Pierre Paulin: Life and Work

DESCENDRE, Nadine

ISBN 10: 0865653356 / ISBN 13: 9780865653351

Verlag: Vendome, Brooklyn, 2016

Illustrated in color and in black and white. 239 pages. Square 4to, glossy pictorial boards, all edges colored blue. Brooklyn: Vendome Scriptum, (2016). First English edition. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 325862

Inhaltsangabe:

Playfully rejecting the orderly restraint of mid-century design, the French avant-garde designer Pierre Paulin (1927–2009) imagined sleek departure lounges for the jet set, perfume bottles for Courrèges, and unforgettable Pop-era pieces like the Orange Slice chair, the shell-shaped Oyster chair and the Tongue, a wavy, low- slung chaise longue. Paulin’s signature innovation was to clothe his pieces in colourful stretch fabrics, softening them and concealing their inner steel and wood. A modernist, traditionalist and perfectionist, he took equal care designing everyday objects such as fans, razors and fondue pots as he did outfitting the private elysée quarters of French presidents Pompidou and Mitterand. Ever passionate about the new technologies and inventions that made modernity possible, and deeply sensitive to contemporary colours, shapes and materials, he never ceased to astonish with unexpected and dazzling leaps of imagination. From the 1950s onwards, Paulin – A solitary figure of great natural reserve – has inspired generations of designers. This book is the first definitive account of his life and work.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Nadine Descendre enjoys an international reputation as a journalist, art critic, documentary film maker, and curator. Mme Descendre has held several high level posts within the Ministry of Culture, is a former director of Ecole des Beaux-Arts(Nîmes), and has taught at Columbia University and lectured at MoMA. Currently, Nadine Descendre is the Director of l’Agence Interculturelle Européenne (A.I.E.).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Pierre Paulin: Life and Work
Verlag: Vendome, Brooklyn
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: hardcover
Illustrator: PAULIN, Pierre
Zustand: fine
Auflage: First.