Vitra Design Museum, in collaboration with the Alvar Aalto Museum, hosts a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to the legendary Finnish architect Alvar Aalto until 1st March 2015. Arianna Callocchia from Italy writes about the Alvar Aalto – Second Nature exhibition and discusses its contents and objectives.

Arianna Callocchia: Why did you decide to host an exhibition on the architect in a design museum? 
Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum: “Alvar Aalto’s designs have always been very important components of our vast collection of 6,000 pieces of furniture. We felt it was time that we focused seriously on Aalto’s work.”
Tommi Lindh, Director, architect SAFA Alvar Aalto Foundation & Museum: “The Vitra Design Museum has had an exhibition dedicated to Aalto in the pipeline since its foundation. The idea was submitted to my predecessor Dr. Susanna Pettersson in 2012. We are the co-organizers of the exhibition. However, the Vitra Design Museum is in charge of the layout.”....Continue Reading

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