Original
Hall 2 - 55
Bookshelf
Designer
Jean Prouvé
Charlotte Perriand,
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay
Location
France
Year
1951
Information
In 1953, Jean Prouvé, together with Charlotte Perriand and Sonia Delaunay, designed a bookshelf, which also served as a room divider, for the Maison du Mexique of the international university estate C.I.U.P.
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contents
INFORMATION
“Bibliothèque double face pour la Maison du Mexique” (Double-sided library for Mexico House), 1953 1953 – designed by Prouvé and Perriand, colour study by Delaunay
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“Bibliothèque pour la Maison de Tunesie”, 1953 – for the library in Maison de Tunesie, a variant with extended shelf was created
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“Bibliothèque pour la Maison de Tunesie”, 1953 – piece in Hexenhaus in Bad Karlshafen
About the
Designer
INFORMATION
Jean Prouvé combined technology and design like no other. His furniture and buildings look like precise machines – functional, light and clearly constructed. As a designer with creative sensitivity, he developed a modern design language that was conceived from the material itself.
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