Aalto & Aalto: A Design Partnership at Millesgården

Millesgården Museum presents a comprehensive exhibition about Aino and Alvar Aalto, two icons of 20th-century design, featuring 300 objects from the world’s largest private Aalto collection.

The exhibition covers the Aaltos’ design work from the 1920s to the 1960s and highlights their unique collaboration, with Alvar responsible for architectural concepts and Aino for interior design and material choices.

The distinctive Aalto style, characterized by warm, organic forms and wave-like motions (with aalto meaning wave in Finnish), is featured throughout the exhibition, including in Alvar Aalto’s classic Savoy vase, his Screen Wall 100, and Aino Aalto’s Bölgeblick glassware.

The exhibition is produced by Millesgården Museum in collaboration with Kunstalle Helsinki, which in 2023 presented part of Pertti Männistö’s collection in the exhibition Aino & Alvar Aalto – A Collector’s View.