1. Charlotte Perriand's work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society.
24 Facts About Charlotte Perriand
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Charlotte Perriand felt she connected with any site she was working with or just visiting she enjoyed the living things and would reminisce on a site that was presumed dead.
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Charlotte Perriand was born in Paris, France, to a tailor and a seamstress.
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Charlotte Perriand continued her education through attending department store classes that provided design workshops.
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Charlotte Perriand went to lectures by Maurice Dufrene, the studio director of workshop 'La Maitrise'.
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Two years after graduating Charlotte Perriand renovated her apartment into a room with a built-in wall bar made of aluminium, glass and chrome and a card table with built-in pool-pocket drink holders.
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Charlotte Perriand's design featured an abundance of light-reflecting aluminium and nickel-plated surfaces, as well as leather cushions and glass shelves.
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Charlotte Perriand's design received wide praise from the press and established Perriand as a talent to watch.
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Charlotte Perriand took advantage of the use of steel as a medium in this project, which formerly was used primarily by men.
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Charlotte Perriand was inspired by his books, because she thought his writings that criticized the decorative arts aligned with the way she designed.
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Charlotte Perriand collaborated with the "Jeunes" in 1937 and helped to found the "Union des Artistes Modernes".
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Charlotte Perriand used some handcrafted techniques which she displayed at the 1935 Brussels International Exposition.
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Charlotte Perriand designed metal objects, like screens and stair railings.
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Charlotte Perriand left France to go to Japan when the Germans arrived to occupy Paris in 1940.
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Charlotte Perriand travelled to Japan as an official advisor for industrial design to the Ministry for Trade and Industry.
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Charlotte Perriand's work was in high demand and she worked on many projects from ski resorts to student housing.
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Charlotte Perriand often refused to furnish buildings designed by other architects.
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Charlotte Perriand designed the interiors and kitchens for the famous Unite d'habitation.
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Since guests would spend most of their time outdoors, Charlotte Perriand designed minimal rooms, the minimal cell style being a hallmark of her design.
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Charlotte Perriand was familiar with Thonet's bentwood chairs and used them often not only for inspiration but in her designs.
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Charlotte Perriand took this and ran with it, finding pony skin from Parisian furriers to cover the chaise.
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In 1926 Charlotte Perriand married her first husband, Percy Kilner Scholefield, and they converted their attic apartment into a 'machine age' interior.
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Charlotte Perriand had a daughter born in 1944, Pernette, with her second husband, Jacques Martin, who worked alongside her mother for over 25 years.
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Charlotte Perriand died three days after her 96th birthday in 1999.