Magazine C: Stool 60 No. 6
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Description
Book Introduction
Magazine 《C》 is a chair documentary magazine that introduces design and lifestyle centered around an iconic chair selected by Grande Clip and Magazine 《B》 every issue.
Covering everything from famous chairs that have had a profound impact on related industries and public life to street chairs, it illuminates the designers, brands, manufacturers, collectors, and the lifestyles of those who sit in them, as well as their contemporary influence.
Grande Clip, the publisher of the magazine "C," is a new startup founded by Kim Bong-jin, founder of Woowa Brothers (Baedal Minjok). With the motto of "making small things great," the company aims to find value in small and ordinary things like clips and make them meaningful and great.
Stool 60, designed and introduced by architect Alvar Aalto in 1933, is the prototype that comes to mind first when talking about furniture called 'stool' and is a representative piece of furniture from Finland.
This is a chair that every Finnish person has naturally encountered since childhood in everyday spaces such as kindergartens, schools, libraries, and city halls.
The Stool 60 also symbolizes the democratic values of design in that it is designed to function freely according to the needs of the user and space.
Alvar Aalto used solid, dense Finnish birch to enhance durability, and applied L-shaped legs completed with a plywood bending technique to increase production efficiency.
Stool 60, which embodies a wide range of applicability and the feasibility of mass production, is the most human chair presented to the world by an architect who pursues human-centered architecture.
In Issue 6 of C Magazine, we delve into the simple, ordinary, yet all the more remarkable Stool 60.
We will shed light on the life of architect Alvar Aalto, who designed the Stool 60, and his representative architecture and design, and examine the characteristics of the Stool 60 by period and the production process at the A Factory in Turku, Finland.
In addition, we introduce 26 users from around the world who use Stool 60 in their own way, and visit the homes of celebrities such as designer Ronan Bouroullec and Akira Minagawa, founder of Mina Perhonen, to see the various uses of Stool 60.
Covering everything from famous chairs that have had a profound impact on related industries and public life to street chairs, it illuminates the designers, brands, manufacturers, collectors, and the lifestyles of those who sit in them, as well as their contemporary influence.
Grande Clip, the publisher of the magazine "C," is a new startup founded by Kim Bong-jin, founder of Woowa Brothers (Baedal Minjok). With the motto of "making small things great," the company aims to find value in small and ordinary things like clips and make them meaningful and great.
Stool 60, designed and introduced by architect Alvar Aalto in 1933, is the prototype that comes to mind first when talking about furniture called 'stool' and is a representative piece of furniture from Finland.
This is a chair that every Finnish person has naturally encountered since childhood in everyday spaces such as kindergartens, schools, libraries, and city halls.
The Stool 60 also symbolizes the democratic values of design in that it is designed to function freely according to the needs of the user and space.
Alvar Aalto used solid, dense Finnish birch to enhance durability, and applied L-shaped legs completed with a plywood bending technique to increase production efficiency.
Stool 60, which embodies a wide range of applicability and the feasibility of mass production, is the most human chair presented to the world by an architect who pursues human-centered architecture.
In Issue 6 of C Magazine, we delve into the simple, ordinary, yet all the more remarkable Stool 60.
We will shed light on the life of architect Alvar Aalto, who designed the Stool 60, and his representative architecture and design, and examine the characteristics of the Stool 60 by period and the production process at the A Factory in Turku, Finland.
In addition, we introduce 26 users from around the world who use Stool 60 in their own way, and visit the homes of celebrities such as designer Ronan Bouroullec and Akira Minagawa, founder of Mina Perhonen, to see the various uses of Stool 60.
index
Intro
Letter from C
Quotes
Alvar Aalto, an inspiration to creators around the world
5 Cities, 5 Homes
Ronan Bouroullec, designer from Brittany
Stockholm, Fredrik Paulsen, designer and founder of Joy Objects
Virpi Sutari, Helsinki, director of the documentary "Aalto"
Tokyo Minagawa Akira, founder of Mina Perhonen
Seoul Egg 2 Musician & Dora, Video Director
Designer: Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto, architect, modernist, experimentalist, and idealist
Iconic Chair: Stool 60
Features of Finland's representative national furniture, the Stool 60
Curve
Alvar Aalto's curved designs that connect life and environment, space and movement.
