KARI ASIKAINEN

Most significant works:

INTERIOR DESIGN, 1966 - 1985

Kannelmäki Church

Oulu University, Linnanmaa

University Central Hospital of Kuopio

Oulu City Theatre

Tampere Workers’ Theatre

FURNITURE DESIGN

Furniture collections  for public interiors mainly for P.O. Korhonen Oy since 1968:

Kari Collection, Pikku-Kari Collection, Scheletro Collection, Carbonara chair, Maia chair, Pajazzo chair, Salus Collection

Home and public furniture for ARKTIS OY since 2011

BUILDING DESIGN

                     Some detached houses

TUITION

1973-88Lecturer of Furniture Design at University of Art and Design

1988-94Professor of Industrial Furniture Design at University of Art and Design and Head of Department West Finland Design Centre MUOVA in Vaasa

VIDEO PRODUCTION

                    Two document productions for the Finnish TV 1.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES

1982             One-year scholarship from the Finnish government

1982            Prize from SIO (the Association of the Finnish Interior Architects) for the best Finnish public interior fixture of the year (Kari 3 chair)

1984          The Design Prize of the Finnish government

OWN EXHIBITIONS

1989Furniture Exhibition “Kari 20 Years” (Design Forum, Helsinki)

1999              “The 30-year-old of the 60-year-old” retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Industrial Art,                

                       Helsinki

2001              “Una vita per le sedie”, furniture exhibition at the gallery of Laboratorio Urbano in Bari, Italy.

2002              "Through the life from children to elderly" furniture exhibition in Ozone Living Design Center in  

                       Tokyo, Japan

HOBBIES

Visual arts: Watercolor painting, graphic arts, photographing and video shooting, classic guitar, flute, sailing etc.