Pierre Paulin for Artifort. Pair of "Groovy" armchairs. 1970s-80s LS62802752

Pierre Paulin for Artifort

Pair of armchairs, "Groovy" model. Metal frame covered with molded foam and a stretch fabric cover in anthracite color. The legs end with an aluminum glider.

French work produced in the 1970s and 80s.

Dimensions: H 63 x W 110 x D 40 cm.

Reference: LS62802752

Pierre Paulin

 (1927-2009) was a French designer who studied stone engraving and ceramics at the Camondo school from 1947 to 1950. From 1954, he worked for Thonet creating furniture and then moved to Artifort, which produced most of his creations, the first of which was the No. 157 chair in molded ABS. He founded a design office in Paris in the 1960s and created a series of seats with round shapes in foam covered with brightly colored stretch fabric, such as the Ruban 582 armchair, the Langue 577 armchair, the Mushroom 560 armchair, etc.

In 1968, he worked on seats for the Louvre Museum, which is still present in the museum today. In the 1970s, he redesigned the apartments of President Georges Pompidou at the Elysée Palace and founded the design group ADSA + Partners with Roger Tallon and Michel Schreiber to work on industrial projects, corporate images such as Air France or the design of train stations such as the one in Lyon. In the 1980s, he created new furniture for the Elysée Palace and the Mobilier National.

In addition to furniture, Paulin also designs interior decoration and collaborates with major brands such as Dior for packaging, the Musée d'Orsay for signage, LM Ericsson for telephones, etc.

A great representative of French design, Paulin has created his own style by combining modernity, rigor and organic forms. He draws his inspiration from Scandinavian and Japanese furniture and the work of the Eames. Today his pieces are exhibited in museums around the world because they demonstrate a simple, functional and sustainable style.

sources:

C.&P. FIELL, 

XNUMXth century design

, Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis, 2018

Creation in France, Decorative Arts 1945-1965, alphabetical directory

, Paris, ed. Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2009, pp. 250-251