mobi boom, or whatever that means....

"Mobi Boom:

L'Explosion du Design en France

1945-1975"

This book is pretty ok to good. 

I did have to work hard to

find 20 images that interested me 

enough to post.

Most pieces were either too dry

or I had seen them a million times before.

The vintage advertisements

are the best, and I have included a few.

I'm sure the exhibition was great,

and I wish I had seen it.

The book comes with a CD

which I am looking forward to watching later.

Pierre Paulin

Apartment for the president of the 

Georges Pompidou School(?)

1971-72

My French is terrible,

so please excuse these translations,

they are probably all wrong,

but I am too lazy to Google translate everything,

and those come out wrong

90% of the time anyway....

Hugues Steiner and Sylvain Joly

"Swany" chair 

Édition Steiner

1970

Janine Abraham and Dirk Jan Rol

"Soleil" Chair

1958

Rotaflex hanging lamps

1963

So I thought these were American,

maybe they are... anyone know

for sure?

1952 Pierre Disderot shop advertisement

featuring the amazing 

Pierre Guariche floor lamp.

I watched some numbskull buy one

of these in front of me at the 

Kane County Flea Market for nothing

years ago. It still make me sick to this day

thinking about it....

Serge Mouille Lamps

1956

Now these are the lamps you should have

been buying back then,

fuck the Rotaflex and even the Guariche.

If I had a time machine....

Michel Buffet

Table lamp

Édition Luminalite

1953

This is a sweet little lamp. And it is little,

tiny actually, which makes me like it a bit less,

but the design is so simple, elegant

and beautiful....

Pierre Paulin

Adjustable chaise lounge

"Déclive"

1966-68

This is amazing, reminds me of a caterpillar...

Quasar Khanh

"Apollo" chaise lounge

Édition Quasar

1968

I have a TON of this Quasar inflatable furniture.

Who wants to do a show?

Jean-Pierre Laporte

"Ondes" series

1973

Roset furniture advertisement

Bernard Govin

"Asmara" modular lounge chairs

1966

The French get started young non?

How old are these kids in this ad?

1966 too... PARTY!

Roset furniture advertisement

"Kali" lounge chairs by Michel Ducaroy

1970

Roche-Bobois showroom

Paris

1975

Knoll International advertisement

"Culbuto" chairs by Marc Held

1970

René_Jean Caillette

"Coccinelle" stacking chairs

Édition Steiner

1957

I like these more than I would expect.

They are riffing on the Eames

but doing their own thang....

Roger Tallon

"Lit Métamorphique Trapézoidal"

1966

Jousse Entreprise had this for sale at 

Design Miami/Basel this year.

Wish I had been there...

:(

Parisian interior

1972

That is one big beanbag monster in the corner.

Who designed that??

I can't remember...

Interior of the lobby of the magazine

"Meubles et Fonction"

Paris

1971

Pierre Paulin designed the interior

and the furniture.

Demisch Danant replicated

this ceiling treatment at Design Miami last year.

It was the best booth at the fair.

 These are my pictures from an old post 

that can be seen in full

HERE.

More on the exhibition

"Mobi Boom:

L'Explosion du Design en France

1945-1975"

HERE