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French design

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about french design

Project • By Studia 54Private Houses

House in southern Canada

We would like to bring to your attention a new original project developed by our studio. Modern design and sophisticated style are combined in this magnificent house. The main philosophy inherent in our stylistics is harmony with nature. The house fits perfectly into the natural landscape and logically complements it. Studia 54 Studia 54 Studia 54 More

Product • By Ligne RosetMOEL

MOEL

With the exception of its all-enveloping back, Moël draws heavily on Ligne Roset's longstanding expertise in the field of all-foam models. With its generous comfort underlined by its soft, rounded shape, Moël will appeal most to lovers of an informal, relaxed lifestyle, who want to welcome their friends in the most convivial way possible. Not forgetting, of course, that Moël does not look like any other seat in existence. More

Product • By MOJOWFauteuil Mojow Exclusive MW02

Fauteuil Mojow Exclusive MW02

A new, almost abstract graphic approach allows this chair to animate the space like a sculpture. Visually strong, the unconventional spirit of this new kind of seating brings a fun dynamic to new contemporary interiors. Special Pop series, colored safety glass of the chair. The 5 models of the EXCLUSIVE collection are infinitely customizable. For each model, you can create a totally unique model by combining colors and customizing the glass to your liking. (Possibility to print, engrave and sandblast a motif or a logo). More

Product • By Ligne RosetJALI (Vase)

JALI (Vase)

By superposing the two objects (a craftsman-made brass mesh sphere and a sphere of the same dimensions in opaline glass) one obtains a vase topped with a grid through which one could thread flowers, enabling one to make some really creative arrangements. Individually, each object can also be a table lamp, with the opaline diffusing a soft, uniform light and the mesh projecting its shadow in a highly decorative fashion (see lighting chapter).Vase with base in opaline glass (H 22 Ø 24 cm) topped with an Epoxy matt brass lacquered steel wire mesh.Vase with opaline base (Ø 24 cm / H 22 cm) topped with a grille in satin-finish clear varnished silver-plated brass wire.    More

Product • By Ligne RosetPaper Lamp

Paper Lamp

Born in 1965 in Havana (Cuba), René Barba studied art in Florida from 1986 to 1989. In 1994, he obtained a diploma in industrial design from the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. Since then he has been both a freelance designer and a teacher at various art and fashion schools. By experimenting with a wide choice of materials, he above all creates clean shapes combining minimalism and comfort. He is the author of the Lollipop armchair at Soca or of the Stixx modular partition elements for the German brand Koziol. If he worked with glass for a range of lighting at the Belgian Serax, he explores for Ligne Roset a new material for his Paper Lamp table lamp: non-woven. Not just any non-woven fabric, of course: a special non-w... More

Product • By Ligne RosetOKURA

OKURA

OKURA is the name of a very nice hotel in Tokyo which combines the past with modernity a little like the curves of this new settee. A highly seductive model with its association of irreproachable lines and incomparable comfort, Eric Jourdan's Okura seating is completely in the spirit of our collection.Okura is an urban, international product which will be shown to best effect in a pared-down setting, a New York loft perhaps, or a designer apartment in Berlin, or a Haussmannian building in Paris. More

Product • By Ligne RosetDITA

DITA

CONCEPTION : although it might be evocative of certain metal modular systems from the office world, Dita clearly distances itself from these in a number of ways: its lacquered panels are in wood rather than sheet metal; its discreet profiled uprights with their sophisticated finish are perfectly placed, cast and not part of the structure; a matching handle which is light and beautifully designed; and its small, slim feet which continue the line of the structure in a very natural way.QUALITY OF MANUFACTURE & FINISHES: uprights are in 15 x 15 mm anodised aluminium section in a brushed bronze finish. These frame the wooden panels which are finished in argile lacquer on the interior faces and in a choice of 16 colours for all visible exteri... More

