La great lady of interior design French He died this Saturday, leaving behind him an indelible trail; Considered "the Coco Chanel of decoration", it stood out for its elegant and refined style or its black and white combinations in the checkerboard style. He wanted his designs to be accessible, comfortable, light and durable; adding a touch of chic without being pretentious, and in his quest for quality, he admitted to looking a lot to the past while thinking about the future.
Born in 1925, it was she who invented the concept of Boutique hotel" starting from the famous Hotel Morgans in New York, and took it to its maximum expression at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, where a retrospective of her eclectic career and her creations as an industrial designer was organized. He founded his own furniture company, Écart, in 1978, dedicated to reissuing the work of great designers from the 30s such as Jean Michel Frank and Eileen Gray. Let's pay him a heartfelt tribute from here with a small summary of his artistic background:
Bathroom of the Morgans Hotel in New York, with its iconic checkerboard motif
Lamp in the central space of the Guerlain perfume store in Paris
Sober interior design for the Concorde
Other examples of her work as a decorator and interior designer
Trunk / console / travel desk designed by A. Putman and manufactured by Poltrona Frau
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