LOVE BUBBLE – Eero Aarnio's Bubble Chair, reworked with VAIN.

Eero Aarnio Originals and VAIN meet across a 66-year gap. Eero Aarnio (b. 1932) designed the Bubble Chair in 1968, one of the defining pieces of Finnish furniture history. Jimi VAIN (b. 1998) built VAIN around a single motif: the heart, repeated until it becomes structure. Two Finnish visionaries, one shared instinct.

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LOVE BUBBLE keeps the chair's original construction intact. VAIN's contribution sits in the hanging chain, a heart-shaped carabiner, and signature heart yokes appliquéd onto the seat cushion. The heart interrupts a mid-century form without changing it.

The Bubble Chair has carried pop culture before, appearing in fashion editorials, on the cover of Playboy, and around figures from Donatella Versace to Rihanna. LOVE BUBBLE places it in new hands.

Available exclusively at aarniooriginals.com/vain and jimivain.com, 3 September to 31 October. On display at VAIN Store Helsinki, Runeberginkatu 8, this autumn.