Product • By Ligne RosetVIK

VIK

The wooden bases of the Vik chair and carver chair achieve a successful balance between graceful looks and firm stability. Its very pure design enables it to fit into all types of interior. Very light (6.5 kg) and therefore easy to move around - perhaps thanks to the optional handle on the back - and, for everyday practicality, its cover is fully removable. More

Product • By Ligne RosetOTTOMAN

OTTOMAN

It was while working on a concept for a hotel in Marrakech that the designer had the idea for this model, inspired by the traditional Moroccan footstool. The project never got off the ground but we were captivated by the oriental charm of this piece, filled with 'zenitude', comfort and wellbeing. Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, through his work on quilting and colour, knew how to bring the creative 'added value' which has rooted the model in modernity, 'for keeps'.  More

Product • By Ligne RosetPUMPKIN

PUMPKIN

For the very first time, Pierre Paulin's 1971 design for seating for the private apartments of Claude & Georges Pompidou at the Elysée Palace is being put into large-scale production. Pumpkin is characteristic of Paulin's revolutionary style, as initiated at the end of the 1950's, and as its name suggests is evocative of a giant pumpkin, welcoming the user with its protectively voluptuous - and voluptuously protective - shell. Resisting its appeal is an impossibility! More

Product • By Ligne RosetRuche Sofa

Ruche Sofa

For Ligne Roset, Ruché (the name refers to a gathered or pleated fabric which serves as a decoration on a piece of clothing) brings together the unusual and the traditional. The unusual thing about this piece is its solid wood structure, and the great traditional element: the quilting, the very heart of its savoir-faire. Its rangy uprights and the undulations of its duvet combine to produce a harmonious union of rigorous straight lines and soft, welcoming curves. Slender and fine, Ruché is nonetheless soft and welcoming. We might also add that the very design of Ruché offers a collection of seating which allies comfort and compactness: its depth is only 92 cm and the length of the various pieces varies between 170 and 2... More

Product • By Ligne RosetELYSEE

ELYSEE

The Elysée collection of settee, armchair and footstool was reconstructed by Ligne Roset using plans in the archives of Pierre Paulin. If the aesthetics and the volumes of the original have been scrupulously respected, the comfort of the seats has been significantly improved through the use of the new materials now available and the highly specialised expertise of Ligne Roset in the field of multi-density foams and their assembly.The compactness, graphic purity and visual lightness of the Elysée seating enables them to fit perfectly into small spaces such as city apartments. More

Product • By Ligne RosetRUCHÉ | Bed

RUCHÉ | Bed

As with the Ruché settee, the Ruché bed is lifted from the ground by a simple, fine structure which supports a comfortable sleep platform. The headboard and frame are dressed with a distinctive quilting, a kind of boutis stitch of padding made using a cross-hatching of interrupted seams. Alternately flattened by the stitches then set free, the fabric 'curls' in places, giving rise both to its unique appearance and to its name, Ruché (a gathered or pleated fabric which serves as decoration on a piece of clothing). For Ligne Roset, Ruché also brings together the unusual and the traditional. The unusual thing about this piece is its solid wood structure, and the great traditional element: the quilting, the very hear... More

Product • By Ligne RosetARCHI

ARCHI

Archi is a reproduction of the CM 194 HD fireside chair and CM 195 HD armchair (designed by Pierre Paulin in 1955) which pays homage to their timeless design and the perfection of their 'comfort curve', which perfectly embraces the body of the sitter. The seat part appears to be suspended on its ethereal base. Here one finds, between the seat and feet, the inverse symmetry so beloved of Pierre Paulin. From all this he brings a nervous, aerodynamic modernity. The comfort is perfect: the generous slope of the seat, the ergonomic design of the curving seat-back which support the body precisely and yet gently thanks to the qualities of the Bultex foams used, and to the elastic webbed suspension on the seat and back. The high ear-shaped back all... More

Product • By Ligne RosetANDA

ANDA

Anda envelops and supports the body perfectly. Anda outstrips the archetype of the historical 'fauteuil crapaud' (squat armchair) by offering a totally new shape - offered, for optimum comfort, in both low and high-backed version, complemented by a footstool. More