Background
Kukkapuro, Yrjo was born on April 6, 1933 in Viborg, Finland. Son of Eerikki and Eeva (Haapsaari) Kukkapuro.
furniture designer interior architect
Kukkapuro, Yrjo was born on April 6, 1933 in Viborg, Finland. Son of Eerikki and Eeva (Haapsaari) Kukkapuro.
Degree in Interior Designing (honorary), Institute Industrial Arts, Helsinki, 1958.
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 New York lieutenant 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 popular-art style.
Member of State Committee Arts and Crafts Finland (chairman 1977-1983), Societe des Artistes Decorateurs Sad Paris, Ornamo, Finnish Association Designers, Interior Designers Association.
Married Irmeli Salminen Kukkapuro, June 11, 1956. 1 child Isa.