{"id":24744,"date":"2018-07-04T08:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T06:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modern-wilderness.flywheelsites.com\/?p=24744"},"modified":"2018-07-04T08:27:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T06:27:16","slug":"artek-oy-moves-headquarter-to-central-helsinki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officerepublic.news\/en\/2018\/07\/artek-oy-moves-headquarter-to-central-helsinki\/","title":{"rendered":"Artek Oy moves headquarter to central Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artek Oy has moved its headquarters to new premises in central Helsinki, Finland. Situated in an elegant 19th century building at Mannerheimintie 12 B, the new space is just a few minutes’ walk from the Artek Store. It was conceived as a working showroom where architects and dealers can bring clients to experience Artek and Vitra furniture. Inside, interior architect Sevil Peach has designed an open environment that inspires a new way of working.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The new, light-flooded office of Artek Oy is welcoming visitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spread across 470 square metres, the new space puts people first. In the current digitalised age, explains Peach<\/a><\/span>, \u201cnothing beats face-to-face encounters (\u2026) important is how people behave in these spaces<\/em>.\u201d Conceived in that spirit, the new headquarters empowers users to work in various ways depending on their individual tasks and needs, flexible and human-centred.<\/p>\n

About Artek<\/h4>\n

Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Their goal was \u201cto sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.\u201d<\/p>\n

In keeping with the radical spirit of its founders, Artek today remains an innovative player in the world of modern design, developing new products at the intersection of design, architecture, and art.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Artek collection consists of furniture, lighting, and accessories designed by Finnish masters and leading international designers. It stands for clarity, functionality, and poetic simplicity.<\/p>\n

The name Artek is a synthesis of “art” and \u2018technology\u2019 \u2013 concepts central to the international modernist movement that came to prominence in the 1920s. It was Walter Gropius, a key proponent of modernism, who coined the motto \u2018art and technology \u2013 a new unity.\u2019 Technology was understood to include science and industrial production methods, while the conception of art extended beyond the fine arts to encompass architecture and design.<\/p>\n

Modernism aimed to achieve a fruitful union of these two spheres. This same aspiration guided the founders of Artek in their naming of the company.<\/p>\n