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Charlotte Perriand, Museum of design zurich, art design news, design art portfolio »
Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999), one of the most innovative interior and furniture designers of the 20th century, did not only strive towards a change in forms but also towards an improvement in social conditions.
After the tubular steel furniture, which she developed particularly in partnership with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, she preferred the natural material of wood with its free forms. At the same time her photography, which she approached in a radically modern way, became an impulse for her work. There followed grand stagings of magical objects found on beaches …
India Mahdavi, Olivia Putnam, Peter Jovanovich, art design news, art show »
Artcurial and AD magazine gave “carte blanche” to 10 contemporary designers to stage their vision of style in 2010 in an exhibition of exceptionnal scenography held in the beautiful rooms of Artcurial’s haussmaniens hotel Marcel Dassault.
This exhibition seeks to offer the public a rare opportunity to discover talents and skills of a profession and all the trades that surround it, a world of artists and artisans who have little opportunity to express themselves outside of their private yards.
To present an overview reflecting the diversity of French today, combines the selection …
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As a visitor to TEFAF Maastricht you will be present at an outstanding event, one that offers the best choice of the very best in fine art. You will have a unique chance to view and to buy paintings from Bruegel to Bacon as well as objects reflecting 6,000 years of excellence in the applied arts.



