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Pascal Cuisinier, Following in the Footsteps of the First Designers
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Pascal Cuisinier, Following in the Footsteps of the First Designers

Gallery owner Pascal Cuisinier is the author of a book devoted to French designers of the 1950s. Trained as an architect and a philosopher of art, he speaks to us about his enduring passion for the furniture and lighting created by this generation, which he believes remains insufficiently known and …

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**Brigitte Durieux: The Historian of Industrial Design**
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**Brigitte Durieux: The Historian of Industrial Design**

Author of several books on industrial furniture, translated into multiple languages, Brigitte Durieux has played a key role in the growing interest surrounding these simple, robust metal creations, most of which were originally designed for the workplace. A portrait of a woman driven by a passion for collecting and for …

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Jean-Louis Avril, Paper Architect, Cardboard Designer
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Jean-Louis Avril, Paper Architect, Cardboard Designer

At a time when many of his colleagues were marveling at the possibilities offered by petroleum-based materials, Jean-Louis Avril (1935–2025) set out to use a material as commonplace as it was humble: cardboard.The career of an iconic designer of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Jean-Lou Majerus and the Lights of Modernariato
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Jean-Lou Majerus and the Lights of Modernariato

From the Brussels flea market to the creation of LUMI PRESS, Jean-Lou Majerus has made lighting design both his passion and his mission. A collector, researcher and publisher, he devotes his books to major Italian manufacturers such as Oluce and Stilnovo, restoring these icons of modern lighting to their rightful place …

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