Be steady and

well-ordered in your

life, so that your

work can be fierce

and original.- Flaubert

Andrée Putman 1925-

BIOGRAPHY 1925- 1978

1925 Born Andrée Christine Aynard in Paris.

1931-43 Educated at the Collége d'Hulst.1943-45 Studies piano at the Paris Conservatory where Andreé wins the

school’s highest award at the age of twenty. 1945 Gives up music to pursue interest in Contemporary art.1950 Becomes journalist at Femina magazine.1952-58 Design columnist at Elle. 1958-67 Stylist for Prisunic department stores in Paris.1960-64 Interiors editor at L'Oeil.1978 Founds her own furnishings and interior design business, Écart.

ÉCART

Re-editions from:

Félix Aublet

Pierre Chareau

Michel DufetMARIANO FORTUNY Jean-Michel Frank &

Adolphe Chanaux

Robert Mallet-Stevens

1930 Michel Dufet Chair

BIOGRAPHY 1978 - present

1984 Designs the Morgans Hotel in Manhattan. 1985 Designs first of several mannequins for Pucci. 1993 Designs the Concorde for AirFrance.1997 Leaves Écart to found new firm in her own name.

LE STYLE PUTMAN

In my opinion, EMPTINESS is, in a way, the reverse of

emptiness. It makes me picture a blank page:

everything is possible. Creation is born out of it and

sustained by it.

LE STYLE PUTMAN

GEOMETRY, the concealed structure of nature, is the result of the lucid reading of a space. RHYTHM is the dimension of time that interrupts the orderliness… It is dynamic and energizing.

LE STYLE PUTMAN

LIGHTING is the element which arouses sheer fascination.

LE STYLE PUTMAN

Materials have an OPPOSITE. Bizarre incompatibility creates the

most thought-provoking effect. One must be unrestricted by

automatic attitudes.

LE STYLE PUTMAN

The closest attention should always be paid to the BATHROOM and the KITCHEN, the seat of water and fire where the ancient and laughable drama of human life is played out. It is vital to our spiritual ease that these rooms have a high level of physical

comfort.

MORGANS HOTEL Manhattan

LE LAC HOTEL Mt. Fuji

VILLA TURQUE Switzerland

CONCORDE INTERIOR

MINISTRY OF FINANCES

LEE GALLERY Paris

THEIRRY MUGLER Paris

APARTMENT OF KARL LAGERFELD Rome

RALPH PUCCI

RALPH PUCCI

RALPH PUCCI

OTHER DESIGNS

Porcelain collections for Ancienne Manufacturers Royale

Vertigo dinnerware collections for Christofle.

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Modernity applies to the manner, but not the time. - Baudelaire

Andrée Putman 1925-

EMPTINESS

RHYTHM

GEOMETRY

CONTRAST

LIGHT