The Blue Door: Yrjö Kukkapuro Life & Work

Yrjö Kukkapuro is the great modernist of Finnish furniture design. The biography leads the reader from 1930s Vyborg through the years to the 2000s. This version is in English. Most Finns have at some point sat on a chair he designed. In a health centre, school, auditorium, metro, theatre, library or office. This is the story of the man behind the chairs. All around him, colourful professional work and the development of society are in ferment. The Blue Door, the biography of Yrjö Kukkapuro Author: Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom