monograph to specifically examine and celebrate the life and work of Aino and Alvar as a shared endeavour, this personal and intimate look at the unconventional lives of one of the most influential design couples of the twentieth century has been warmly and accessibly written by Aino and Alvar’s grandson, who has drawn on the family’s largely unpublished archive, including personal letters, snapshots, and sketches.