Acknowledgments Preface by Antti Nurmesniemi Introduction by Zhen Jian Section One 1 FAMILY BACKGROUND 2 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATlON AND TEACHERS 2.1 Student Years 2.2 Important Teachers 3 YRJO KUKKAPURO’S TEACHING 4 NATURE AND TRADITION 5 KUKKAPURO STUDIO:THE BUILDING AND CONTENT 6 FUNCTIONISM AND ERGONOMICS 7 ECOLOGY lN DESIGN 7.1 Functionism iS the Main Stream of Finnish Design 7.2 Oil Crisis Changed the Boarder of Consumption 7.3 From Functionism to Empty Postmodernism 7.4 Reclamation of Own Style iS the Sign of Independence 7.5 Ascetic.Durable and Long-lasting 7.6 Evewthing jS Based on Architecture 8 WHY NOT A NEW CHAIR 9 KUKKAPURO EXHIBITION DESlGN 10 KUKKAPURO AND FACTORY 10.1 Early Factories with Kukkapuro 10.2 Haimi Furniture Firm 10.3 Avarte Furniture Company 10.4 Chief Points frOm Avarte New Catelogue Section Two Early Works 1955-1963 Ateljee Sofa Series 1963-1964 Glassfibre Models:Karuselli Series 1963-1964 Glassfibre Models:Saturnus Series 1966-1967 Glassfibre Models:The Most Comfortable Chair Glassfibre Models 1960s Glassfibre Models:Saturnus Table Series 1966-1967 Glassfibre Models:Chair 413-418 1965-1967 Glassfibre Models:Saturnus C Series 1968-1969 The Piling Chair 419 1969 ABS-ModeI Chair 3417-3814 1966-1969 Variatio Sofa System 1967 …… Section Three Selected References