Below are some images of
Yrjö Kukkapuro's design work which we had originally came across through reading on Wallpaper.
This article was originally found @
https://www.wallpaper.com/design/yrjo-kukkapuros-studio-tour
Tour Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio – a temple to the art of sitting down
![Left, Yrjö Kukkapuro in his studio. Right sees a red, blue and yellow chair prototype](https://cdn.wallpaper.com/main/styles/responsive_1680w_scale/s3/landscapedesignicons.jpg)
Left, Yrjö Kukkapuro in his Kauniainen studio, in February 2020. The unique sofa was painted by his friend Pino Milas in the 1970s. Right, ‘Color Experiment’ chair prototype, 2016. Photography: Felicia Honkasalo
![chair](https://cdn.wallpaper.com/main/styles/responsive_1460w_scale/s3/deisngicons2embed_0.jpg?itok=7bgfcSNy)
![Chair 2](https://cdn.wallpaper.com/main/styles/responsive_1460w_scale/s3/embded1designicons_0.jpg?itok=49dG6tCm)
Above, original model of ‘Fysio’ office chair, 1976, in pressed birch plywood and fabric. Below, detail of ‘Color Composition’ chair, 1993
![Design icons An abstract lamp sits on a cut out wooden chair](https://cdn.wallpaper.com/main/styles/responsive_1460w_scale/s3/embeddesigniconsnew.jpg?itok=ERcEk1r5)
‘Sculpture Lamp Blue Shade’, 2019, unique piece made by Kukkapuro for an exhibition in Estonia; and ‘Nelonen Profile’ chair, 1990s
Featuring a curved concrete roof, Kukkapuro’s studio on the outskirts of Helsinki was built by the designer and his wife Irmeli in 1968
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‘Nelonen Titan’ chair, made with ice hockey sticks, and ‘Nelonen Z’ chair, both made in Kukkapuro’s workshop in the 1990s
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