Simo

The Simo auditorium chair gives a pleasant feeling to any interior with its elegant plastic forms and ergonomic seating comfort. There are several possibilities for writing tablets: fixed, or foldable either from the backrest or armrest.

– Seat and back formpressed plywood
– Upholstered seat and back
– Intermediate legs 40x40mm tubular steel
– For straight or curved rows
– Counterweight tip-up mechanism
– Options: wooden armrest (formpressed plywood), fixed or folding writing tablet, perforated seat

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Height: 945-1150 mm
Width: 540 / 550 mm
Seat height: 450 mm
Depth: 420 / 635 mm

Simo

Interior architect

Simo Heikkilä

Simo Heikkilä graduated from the Ateneum School of Applied Arts with a Diploma in Interior Architecture in 1967. In the early 1970s, he established a design office in Helsinki, working on retail environments, offices and small-scale public spaces. In the 1980s, his studio focused on exhibition architecture in particular, with furniture design as the main area. The Central Arts Council of Finland awarded him a fifteen-year grant in 1988, which gave him an opportunity to exercise artistic freedom and participate actively in exhibitions. His works have been presented at a large number of personal and international exhibitions worldwide. Since 1970s, he has contributed significantly to furniture design both in Finland and abroad. In recent years he has been first the head of the Wood Studio and later the professor of furniture design at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. He has been awarded numerous prizes and awards. He has been an important character behind grounding the international Alvar Aalto design seminars. Today he lives and works in Korpilahti near Jyväskylä.

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