CHARLOTTE PERRIAND

From the onset of her career, Charlotte Perriand was a maverick who believed in good design as a force for the betterment of society . Many young designers would be devastated by a rejection from Le Corbusiers studio, but when the great architect told her they had no use for a female furniture designer, Perriand only became more determined to prove her mettle as an artist. Under Le Corbusier, and long after she left his studio, Perriands contributions to both furniture design and architecture demonstrated a unique attenti on to the o...[Read more]