Pierre Paulin

Pierre Paulin

Designer (1927-2009) - Paris, France


He was a student at Camondo.

In 1952, the first designs of Pierre Paulin attracted the attention of the company Thonet, through which he discovered and mastered new materials in the manner of American designers such as Eames, Saarinen and Bertoia. Only in 1956, after responding to the invitation to join Wageman Artifort, that Paulin found the means and materials he needed to carry out its designs. His innovative productions anticipated the social revolutions through the lifestyles they encouraged. In the late 60s, Paulin collaborated with the Mobilier National, while renewing the Denon Wing of the Louvre, the president Georges Pompidou's private apartments in the Elysee and creating furniture for the office of President François Mitterrand in 1983 . Although these prestigious projects have contributed to its fame, other designs, however, allowed the public to discover the comforts of modern life.

Man of the future, Paulin has traced its path with poetic objects, precursors of their time and whose rediscovery today sometimes more than thirty years later still inspires admiration.

The special design of Paulin resides in the materials used to manufacture the seats. These are foam padded and covered with colored jersey.