Description
Biography
Christian Adam (1945–2024) was a French designer trained at the École Nationale des Arts Appliqués. After gaining experience in design offices and interior design, he established himself as an independent designer. A member of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs from the late 1960s, he developed furniture characterized by experimentation with new materials—polyurethane foam, molded polyester, and fiberglass—and collaborated with companies such as Airborne. The Trèfle series belongs to this period of research into molded shells and organic forms.
Literature
The Eye, May 1970; Pierre Deligny (ed.), Airborne 1945–1975, The Modernists, 2012; Furniture and Lights documentation dedicated to Christian Adam.
Institutional reference
The Musée des Arts décoratifs holds in the collection of the Société des artistes décorateurs an individual file on Christian Adam covering the years 1968–1973. The Mobilier national also holds a documentary collection relating to his research for a contemporary piano between 1978 and 1988. Museum of Decorative Arts — SAD collection, Christian Adam.
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