Designer · Finland · 1931–1990
Esko Pajamies
Esko Pajamies (1931–1990) – Finnish interior architect and upholstered furniture designer, known for the Bonanza set for Asko.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1931–1990
- Country
- Finland
- Manufacturers
- Asko
Esko Lauri Alvari Pajamies was born on 20 August 1931 in Helsinki and died on 26 September 1990 in Crete. He obtained his interior architecture diploma in 1954, and in 1961 established his own design office. He is best known for upholstered furniture for homes and public interiors.
For Asko, he designed the Bonanza lounge set in the 1960s, combining leather and solid oak, and the Koivutaru armchair in bent birch in the late 1970s. He also designed for Merivaara and Lepokalusto, and in the 1960s – together with Eero Aarnio – plastic furniture for Upo. In 1975, his Hopeasiipi furniture furnished the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport terminal. In 1979, he received a state design award. He was the son of the architect Lauri Pajamies.
Key designs
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Bonanza set
sofa and armchairs, leather and solid oak
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Koivutaru armchair
bent birch
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Hopeasiipi furniture
armchairs and sofas for the terminal
