1. Aino Aalto is known as the design partner of architect Alvar Aalto, with whom she worked for 25 years, and as a co-founder with him, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl of the design company Artek, collaborating on many its most well-known designs.
Aino Aalto's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and MoMA has included her work in nine exhibitions, the first of which was Aalto: Architecture and Furniture in 1938.
Aino Aalto's family lived in a co-operative apartment building in Helsinki where she was introduced to neighboring master carpenters and joiners whom she later apprenticed for.
Aino Aalto began studies in architecture that same year at the Institute of Technology, Helsinki, and qualified as an architect in 1920.
Aino Aalto graduated with a handful of other female architects including Salme Setala.
Aino Aalto met her future husband, Alvar Aalto, when they were both students.
Aino Aalto was not completely on board with the ideologies of modernism spreading throughout Europe.
Aino Aalto paid attention to the comfort level of a home and used materiality and furnishings to achieve a warm and practical space that was rare in 20th-century modernism.
Aino Aalto was the head designer of Artek and later became the managing director.
Aino Aalto oversaw commissions for interiors, lighting, screens, textiles and other household objects.
Aino Aalto was a versatile designer well before the inception of Artek.
Aino Aalto's work was always measured against the achievements of her husband and she often stood by while Alvar received recognition for their joint projects.
Aino Aalto designed several glassware objects for the Finnish company Iittala, who made household objects.
Aino Aalto collaborated with her husband on the design of the celebrated Savoy Vase in 1936.
Aino Aalto worked in the Artek office until 1949, when she died of cancer.
Aino Aalto set the tone for the Artek's creative and commercial approach which is still intact.