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year 1984
source title The New Furniture: Trends + Traditions
info While the early 1980s are often remembered for the expressive postmodernism of Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group, French designer Martin Szekely represents a parallel pursuit of radical simplicity. Rather than abandoning modernist principles, many designers influenced by the experimental movements of the 1960s and 1970s refined and extended them well into the late twentieth century. Szekely has maintained this approach throughout his career. The PI collection marked one of the earliest milestones of his practice and became emblematic of France’s renewed prominence in international design culture at the end of the twentieth century.
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year 1984
source title The New Furniture: Trends + Traditions
info While the early 1980s are often remembered for the expressive postmodernism of Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group, French designer Martin Szekely represents a parallel pursuit of radical simplicity. Rather than abandoning modernist principles, many designers influenced by the experimental movements of the 1960s and 1970s refined and extended them well into the late twentieth century. Szekely has maintained this approach throughout his career. The PI collection marked one of the earliest milestones of his practice and became emblematic of France’s renewed prominence in international design culture at the end of the twentieth century.
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