CHARLOTTE PERRIAND “DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, ACTIVIST”

NEWSText: mariko takei

Charlotte Perriand in her studio in Montparnasse, ca. 1934, Photo: Pierre Jeanneret © AChP / ADAGP

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich will be opening a substantial presentation of works by Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), one of the most innovative designers and interior architects of the 20th century. The exhibition “Charlotte Perriand − Designer, Photographer, Activist” will reveal this modernist pioneer as a designer of furniture, as a photographer, and as a socially committed woman.

Charlotte Perriand – Designer, Photographer, Activist
Date: July 16th – October 24th, 2010
Open: 10:00 – 17:00 (Wednesday until 20:00)
Closed on Monday
Place: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Address: Ausstellungsstrasse 60, CH-8005 Zurich
Tel: +41 43 446 6767
http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch

Text: mariko takei

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