\u201cThe key word in my work is elementarity. I look more for peculiarities and characteristics that are tied to simple functions. I\u2019m particularly fond of tables, because a table is a simple thing, but being simple doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s any easier to make…<\/p>\n
Here there is \u2018the table by the kilometre\u2019, which Roset didn\u2019t put into production, but it\u2019s one of the latest models and will be out soon [vrai ou pas]… I love anything that revolves around the notion of character or around a simplicity that has nothing to do with brutalism or minimalism\u2013it\u2019s tied to the materials, to the fact of doing a job. The crucial thing is to translate a certain spirit, the spirit of the technologies and attitudes of the moment.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Simple Bridges\u2019 armchair, which is reissued here, was also one of the first armchairs in a series called \u2018El\u00e9mentaires\u2019. This one goes back to the very beginning: it\u2019s a sort of bridge, extremely simple, on the scale of a restaurant chair, or a conference seat, or a little living room lounge chair. I\u2019ve often been driven to design furniture because I was embarrassed at having to fit my buildings out with seating that was 20 or 30 years old and that had associations with other places, other cultures, other techniques. To me it only seems natural that once you create the places, you fill them with furniture that corresponds in time and spirit, and that\u2019s what led me to redesign furniture and so avoid having \u2018built-in anachronisms\u2019.<\/p>\n
There is one more model here from the latest range, the \u2018Simplissimo\u2019, and a few prototypes that are exactly in this tradition: they are \u2018almost nothings\u2019. I really love the \u2018je ne sais quoi\u2019 and the almost nothing, in homage to Jank\u00e9l\u00e9vitch. It\u2019s a way of revitalising simple techniques that used to be used in very straightforward furniture, like gym furniture made of fabric or imitation leather stretched over a simple metal plate. Here there is a small armchair, a small table, two or three units, a small sofa, and we will definitely look into doing a chair\u2013always using the same techniques, it will always be monochrome, but in a few different colours.<\/p>\n
The new line heralds the spirit of a range that aims at being installed in a lot of different locations. It\u2019s a simple thing that corresponds to a real demand; generally, when I do something, it\u2019s because I feel the need, because I couldn\u2019t find it anywhere, or just the opposite\u2013 I found it everywhere I looked; or it was too complicated, or too aggressive but not profound enough at the same time.\u201d Jean Nouvel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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