8.24.2010

pierre cardin: the man

This was going to be a 
post
on
the furniture of 
Pierre Cardin,
and not the shitty stuff,
but
the amazing stuff....

But,
I ran out of time,
so
we will have to settle for 
some pics
of the
Man,
not the furniture.
Furniture tomorrow.....

Pierre with his
"West Wind"
executive jet
of his own design.
1978

Looking very serious
at his desk in the Espace office.
Desk by
Francesco Bocola
lamp by
Piotr Kowalski
1970

Sitting
on stage 
of his
"Espace Theater"
with his stage design
for
Jean Genet's 
"Les Bonnes"

Time Magazine
December 23, 1974
He was 52 here.

The Man in front of a
Francesco Bocola
lamp sculpture
and
a
Marc Held 
desk.

Outside 
of his
"Espace Cardin"
gallery/salon/exhibition space
for young artists, sculptors, actors
and creative types.
1971

Pierre and Maryse Gaspard
present the
Sbarro "Stash"
at the French National Motor Show.
1975

Leaning on a
Abre de Vie
cabinet.
1977

Baron Rothschild, Pierre and Dali

Seated at his rubber desk 
with
Serge Manzon 
"Balance Lamp"
at
his offices at
118 Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore.

Lounging 
on
Maria Pergay's
"Turtle Sofa"
1977

Standing
with 
his
"Insect Piece"
and it's 
remote control.
1978

Dude....

2 comments:

  1. oh p.- padded shoulders, flared pants,wiry,good looking,that truffaut type was stepping up our werkstaette stand on the frankfurt fair late 70ties, ordered a carload of horn saladservers (my design - looking like footprints). when he left they told me who he was.. we made these servers for years for him,customers pinched them all the time.

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  2. dear mr. auböck,
    nice to see you here - great blog isn´t it?
    best wishes
    tino v

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