As a designer, I want to design objects that can easily cross the border between home, office, public space, exterior and interior.
1962
Birth
1984
Gradueted from the École des Beaux-Arts
2017
Named Designer of the Year
Birth
The birth of an artist
The french designer Pierre Charpin was born in 1962 in Saint-Mandé from artist parents, his father is a sculptor and his mother a high-ranking tapestry?
Studies and degree
The beginning of the adventure
After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bourges, Pierre Charpin graduated in 1984
A dedication
Focused on objects and furniture
He is mainly dedicated to furniture and object design. Between 1993 and 1994, he stayed in Milan in the studio of George Sowden (former member of the Memphis group). In 1998, Cinova released the Slice armchair, which will be reissued in 2016 by Ligne Roset. He is invited by the CIRVA (International Research Centre on Glass and Plastic Arts) in Marseille to create a series of glass objects (1998-2000)
Exhibitions
Pieces in limited edition
In 2000, he created a series of ceramics in Vallauris, which were presented at the Vallauris Museum and the Kreo Gallery.
Exclusive collaboration
Kreo Gallery
Since 2005 and after a first solo exhibition in 1999, the Kreo Gallery (Paris) has exclusively published its limited-edition pieces, presented in solo exhibitions: Platform in 2006, All'aperto in 2008, 8 1/2 in 2009, Ignotus Nomen in 2011, Marbles & Clowns in 2015 and Similitude(s) in 2020.
The consecration
Designer of the Year
In 2017, he was named Designer of the Year by Maison & objet.
Our successful collaboration on the PC Portable Lamp.
If the designer of the PC collection is French, his philosophy is very Scandinavian: simplicity, precision and modesty, functionality and visual obscuration of technical components.
