The Blue Door Yrjö Kukkapuro Life & Work

Yrjö Kukkapuro is one of the great modernists in Finnish furniture design. His biography takes the reader from Vyborg in the 1930s down the decades to the 21st century.

Most Finns have sat on one of his chairs at some point, whether in a health centre, school, auditorium, metro station, theatre, library or office. 

This is the story of the man behind the chairs, the creative buzz in his profession, and surrounding social change.

Language: English
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 245
Writer: Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom
Translations: Kate Sotejeff-Wilson
Graphic Design: Ilona Ilottu / Dog Design
Photos: Studio Kukkapuro archive unless otherwise stated
Publisher: Dodo Oy
Printing: Jelgavas Tipogrāfija, Latvia, 2023
ISBN: 9789526842431