Objects and Furniture Design : Objects and Furniture Design

Perriand, Charlotte (CON); De Muga, Patricia (EDT); Hintze, Laura Garcia (EDT); Dachs, Sandra (EDT); Sert, Josep Lluís (INT)

ISBN 10: 8434314940 / ISBN 13: 9788434314948

Verlag: Polígrafa, 2024

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 44256633-n

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An affordable overview of the great French modernist's essential inventions

This volume compiles iconic furniture pieces by Charlotte Perriand (1903-99). The French designer's career began in 1927, when she was just 24, and presented her steel and aluminum bar, "Bar under the roof," at the Salon d'Automne--prompting Le Corbusier to hire her as a furniture designer. Perriand produced works with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret that remain canonical today. In 1940, she was invited to Japan to be the official advisor on industrial design for the Ministry of Trade and Industry; she recommended that the Japanese turn their efforts to creating products for export to the West. Unable to return to Paris because of naval blockades, she stayed in Vietnam for four years, where she learned about weaving, woodwork, rattan and other natural products. This experience prompted her to use materials such as bamboo and cane to create affordable mass-produced furniture--featured here along with other classic works.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Charlotte Perriand was born in Paris in 1903. In 1927, when she was only 24 years old, she showed a “Bar under the roof” made out of steel and aluminum at the Salon d’Automne, prompting Le Corbusier to hire her as a furniture designer.

Some of the prototypes she produced for the Salon d’Au- tomne held two years later ? Equipement intérieur de l’habitation ? a project signed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, provoked a chain reaction that has not yet come to an end.

In 1940, Perriand was invited to Japan to be the official advisor on industrial design for the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She recommended that the Japanese turn their efforts to creating products for export to the West. Unfortunately, her stay was cut short by the outbreak of World War II. Unable to travel back home due to the naval blockades, she stayed in Vietnam for four years until the war ended. There she learned about weaving, woodwork, rattan, and other natural products.

After this experience, she turned to the radical idea of using more rustic materials such as bamboo and cane to create more affordable, mass-produced furniture.

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Titel: Objects and Furniture Design : Objects and ...
Verlag: Polígrafa
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New