THE 1980’S “It’s been a while since the design of this decade, signed Ettore Sottsass for the Italians or Philippe Starck for the French, has attracted enthusiasts, but it’s worth turning to the less prominent and less expensive designers. For example: in the Memphis movement, Nathalie du Pasquier; in pure French design, Jean-Michel Wilmotte; and among the Swiss, Mario Botta. The neo-baroque design of the 1980s is also making a comeback, and here, rather than relying on headliners like André Dubreuil or Garouste and Bonetti, we’re turning to Marco de Gueltzl and his organically shaped furniture in metal, stone and rock crystal”.
SINGULIER ART “This post-art brut movement is gaining in value. Among the artists who are still affordable, I’d cite Yolande Fièvre and her curious assemblages celebrated by writer and critic Jean Paulhan, or Philippe Dereux and his shell paintings.”
LES SIMONNET “Marthe and Jean-Marie Simonnet are a couple of sculptor-designers with a very space-age aesthetic who, in addition to their sculptures, have created furniture such as cloud tables at prices that are still undercut.”
