Name Kari Asikainen | ||
Education Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture | ||
Kari Asikainen (born 24 October 1939 in Parkano, Finland) is a Finnish interior designer and former Professor of Industrial Furniture Design at MUOVA, the Design Centre of Western Finland in Vaasa (1988–1994). He has also taught at University of Art and Design Helsinki (known in Finnish as TAIK) (1973–1988). Asikainen studied at the Institute for Applied Arts (forerunner to TAIK), completing his studies in 1966. His best-known design is for the Kari series of chairs started in 1969, for which he was awarded the SIO (Finnish Association of Interior Architects) 1982 award for best piece of furniture for a public space. In 1984 he won the prestigious State Applied Arts Commission's Award.
Exhibitions
Asikainen's work has been exhibited at the exhibitions 'Through life from children to elderly' exhibition (2002), Ozone Living Design Center, Tokyo, Japan; 'La vita per le sedie' exhibition (1999), Bari, Italy; 'Kuusikymppisen kolmikymppinen' (Sixty at thirty) retrospective exhibition, Design Museum, Helsinki; 'Kari 20 years' furniture exhibition (1989), Design Forum, Helsinki; 'Furniture and textiles', joint exhibition (1987) with Katariina Metsovaara. Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki.