Meubles et décors des années 70

Anne Bony

S’inaugurent the 70 fires in the last May 68. A revolution undermines sustainable society. The structural challenge, and the fight against “the establishment” has developed a voluntary energy, who loves to communicate. The consumer society is invalid and dependent, it is weakened by two oil shocks, which will carry the coup de grace of the decade in 1977. Sociological engagement. The designer believes ergonomics, working conditions, rationalization of small spaces, multifunctional furniture. He invented a new language, readability of the proposals and approach to reality with a sociological decoding. Back to the earth. New ideas are born, the environment, preservation, rehabilitation, alternative energy, thinking about a new relationship with nature. The experiments are the most committed of California. Gone are the days to plastics, wood reasserts itself with many programs of furniture whose inspiration comes from the Scandinavian countries. Italy poetic drift always avant-garde, offers a utopian vision shifted with Archizoom, Alchymia and Gaetano Pesce, it is exposed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A technological world. France invites the color and the manifesto offered “high tech” 70 years. Georges Pompidou Centre is the culmination of a movement from New York and London. A strange tribute to the industry. The individual mythologies Décor, a tradition in France confirms its leading role. It exports its expertise and its juxtapositions of art and collages. The designers offer their innovative vision with new colors, new materials: brushed steel, stainless steel, mirror. The art works and invites himself. The 70 years are involved. This book offers an evocative gestures International designers and decorators. Game Aulenti, Steve Baer, Mario Bellini, Michel Boyer, Pierre Cardin, Catroux François, Luigi Colani, Charles Dillon, Ron Ferry, Pierre Guariche, Frank O’Gehry, Davis Hicks, Hans Hollein, Geoffrey Hollington, Shiro Kuramata, Yonel Lebovici, Peter Maly Pierre Paulin, Gustav Peichl, Alberto Pinto, Henry Samuel, Ettore Sottsass, Roger Tallon, Paul Joseph Urso, Victor Vasarely, Carla Venosta, Klaus Vogt, John Weallans, Tim Whitmore