From Rei Kawakubo to Supreme: Tracing Artek's History of Collaborations

This year, beloved Finnish brand Artek celebrates its 90th anniversary. A lot has changed since its inception, which began back in 1935 when four young idealists Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl got together with a common goal - to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.Its true that these days, their furniture is more often found in loft apartments rather than educational settings, but the very fact that Ar...