Home of Aalto
A documentary of the home and studio of Alba and Aino Aalto, capturing their creative and life-long journeys.
About Artek
Artek, a Finnish design brand that combines artistic vision and technological innovation
Art + Technology: Marianne Goebl
Artek's Growth Story from Artek Managing Director Marianne Goebl
Artek 2nd Cycle
Artek Second Cycle Store, giving Artek furniture a second life.
Making of Stool 60
The manufacturing process of the Stool 60, produced with craftsmanship in Turku, Finland.
Digest
All About the Stool 60 by the Numbers
Opinion - Formafantasma
Formaphantasma, the design studio that revolutionized Artek's production methods and operating standards.
Stool 60 Manual
26 Ways to Use the Stool 60
Opinion - Timo Riekko
Timo Rieco, curator of the Aalto Museum, who studies Aalto's architecture, design, and life
Viewing Rooms
From the Paimio Nursing Home to Sewinechallo Town Hall, Alto 2, and the Murachallo Experimental Home, 60 Stools are placed in Alto's paradise.
Opinion - Tiina Alahuhta-kasko
Marimekko CEO Tina Alahukhta-Kasko on the Finnish brand's identity.
Aalto Inspired
Nordic brands that inherited the spirit of Aalto: Iittala, Varni, and Tekla
New Wave
Antrej Harkikkainen and Lee Sang-hyeok, who present the aesthetics of naturalism and curves.
Chairpunk
Stool 60, 'Spiral Stool' reinterpreted by designer Sim Seung-yeon
Chair Index
Outro
Letter from C
Quotes
Alvar Aalto, an inspiration to creators around the world
5 Cities, 5 Homes
Ronan Bouroullec, designer from Brittany
Stockholm, Fredrik Paulsen, designer and founder of Joy Objects
Virpi Sutari, Helsinki, director of the documentary "Aalto"
Tokyo Minagawa Akira, founder of Mina Perhonen
Seoul Egg 2 Musician & Dora, Video Director
Designer: Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto, architect, modernist, experimentalist, and idealist
Iconic Chair: Stool 60
Features of Finland's representative national furniture, the Stool 60
Curve
Alvar Aalto's curved designs that connect life and environment, space and movement.
Home of Aalto
A documentary of the home and studio of Alba and Aino Aalto, capturing their creative and life-long journeys.
About Artek
Artek, a Finnish design brand that combines artistic vision and technological innovation
Art + Technology: Marianne Goebl
Artek's Growth Story from Artek Managing Director Marianne Goebl
Artek 2nd Cycle
Artek Second Cycle Store, giving Artek furniture a second life.
Making of Stool 60
The manufacturing process of the Stool 60, produced with craftsmanship in Turku, Finland.
Digest
All About the Stool 60 by the Numbers
Opinion - Formafantasma
Formaphantasma, the design studio that revolutionized Artek's production methods and operating standards.
Stool 60 Manual
26 Ways to Use the Stool 60
Opinion - Timo Riekko
Timo Rieco, curator of the Aalto Museum, who studies Aalto's architecture, design, and life
Viewing Rooms
From the Paimio Nursing Home to Sewinechallo Town Hall, Alto 2, and the Murachallo Experimental Home, 60 Stools are placed in Alto's paradise.
Opinion - Tiina Alahuhta-kasko
Marimekko CEO Tina Alahukhta-Kasko on the Finnish brand's identity.
Aalto Inspired
Nordic brands that inherited the spirit of Aalto: Iittala, Varni, and Tekla
New Wave
Antrej Harkikkainen and Lee Sang-hyeok, who present the aesthetics of naturalism and curves.
