Magis Pingy The Wobbling Penguin Chick by Eero Aarnio
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“.... As a young boy I made my first penguin out of paper pulp (papier-mâché) and
when it was dry I painted it black and white. For years this 20 cm high penguin
lived on top of the cupboard in my childhood home. Unfortunately my apartment
was destroyed in the 40’s during the bombing of Helsinki and the penguin was
lost in the mayhem of war. Now thanks to Magis I have again my penguin chick.
The shape of the head and the profile with the cute beak have the right proportions
and the eyes have the realistic almond shape characteristic to penguin chicks.This
little penguin has perhaps had a little too much to eat and therefore has the round
belly, but this particular rotund shape allows it to mimic the realistic waddling movement, which makes it so lovable and cute.”
material / rotational-moulded polyethylene.
Size: H 70 cm, W 67 cm, Depth 40 cm
Eero Aarnio
The Finnish designer Eero Aarnio (born in 1932 in Helsinki) is one of the greatest innovators of modern furniture design. From 1954 to 1957 he attended the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki, and in 1956 he married Pirkko Attila, with whom he had two daughters. His work as a designer began in the early 60s, when he opened his own design studio in Helsinki. Eero Aarnio began experimenting with plastics, vivid colors and organic forms, breaking away from traditional design conventions. His now iconic plastic creations include the chairs Ball (1963), the Pastil (1968), and the Bubble (1968), as well as the abstract dog Puppy he designed in 2004 for the Magis collection Me Too. Many of Aarnio’s works are included in the world’s most prestigious museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
