In 1920s Paris, fashionable taste in furniture tended toward organic materials and hand-carved finishing. The designs of young Charlotte Perriand—geometric, minimal, metal—set a new trend. This exhibition celebrates Perriand’s accomplishments—the chaise lounge, for instance—while replications of projects that joined furniture design with architecture and art catch Perriand’s collaborative spirit. —C.J.F.

Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life
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Design Museum / London / Art
Design Museum / London / Art
Double chaise longue, 1952, Charlotte Perriand (Reconstruction by Cassina) with two Akari light pendant lamps, circa 1958, by Isamu Noguchi, and the Nuage (Cloud) bookshelf, Steph Simon edition, circa 1958, by Charlotte Perriand. Courtesy of Galerie Laffanour-Downtown, Paris. Photo by Felix Speller.
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