andree putman
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Work & philosophy of designer Andree Putman.TRANSCRIPT
Be steady and
well-ordered in your
life, so that your
work can be fierce
and original.- Flaubert
Andrée Putman 1925-
BIOGRAPHY 1925- 1978
1925 Born Andrée Christine Aynard in Paris.
1931-43 Educated at the Collége d'Hulst.1943-45 Studies piano at the Paris Conservatory where Andreé wins the
school’s highest award at the age of twenty. 1945 Gives up music to pursue interest in Contemporary art.1950 Becomes journalist at Femina magazine.1952-58 Design columnist at Elle. 1958-67 Stylist for Prisunic department stores in Paris.1960-64 Interiors editor at L'Oeil.1978 Founds her own furnishings and interior design business, Écart.
ÉCART
Re-editions from:
Félix Aublet
Pierre Chareau
Michel DufetMARIANO FORTUNY Jean-Michel Frank &
Adolphe Chanaux
Robert Mallet-Stevens
1930 Michel Dufet Chair
BIOGRAPHY 1978 - present
1984 Designs the Morgans Hotel in Manhattan. 1985 Designs first of several mannequins for Pucci. 1993 Designs the Concorde for AirFrance.1997 Leaves Écart to found new firm in her own name.
LE STYLE PUTMAN
In my opinion, EMPTINESS is, in a way, the reverse of
emptiness. It makes me picture a blank page:
everything is possible. Creation is born out of it and
sustained by it.
LE STYLE PUTMAN
GEOMETRY, the concealed structure of nature, is the result of the lucid reading of a space. RHYTHM is the dimension of time that interrupts the orderliness… It is dynamic and energizing.
LE STYLE PUTMAN
LIGHTING is the element which arouses sheer fascination.
LE STYLE PUTMAN
Materials have an OPPOSITE. Bizarre incompatibility creates the
most thought-provoking effect. One must be unrestricted by
automatic attitudes.
LE STYLE PUTMAN
The closest attention should always be paid to the BATHROOM and the KITCHEN, the seat of water and fire where the ancient and laughable drama of human life is played out. It is vital to our spiritual ease that these rooms have a high level of physical
comfort.
MORGANS HOTEL Manhattan
LE LAC HOTEL Mt. Fuji
VILLA TURQUE Switzerland
CONCORDE INTERIOR
MINISTRY OF FINANCES
LEE GALLERY Paris
THEIRRY MUGLER Paris
APARTMENT OF KARL LAGERFELD Rome
RALPH PUCCI
RALPH PUCCI
RALPH PUCCI
OTHER DESIGNS
Porcelain collections for Ancienne Manufacturers Royale
Vertigo dinnerware collections for Christofle.
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Modernity applies to the manner, but not the time. - Baudelaire
Andrée Putman 1925-
EMPTINESS
RHYTHM
GEOMETRY
CONTRAST
LIGHT