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Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > General
An innovatively designed monograph on the work of Matali Crasset,
one of France's leading product designers. A darling of French
industrial design, Matali Crasset has earned critical praise
internationally with her unique spaces and products. Ranging from
simple, ergonomic kitchen utensils to architecture, her work
engages its end users by asking questions on the role design plays
in their everyday lives. Crasset was awarded International Interior
Designer of the Year at the British Interior Design Awards in 2004,
received the Grand Prize for Design from the city of Paris in 1997,
and was a previous recipient of the Premier Prix de Concours Louis
Vuitton. Her work includes products and interventions for Philippe
Starck (whom she worked with for five years), Established and Sons,
Hermes, Swarovski, Authentics, Domeau & Peres, Alessi,
Meta/Mallet, Artemide, and others. She has also engaged in
architecture in the round, including hotels in Nice and Tunisia.
Raised in a small village in the north of France, where work and
life were intimately bound, the designer's formative experiences
clearly inform her view on contemporary design. The uncluttered
rhythms of life in the country are reflected in the simple--but
often colorful--forms that have earned Crasset a name for herself
in the realms of product design, interiors, architecture, and art
installations. Lavishly depicted with more than three hundred
sketches, concept renderings, and photographs in a unique and
brightly hued book format, the projects are organized thematically,
with a special emphasis on materials and process.
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