Pierre Paulin: Life and Work by Descendre, Nadine

Pierre Paulin: Life and Work

Playfully rejecting the orderly restraint of midcentury design, the French avant-garde designer and architect Pierre Paulin (1927-2009)...
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Author: Nadine Descendre
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Pierre Paulin: Life and Work by Descendre, Nadine

Pierre Paulin: Life and Work

$171.78

Pierre Paulin: Life and Work

$171.78
Author: Nadine Descendre
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Playfully rejecting the orderly restraint of midcentury design, the French avant-garde designer and architect Pierre Paulin (1927-2009) imagined sleek departure lounges for the jet set, perfume bottles for Courr ges, and unforgettable Pop-era pieces like the Orange Slice chair, the shell-shaped Oyster chair, and the Tongue, a wavy, low-slung chaise. Paulin's signature innovation was to wrap his pieces in colorful stretch jersey, softening them and concealing their inner steel and wood. In their casual, kinetic sprawl, his chairs not only offered an invitation to relax and lounge; they also took the temperature of Paris in the late 1960s. Fascinated by the possibilities of new materials, Paulin was both a modernist and a traditionalist, a designer who took equal care designing ordinary objects such as fans, razors, and fondue pots as he did outfitting the private quarters of French presidents Pompidou and Mitterand. This vibrantly illustrated book draws from previously unpublished archives a wealth of vivid drawings, models, and photographs to reveal the restless energy of this midcentury icon, whose works are finding new popularity today.

Author: Nadine Descendre
Publisher: Vendome Press
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.95lbs
Size: 11.00h x 10.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780865653351


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 11/28/2016

About the Author
Nadine Descendre is a journalist, art critic, documentary filmmaker, and curator. She is currently the Director of l'Agence Interculturelle Européenne (A.I.E.) in Paris.


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