In 1984, Finnish furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro gave the world the bold and expressive Experiment chair, a piece that quickly became an icon of 1980s design. This past October, Hem and Studio Kukkapuro released a reissue of the chair that perfectly preserves the distinctive visual expression of the original—to ensure that, Hem worked closely with the 91-year-old Kukkapuro and his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom. “Yrjö has always been ahead of his time, and as a major trailblazer in furniture design, his signature style and thoughtful constructions are still at the cutting edge,” says Petrus Palmér, founder of Hem. “We are beyond excited to bring the Experiment chair back.”
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Text by Luis R. Rigual
Photos courtesy of Hem
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