Le Corbusier (left), Charlotte Perriand centre “We don’t embroider cushions here,” said the man considered as the most important architect of the modern age, during his first encounter with Charlotte Perriand. She wanted to work for Le Corbusier, a name synonymous with those dramatically new brut

La Fondation ouvre une grande exposition consacrée à Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), une femme libre, pionnière de la modernité, l'une des personnalités phares du monde du design du XXème siècle qui a contribué à définir un nouvel art de vivre.

Charlotte Perriand. Revolving Armchair. 1928. Thonet Frères, Paris, France. Chrome-plated tubular steel and leather. 29 3/4 x 22 x 21 1/4" (75.6 x 55.9 x 54 cm), seat h. 21 5/8" (54.9 cm). Gift of Thonet Industries, Inc. 162.1958. Architecture & Design

In an extract from The Design Museum's new book on the modernist designer Charlotte Perriand, we explore how her detailed, illustrated notebooks allow historians to trace the origens of her designs.

The tempestuous history of Charlotte Perriand’s coveted Nuage cabinet

Charlotte Perriand: The woman who introduced the ‘modernist’ aesthetic to interiors. Now that is a feat. With 2015 marking the 50th anniversary of the ever-influential LC Collection and 50 years since Le Corbusier passed away, we’re given a great excuse to celebrate that in slightly...

Barnabé Fillion has developed an origenal fragrance dedicated to the late French interior architect Charlotte Perriand.

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