Here's what happened at our Aalto book launch in Minneapolis last night

Robert McCarter at the event last night

Minneapolis was all about Finnish design last night as we celebrated the publication of our great new book Aalto with a standing room only presentation by its author, the esteemed Robert McCarter.

The event, at the clothier Askov Finlayson, kicked off FinnFest (an annual festival in locations throughout the U.S. which aims to celebrate Finland, Finnish America and Finnish culture). 

Robert McCarter with David Salmella

McCarter was introduced by co-owner Eric Dayton (the grandson of the founder of the Target chain of stores) and he gave a brief but illuminating career overview of Alvar Aalto after which he was joined for a panel discussion with Renée Cheng, from the University of Minneapolis), the architect David Salmella and Jennifer Komar Olivarez, the curator at Minneapolis Institute of Arts)....Continue Reading

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