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  1. Charlotte Perriand - Wikipedia

    • Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society. In her article "L'Art de Vivre" from 1981 she states "The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living — living in harmony with man's deepest drives and with his adopted or fabricated environ… See more

    Early life

    Perriand was born in Paris, France, to a tailor and a seamstress. Her high school art teacher noticed her drawing … See more

    Career

    Two years after graduating Perriand renovated her apartment into a room with a built-in wall bar made of aluminium, glass and chrome and a card table with built-in pool-pocket drink holders. She recreated this design … See more

    BornCharlotte Perriand · 24 October 1903 · Paris, France
    Died27 October 1999 (aged 96) · Paris, France
    Alma materÉcole de L'Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs
    SpousesPercy Kilner Scholefield · Jacques Martin
    The Chaise Longue

    Perriand was familiar with Thonet's bentwood chairs and used them often not only for inspiration but also in her designs. Their chaise longue, for this reason, bears some similarity to Thonet's bentwood rocker alth… See more

    Personal life

    In 1926 Perriand married her first husband, Percy Kilner Scholefield, and they converted their attic apartment into a 'machine age' interior. In 1930 Charlotte and Percy separated and she moved to Montparna… See more

    Timeline

    • 1927 Is interviewed by Le Corbusier on an October afternoon. After a brief glance at her drawings she is rejected and Le Corbusier bids her farewell with the dry comment "We don't embroider cushions here." She … See more

    Gallery

    • Les Arcs 1800
    • Axonometric view of a typical unit in the Unité d'Habitation
    • Interior Design (furniture) of Charlotte Perriand
    • Nuage bookcase (manufactured by Cassina) … See more

    Bibliography

    • Charlotte Perriand by Elisabeth Vedrenne. Assouline, November 2005. ISBN 2-84323-661-4.
    • Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation by Charlotte Perriand. Monacelli, November 2003. ISBN 1-58093-074-3.… See more

     
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  3. Charlotte Perriand: the radical, unsung heroine of …

    Oct 30, 2019 · But if Paris-born Perriand’s identity has been largely eclipsed by her association with Le Corbusier, a major new exhibition, Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, at the Fondation Louis...

  4. Charlotte Perriand: A Pioneer in Modern Design

    Jul 10, 2024 · Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer whose work aimed to create functional living spaces with the belief that better design leads to a better society. Born on October 24, 1903, in Paris, and passing …

  5. It's Time to Rediscover Charlotte Perriand

    Oct 25, 2019 · Perriand—the creative force behind the show’s 200 works of furniture, scale models, and photographsfrequently defied the confines of her century. A great appreciator...

  6. Charlotte Perriand 10 things to know - Christie's

    Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) was a French architect and designer, and one of the most acclaimed figures to have emerged from the circle of Le Corbusier.

  7. Charlotte Perriand - Design Museum

  8. Charlotte Perriand - MoMA

    Charlotte Perriand (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁlɔt peʁjɑ̃]; 24 October 1903 – 27 October 1999) was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a …

  9. How Charlotte Perriand’s designs made the world …

    Oct 4, 2019 · Charlotte Perriand was no mere model, but the principal designer of the Chaise Longue Basculante on which she is lying (also credited to Pierre Jeanneret and his cousin Le Corbusier)....

  10. Charlotte Perriand | Cabinet on Base - The …

    Charlotte Perriand is best known for the furniture she designed with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in the 1920s, but her later work was equally innovative and highly influential. She was a cofounder of the Union des …

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