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From the beginning of her career, Charlotte Perriand was a nonconformist who believed in good design as a force for the betterment of society. Many young designers would be devastated by a rejection from Le Corbusier's studio, but when the great architect told her they had no need for a female furniture designer, Perriand became even more determined to prove her worth as an artist. Under Le Corbusier, and long after she left his studio, Perriand’s contributions to furniture design and architecture demonstrated a unique attention to the organic art of nature as well as the egalitarian possibilities of the machine age. Her left-wing populist politics motivated much of her work, from modular furniture systems to large architectural projects.
This monograph explores Perriand’s most famous interiors, her original furniture, and architectural projects, as well as her previously unseen sketchbooks, broug