Chairpunk
Stool 60, 'Spiral Stool' reinterpreted by designer Sim Seung-yeon
Chair Index
Outro
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Publisher's Review
When Koreans think of Finland, the first things that come to mind are probably xylitol gum and the movie “Kamome Diner.”
“Kamome Diner” is set in Finland and gently captures glimpses of quiet everyday life, showcasing the unique atmosphere of Northern Europe.
I, too, was captivated by its charm, and when I visited Helsinki on a business trip, I turned on Google Maps and went looking for that 'Seagull Restaurant'.
Although the name was the same, it was different from the place in the movie, but the unique Finnish air and cityscape we encountered along the way were exactly like the Northern Europe we longed for.
Finnish banknotes before the euro integration feature the face of the architect and designer.
This is Alvar Aalto.
Usually, national heroes, politicians, and scientists appear on banknotes.
It is very rare for designers and architects to be featured on banknotes.
Banknotes are a medium that showcases a country's identity and pride, so engraving a respected figure on them requires social consensus.
That's why the fact that Finland chose Alvar Aalto is significant in itself (there's even a Swiss banknote with Le Corbusier's face on it, by the way).
Finland treated Aalto as a national hero.
He is not only an outstanding architect and designer, but is also considered to be the person who created the identity of Finland as a country.
It is no exaggeration to say that the clean, simple modernist vibe that naturally comes to mind when we think of Finland comes from his designs for architecture, furniture, glass, and textiles.
It is truly enviable that designers shape a country's identity and become a source of cultural pride.
Among the many works and legacies left behind by Aalto, the one that has entered my life most deeply is Stool 60.
This chair has perhaps the simplest design among the icons introduced by magazine C.
Made from birch grown in the lush forests of Finland, this chair has been loved around the world for over 90 years and has become a creation that created a genre of stool.
People may or may not know that this chair is a work by Alvar Aalto.
But the important thing is that the power to change the times is hidden in that plain and simple-looking design.
A design that was revolutionary when it first came out, and now seems so obvious.
After all, isn't that what good design is?
Innovation becomes commonplace, and commonplace becomes routine.
Publisher Kim Bong-jin
“Kamome Diner” is set in Finland and gently captures glimpses of quiet everyday life, showcasing the unique atmosphere of Northern Europe.
I, too, was captivated by its charm, and when I visited Helsinki on a business trip, I turned on Google Maps and went looking for that 'Seagull Restaurant'.
Although the name was the same, it was different from the place in the movie, but the unique Finnish air and cityscape we encountered along the way were exactly like the Northern Europe we longed for.
Finnish banknotes before the euro integration feature the face of the architect and designer.
This is Alvar Aalto.
Usually, national heroes, politicians, and scientists appear on banknotes.
It is very rare for designers and architects to be featured on banknotes.
Banknotes are a medium that showcases a country's identity and pride, so engraving a respected figure on them requires social consensus.
That's why the fact that Finland chose Alvar Aalto is significant in itself (there's even a Swiss banknote with Le Corbusier's face on it, by the way).
Finland treated Aalto as a national hero.
He is not only an outstanding architect and designer, but is also considered to be the person who created the identity of Finland as a country.
It is no exaggeration to say that the clean, simple modernist vibe that naturally comes to mind when we think of Finland comes from his designs for architecture, furniture, glass, and textiles.
It is truly enviable that designers shape a country's identity and become a source of cultural pride.
Among the many works and legacies left behind by Aalto, the one that has entered my life most deeply is Stool 60.
This chair has perhaps the simplest design among the icons introduced by magazine C.
Made from birch grown in the lush forests of Finland, this chair has been loved around the world for over 90 years and has become a creation that created a genre of stool.
People may or may not know that this chair is a work by Alvar Aalto.
But the important thing is that the power to change the times is hidden in that plain and simple-looking design.
A design that was revolutionary when it first came out, and now seems so obvious.
After all, isn't that what good design is?
Innovation becomes commonplace, and commonplace becomes routine.
Publisher Kim Bong-jin
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 25, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 180 pages | 170*240*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791198807090
- ISBN10: 1198807091
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