{"id":149447,"date":"2025-02-10T07:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/yrjo-kukkapuro-renowned-finnish-chair-designer-dies-aged-91\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T23:11:10","slug":"yrjo-kukkapuro-renowned-finnish-chair-designer-dies-aged-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/yrjo-kukkapuro-renowned-finnish-chair-designer-dies-aged-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Yrj\u00f6 Kukkapuro, renowned Finnish chair designer, dies aged 91"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2018Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed,\u2019 his studio says, with his postmodern creations gracing galleries around the worldYrj\u00f6 Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died aged 91.Kukkapuro died on Saturday at his home outside Helsinki, his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom, confirmed in an email on Sunday, as well as in a statement from Studio Kukkapuro, where she is the curator. The cause of death was not disclosed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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