Yrjö Kukkapuro (born April 6, 1933) is a Finnish interior
architect and furniture designer.
His career started in the 1950s while
studying in the Academy of Design in Helsinki. Kukkapuro's most famous model is
called Karuselli (carousel) and it belongs to the collection of major museums
including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It was also nominated as the most
comfortable chair in the world by The New York Times in 1974.
Kukkapuro is married to graphic artist Irmeli Kukkapuro
since 1954. The couple have built a home studio in Kauniainen in 1968. The
building designed by Yrjö Kukkapuro and engineer Eero Paloheimo resembles
pop-art style.
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