Aino + Alvar Aalto: A Life Together, publié par Phaidon, est un livre consacré au couple le plus emblématique de l’histoire du design finlandais, Aino et Alvar Aalto. Illustré de nombreuses photographies d’archives, de dessins et de lettres, ce livre retrace la vie et l’œuvre communes du duo de designers, depuis leur première rencontre jusqu’au décès d’Aino. Ce livre de 352 pages a été écrit par le petit-fils des Aalto, l’avocat Heikki Aalto-Alanen, qui a également siégé aux conseils d’administration de la Fondation Alvar Aalto et d’Artek.

Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some of the most celebrated objects and buildings of the twentieth century. Through letters, documents, drawings, and family photographs, Alvar and Aino’s grandson tells the stories of their life together, in Finland and abroad, drawing on many of the never-before-published letters they sent to each other and to family, friends, and colleagues, until Aino’s death in 1949. The first monograph to specifically examine and celebrate the life and work of Aino and Alvar as a shared endeavour, this personal and intimate look at the unconventional lives of one of the most influential design couples of the twentieth century has been warmly and accessibly written by Aino and Alvar’s grandson, who has drawn on the family’s largely unpublished archive, including personal letters, snapshots, and sketches.