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RESEARCH
From Olivier Mourgue's dream to the designers of Génération Formes Utiles and the total art of Seiz Breur, three research projects explore the creation of a living environment. Drawings, objects, archives, and artists' journeys illuminate the links between imagination, uses, and modernity.
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MOURGUE
In search of the dream.
From drawing to inner landscape: research conducted at Paris IV–Sorbonne, between 2008 and 2010, based on interviews and archives.
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USEFUL FORMS
A history of French design, 1945–1973.
Schools, workshops, publishers and eleven designers at the heart of the post-war transformations.
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SEIZ BREUR
Total art. A Breton modernity, 1923–1947.
From manifesto to furniture: discover the movement, its workshops and three routes around Breton decorative arts.