Charlotte Perriand. The Complete Works. Volume 3 1956-1968.
Norma| N° d'inventaire | 22037 |
| Format | 24 x 32 |
| Détails | 528 p., color illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
This third volume of the complete works (1956-1968) presents the work of Charlotte Perriand at the heart of the Trente Glorieuses, a period during which her status as an international designer was confirmed. From 1956, Charlotte Perriand developed a close collaboration with the Steph Simon gallery, publisher of her Nuage bookcases. She strengthened her ties with Air France, fitted out agencies in Europe, Japan, and Brazil, and designed the first open-plan workspaces. In Geneva, she devoted more than ten years to the renovation of the immense Palais des Nations, the UN headquarters in Europe, to transform it into a modern tool serving thousands of diplomats and NGOs. The book also illustrates her "art of living" through projects such as the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Paris, the Sahara House, her chalet in Méribel, her apartment in Rio de Janeiro, and the interior design of the Brazilian pavilion at the Cité Universitaire in Paris, with Le Corbusier. Another of Charlotte Perriand's favorite countries after Japan, Brazil, which she visited regularly from 1959 to 1970, occupied an important place in her world. There, she formed friendships with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and the great figures of the progressive cultural scene. In 1963, she began a mission on the development of crafts in the Northeast, interrupted by the military coup. Nearly 800 documents, most of them previously unpublished, retrace a dozen years of creation in the fields of furniture, interior design, and architecture by this design pioneer, and foreshadow her work for the resort of Les Arcs in Savoie in the 1970s and 1980s.
This third volume of the complete works (1956-1968) presents the work of Charlotte Perriand at the heart of the Trente Glorieuses, a period during which her status as an international designer was confirmed. From 1956, Charlotte Perriand developed a close collaboration with the Steph Simon gallery, publisher of her Nuage bookcases. She strengthened her ties with Air France, fitted out agencies in Europe, Japan, and Brazil, and designed the first open-plan workspaces. In Geneva, she devoted more than ten years to the renovation of the immense Palais des Nations, the UN headquarters in Europe, to transform it into a modern tool serving thousands of diplomats and NGOs. The book also illustrates her "art of living" through projects such as the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Paris, the Sahara House, her chalet in Méribel, her apartment in Rio de Janeiro, and the interior design of the Brazilian pavilion at the Cité Universitaire in Paris, with Le Corbusier. Another of Charlotte Perriand's favorite countries after Japan, Brazil, which she visited regularly from 1959 to 1970, occupied an important place in her world. There, she formed friendships with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and the great figures of the progressive cultural scene. In 1963, she began a mission on the development of crafts in the Northeast, interrupted by the military coup. Nearly 800 documents, most of them previously unpublished, retrace a dozen years of creation in the fields of furniture, interior design, and architecture by this design pioneer, and foreshadow her work for the resort of Les Arcs in Savoie in the 1970s and 1980s.