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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Pierre Paulin
- Pierre Paulin (9 July 1927 - 13 June 2009) was a French furniture designer and interior designer.
- His uncle Georges Paulin was a part-time automobile designer and invented the mechanical retractible hardtop, who was later executed by the Nazis in 1941 as a hero of the French Resistance.
- After failing his Baccalauréat, Pierre trained to become a ceramist in Vallaurius on the French Rivera and then as a stone-carver in Burgundy.
- Soon after, he injured his right arm in a fight, ending his dreams as a sculptor.
- He then went on to attend the Ecole Camondo in Paris.
- He had a stint with the Gascoin company in Le Havre where he gained an interest in Scandinavian and Japanese design.
- He was famed for his innovative work with Artifort in the 1960s and interior design in the 1970s.At the time, his chair designs were considered very modern and unique and kick-started the successes of his designs among the younger population.
- Even today, his pieces are still being made and are sought after at auctions.
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