Book Pierre Paulin - Assouline

A mythical figure of French design, Pierre Paulin became famous for having designed President Georges Pompidou's apartment at the Elysée Palace and the furniture for the Louvre. Advocating “integrated design”, he created a new relationship with interior architecture. Its Mushroom, Tongue, Ribbon, Tulip and Orange Slice chairs - all in foam covered with colored jersey - offer a range of rigorous but organic, functional and voluptuous forms. Paulin's creations perfectly symbolize the sixties and seventies and foreshadow the evolution of design. They have become cult objects, anchored in our collective unconscious.

One of the mythical figures of French design, Pierre Paulin became famous for designing President Georges Pompidou's apartment in the Elysée Palace and furniture for the Louvre. Championing "integrated design," he created a new relationship with interior architecture. His Mushroom, Tongue, Ribbon, Tulip, and Orange Slice chairs - all made of foam covered with colored jersey - offer a range of shapes that are rigorous yet organic, functional yet voluptuous. Paulin's designs perfectly symbolize the sixties and seventies and foreshadow the evolution of design. They have become cult objects, embedded in our collective unconscious.

Item Weight: 0.8lbs
Hardcover: 78 pages
ISBN-13: 978-2843235672
Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.51 x 8.82 inches
Publisher: Assouline Publishing; First edition (July 1, 2004)
English language