Forest 60

Stool 60 is a stackable stool with birch legs and seats.‎Alvar Aalto’s iconic Stool 60 is the most elemental of furniture pieces, equally suitable as a seat, a table, storage unit, or display surface.‎ The legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat without the need for complicated connecting elements.‎ Thanks to its geometry, the stool can be stacked to save space in a spiralling tower sculpture.‎ Manufactured in 42 production steps at the A-Factory in Turku, Finland, Stool 60 is available in a wide variety of colours and finishes.‎ Several million units of Stool 60 and its four-legged cousin, Stool E60, have been sold, making it one of the most cherished products in the history of design.‎Stool 60 can be stacked to create a spiralling tower of design classics.‎Reintroduced in 2024 by Formafantasma in a new wild birch variant.‎ The Forest Collection is part of an ongoing collaboration between Artek and Formafantasma, an Italian design studio that investigates how environmental, political and social forces influence design today.‎ With the launch of the 'wild birch' variants of the Stool 60 and E60 originally launched in 2023 - they will be updated to become even wilder.‎ While the Stools currently only show natural marks on the legs, all Stool 60 and E60 in 'wild birch' will in future also feature insect marks and small knots on their upper surfaces, as well as a matt finish.‎ The update will apply to all 'wild birch' variants of the Stool 60 and E60 produced from 25 April 2024 onwards.‎