17 Facts About Pierre Paulin

Pierre Paulin was a French furniture designer and interior designer.

Pierre Paulin's uncle Georges Paulin was a part-time automobile designer and invented the mechanical retractible hardtop, who was later executed by the Nazis in 1941 as a hero of the French Resistance.

Pierre Paulin then went on to attend the Ecole Camondo in Paris.

Pierre Paulin had a stint with the Gascoin company in Le Havre where he gained an interest in Scandinavian and Japanese design.

Pierre Paulin was famed for his innovative work with Artifort in the 1960s and interior design in the 1970s.

Pierre Paulin was as well the nephew of Georges Paulin who designed vehicles and invented the first mechanical retractible hardtop roof.

Pierre Paulin had failed his Baccalaureat and moved on to train as a ceramist in Vallaurius and then as a stone-carver in Burgundy.

Pierre Paulin had his debut exhibition at the Salon des arts menagers in 1953.

Pierre Paulin redecorated the living, dining, smoking and exhibition rooms of the Elysee's private apartments for Pompidou in 1971.

Pierre Paulin died on 13 June 2009 in a hospital in Montpellier, France.

Pierre Paulin influenced Olivier Mourgue's Djinn chairs that were featured in Stanley Kubrick's classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Pierre Paulin was most famous for his innovative designs during the 1960s when he worked for Artifort.

Pierre Paulin's most famed chair designs were the Mushroom chair, Ribbon chair and Tongue chair.

Pierre Paulin was as well highly influential during the 1970s.

Pierre Paulin was invited by Mobilier national to decorate the private apartments of Georges Pompidou in the Elysee Palace.

Pierre Paulin was then invited again in 1983 to furnish the office of Francois Mitterrand.

Pierre Paulin redesigned the interiors of the Denon Wing of the Louvre Museum, the hall of Tapestries in the Paris City Hall, the Economic and Social Council assembly room, the Green Room of the state radio's Broadcasting House the Nikko Hotel and other places.