Matti Suuronen, a visionary Finnish Architect was born on June 14, 1933 in Lammi (former Finnish territory). He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 1961 and immediately started his own architectural practice. From the very beginning, it was clear that Matti was not going to follow predetermined expectations. His early commissions, a conventional mixture of commercial, industrial and residential, were designed in unconventional ways. Curves and massing, grounded in his love of nature and mathematics, gave clues to what was to become. Upon receiving a contract to design a grain silo, he went back to a material he became familiar with in university, glass reinforced polyester plastic. Strong, lightweight and insulated, it allowed him to span 8 meters with no internal supporting structure. Shortly after, when asked to design a ski cabin transportable a remote location, this concave roof, married the inverted form became the basis for a new way of thinking about what housing could become. The Futuro is considered one of the 100 most significant structures of the 20^th Century.

Over the span of his career, Matti never stopped pushing the boundaries of his creativity. His projects were fully formed - architecture, interiors, furniture and fabrics, everything was envisioned as one comprehensive design. He worked continuously to his passing in 2013.

Out of the gloom of the post-war something unexpected was happening in remote Finland. A flourish of creativity, in fabrics, furniture, glassworks and architecture. And then, in 1968…something completely different. A structure, modern and self-contained, heated, furnished, completely pre-fabricated with the ability to be installed anywhere. Instantly, the Futuro captured the imagination of the world and became a symbol of the Space Age…

In molded fiberglass, Matti found his muse. A product that could be shaped in any way imaginable, in any color. In the Futuro, many of these pieces were intrinsic to the design and equally fantastical. But as he looked for expanded uses of the Futuro, through the Venturo and beyond, he created more pieces for commercial application. Giving us a rich catalog of modern furniture. As a part of the Futuro Project, the original molds for the Suuronen Lounge Chair, Orbit Chair, Dining Table and Dining Chair were discovered and restored. This allows us to produce a limited quantity of furniture as envisioned by Matti Suuronen. Please contact us if you are interested and we will provide details and pricing for the items that are available.

In 2024 an incredible discovery was made when a small ad was posted on Facebook, the original Finnish production molds of Matti Suuronen’s Futuro were for sale. These molds had created the first twenty Futuros, and had been sitting quietly in a field in a remote area of Central Finland since the 1970s. Stored after the sale of PolyChem, the original fabricator, they had been forgotten to time. A group of like-minded architectural enthusiasts thought that maybe, it could be possible, to re-create something from these seeds of the past. Over the next two years, the Futuro was recreated through a meticulous restoration process. First the molds were carefully restored, then each panel was carefully recast, using the same technique as the original 1960s production. The colors, Ice Blue and White, were matched from scraps of paint remaining in the molds. And a most shocking surprise, in that pile, were also the molds for the furniture of Matti, the lounge chair, the Orbit Chair and tables (and more chairs). On June 30^th, 2026, Futuro Model #21 was completed.

The discovery and restoration of the original Finnish molds has allowed the Futuro to be reborn. In honor of this achievement, we have continued the original sequence, starting with #21. However, the molds are artifacts, and even with meticulous restoration, their lifespan is limited, and so is this project. A total of ____ Futuros will be made from the original molds and then they will be destroyed. Numbers 21 -__ will be original in all ways and the last of their kind. Made to order, fabricated in Finland, in the original colors and licensed by the family of Matti Suuronen. These are the only authentic newly created Futuros available in the world since production stopped in the early 1970s. Any other Futuro you see for sale is both fake and unlicensed. 

All sales come with numbered certification of authentication, archival documentation and a piece of the original molds once they are destroyed. For a private offer, please message us at thefuturoproject@gmail.com.