Summary chronology 1939–2026
From the first chair produced to the imaginary gardens, these landmarks reveal a journey that links furniture, space, mobility, painting and transmission.
The dates distinguish, where the sources allow, creation, publication and exhibition. Research developed over several years is presented by period.
Born in Paris.
Autobiographical biography published by Disderot.
Graduated from the École Boulle, before continuing his studies at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Disderot.
Airborne's first Joker edition: the beginning of a lasting collaboration.
Disderot.
Creation of the Djinn series. Its low and flexible lines renew the relationship between the seat and the body.
MoMA and Centre Pompidou.
Work with the Mobilier national for the French pavilion at the Montreal World's Fair; development of the Montreal collection.
Disderot; archives and memory.
Creation of the Fleurs lighting fixtures, series 2093, for Disderot.
Disderot and Centre Pompidou.
Djinn appears in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mourgue designs Bouloum, a seat-character published by Airborne.
MoMA; Disderot.
Furniture for Prisunic: storage units, beds and seat mats in kit form, in a search for accessibility and lightness.
Disderot; Prisunic and Domus catalogue no. 473, listed in the memorandum.
Bouloum's variations for the Osaka World Expo: seating, signage and related projects.
Disderot; corpus of the dissertation.
Research for a modular four-room apartment with the Mobilier National (National Furniture Collection); Visiona III environment for Bayer. Publications from this period demonstrate the shift from object to system.
Disderot; Elle no. 1333 and Domus no. 502 and 509, listed in the memorandum.
Development of the mobile workshop, wind-related projects and transportable devices: housing becomes a testing ground.
Corpus of the thesis: Created, She and catalogue of Nantes.
Setting up a workshop in Brittany, teaching at the Fine Arts school in Brest and a solo exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Nantes.
Disderot; catalogue of Nantes, listed in the memorandum.
Imaginary Gardens and Little Theatres exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, from June 2 to August 30.
Notice e-artexte.
Exhibition of paintings, design, imaginary gardens and small theatres at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brest.
Catalogue of Brest, listed in the memorandum.
Two years of research by Thibault Lannuzel at Paris IV–Sorbonne, under the direction of Jean-Louis Gaillemin, in direct collaboration with Olivier Mourgue.
Research Archives: In Search of the Dream.
Olivier Mourgue died in Plouguiel at the age of 87. DIZAGN continues to transmit the research and archives gathered around his work.
Le Monde, Véronique Lorelle, October 9, 2026; DIZAGN.
Sources and extensions
Reference points established from the dissertation In search of the dream and of the autobiographical biography published by Disderot, confronted with the instructions of the MoMA and of the Centre Pompidou. For the 1992 exhibition: e-arttexte. Regarding death: Le Monde, October 9, 2026.