Noé Duchaufour-Lawrancedesigner + interior architectFor those at MAISON + OBJET in Paris this week, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance's design work will be in abundance. Some might know of Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance's work from Galerie BSL in Paris. Noe designed the interiors of this avant-garde showroom in Paris for Director Béatrice Saint-Laurent. After receiving an email, I began looking at some of his recent interior projects only to be transfixed by this interior in the French Alps. A monochrome palate reinforced with the beauty of concrete and wood, an updated version of a ski chalet. Lines that bend and trace the space of the room, a fireplace, a portal of warmth and energy. Transcendental living. - David JohnChalet Beranger: St Martin de BellevilleFrench Alps, completed 2011"Far from the geometric construction methods of a traditional chalet, the interior architecture of this family home is a domestic landscape whose forms emerge from the ground like small functional mountains rising from a valley. Resolutely fluid and modern, the result is a set of lines and organic forms composed around a wooden ribbon. A large, main room is set above the whole construction, defining the central point of the chalet where the family comes together around a warm hearth.""Sketch" London - 2002 : "A Victorian facade in the heart of London which reveals nothing of what goes on inside. Sketch is the place for sensory, human experiences… a voyage in space and time in a listed, 18th century building.""Designer and interior architect, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has defined his own language using natural shapes which are supple, organic, fluid and structured at the same time. A double passion for the material and for the shape embodied by a double faceted course of studies: first of all following a course in Sculpture on Metal (at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d'Art), then design at the Arts Décoratifs in Paris.In response to a creatively rich past (his father was a sculptor), Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance very quickly displayed an unusual aesthetic quality, which stands out, beginning with the restaurant Sketch in Soho in 2002 where he served as artistic director, and his interior design was soon acclaimed by the international scene with his organic and urban style. "some text taken from here...------------------ Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance designer + interior architect For those at MAISON + OBJET in Paris this week, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance's design... Read more » 2:03 PM
Jaques Adnet's Mirror returns...."Adnet saw himself as "innovator and classicist,an advocate for the tradition that leads us into the future." Is there any mirror that could possibly compete with Jaques Adnet's 1950 leather mirror? Before I even knew who Tom of Finland was, I knew that leather and the restraint that comes with such a material surely means business.... Gubi is reissuing this mirror in the Fall of 2011, along with many other designers, such as Mategot, Grossman, etc.An Icon of French Modernism "Adnet was one of the first to integrate metal and glass in the structure and decoration of furniture and is known for his distinctly avant-garde designs. From the late 1920's until 1960, Adnet lead La Compagnie des Arts Francais, where his team of decorators included Francois Jourdain, Serge Mouille, Charlotte Perriand and Georges Jouve.Adnet saw himself as "innovator and classicist, an advocate for the tradition that leads us into the future." He was fascinated by functionalism and remained uninfluenced by fashionable trends, resulting in a style that was entirely own. Adnet's furniture designs were solidly constructed and minimal in form, yet the materials he used were unashamedly extravagant and expensive. For Adnet, a piece of furniture was not simply a useful decorative prop but a piece of prime importance to be considered in its own right."text from here.go to Gubi here...------------------- Jaques Adnet's Mirror returns.... "Adnet saw himself as "innovator and classicist, an advocate for the tradition that leads us... Read more » 10:26 AM