the furniture designer and architect in finland yrjö kukkapuro (born 1933) is a central figure in the finnish functionalism. kukkapuro works as a freelance designer from the 1950s and most of the furniture he designed at the beginning of my career is still in production. today yrjö kukkapuro creates mainly for the company avarte. his most famous are the karuselli furniture chair, table saturnus, the chair skaala, the series remmi and the chair and the sofa ateljee. one of the favorite quotes of kukkapuro is: "what's the point to create a chair that is not good to sit? "and this describes very well the love of the designer for the ergonomic furniture.
Finland AVARTE OY company was founded in 1980, is one of the most famous Nordic furniture manufacturers, products from leading contemporary furniture design master Orio Kukaporo (YRJO KUKKAPURO). The design team led by YRJO KUKKAPURO is a strong function of doctrine, in 50s, he is the first one will introduce ergonomic furniture design designer exposed his works; concise, simple and elegant structure, fully embodies the Nordic style; he will ecology / human engineering / aesthetics as the key elements of furniture design, hope and reliable products / durable / comfort / environmental protection. In the design of long career, Cuca Polo never design style fashion, never by flow, in many popular styles like flower briefly as the broad-leaved epiphyllum, the works of Cuca Polo more time; today, the early works of KUKKAPURO is still in the global production and circulation, and as of five, sixty years ago, is full of modern sense.