{"id":1369,"date":"2026-09-15T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dizagn.fr\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1369"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:15:16","slug":"ch-germanaz-fauteuil-half-half-airborne-1968","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dizagn.fr\/en\/product\/ch-germanaz-fauteuil-half-half-airborne-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN GERMANAZ, Half &amp; Half Armchairs, Airborne Edition, circa 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHalf &amp; Half\u201d armchair, generally dated to 1964, was developed by Christian Germanaz in the mid-1960s after he joined Airborne\u2019s design office. Conceived for both indoor and outdoor use, particularly in public spaces, it explores the structural possibilities of plastics. Germanaz made the first mould himself in a neighbouring plasterer\u2019s workshop. The design consists of two identical half-shells joined by rubber edging to form a self-supporting, modular structure. In 1968, when only one half-shell existed, the designer used two mirrors to create the illusion of a completed chair for Fran\u00e7ois Barr\u00e9, then deputy director of the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs. Impressed by the project, the museum requested a complete example for the exhibition <em>Les Assises du si\u00e8ge contemporain<\/em> ; Germanaz then completed the prototype under considerable time pressure. Airborne adopted the model and produced it in a small series, mainly in orange, grey and black. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airborne.fr\/single-post\/connaissez-vous-le-fauteuil-half-half-dessin%C3%A9-par-christian-germanaz-et-%C3%A9dit%C3%A9-par-airborne\">Source: Airborne archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Institutional references and collections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxo.com\/location\/mobilier-design\/fauteuil-christian-germanaz-half-half-1964-1243\">XXO Collection, reference 1243<\/a> ; National Center for Visual Arts \u2013 National Fund for Contemporary Art; ; <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.madparis.fr\/fr\/document\/fauteuil\/627a8bff3edd95462248fa48\">Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Paris<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airborne.fr\/single-post\/connaissez-vous-le-fauteuil-half-half-dessin%C3%A9-par-christian-germanaz-et-%C3%A9dit%C3%A9-par-airborne\">Airborne archives<\/a> also state that two examples belong to the collections of modern art museums in New York and Chicago, although the article does not specify the exact institutions or accession numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gilles de Bure, <em>Interiors, French furniture, 1965\u20131979<\/em>, \u00c9ditions du Regard, Paris, 1983.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotheque.madparis.fr\/opac\/catalog\/bibrecord?id=7077970795760564009\"><em>Mobi Boom: The explosion of design in France, 1945\u20131975<\/em><\/a>, exhibition catalogue, Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Paris, 22 September 2010\u20132 January 2011, edited by Dominique Forest, reproduced p. 115.<br \/><em>Design &amp; collectible seating: the National Fund for Contemporary Art at the Paris Furniture Fair<\/em>, 2004.<br \/>Yvonne Brunhammer, <em>Styles from the 1930s to the 1950s<\/em>, Paris, \u00c9ditions Baschet, 1987, colour reproduction p. 102.<br \/>Diane Saunier and Pierre Perrigault, <em>The Furniture Architect 1950\u20132000<\/em>, Paris, 2000.<br \/>Pierre Deligny, <em>Airborne<\/em>, The Modernists, 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Les Assises du si\u00e8ge contemporain<\/em>, Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Paris, 1968.<br \/><em>Design in stock: 2000 objects from the National Contemporary Art Fund<\/em>, Palais de la Porte Dor\u00e9e, Paris, 20 October 2004\u201316 January 2005.<br \/><em>Collectible seats<\/em>, Salon du Meuble, Paris, 7\u201314 January 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>French industrial designer and interior architect Christian Germanaz belongs to the generation that profoundly renewed furniture and interior design in France from the 1960s onward. He trained at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs and then at the \u00c9cole Boulle, in the sculpture workshop, where he met Olivier and Pascal Mourgue. In 1960, he joined the practice of architect Ionel Schein, a pioneer of plastic architecture, working with him for three years. He was subsequently introduced to Charles Bernard and joined Airborne\u2019s design office in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>This dual grounding in drawing and three-dimensional form, combined with a precise understanding of industrial processes, shaped an approach based on material experimentation and structural development. The \u201cHalf &amp; Half\u201d armchair is its most radical expression: two identical moulded-polyester half-shells, joined by rubber edging, form a self-supporting seat designed to be used either alone or in rows within collective spaces. Presented at the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in the exhibition <em>Les Assises du si\u00e8ge contemporain<\/em> in 1968 and subsequently produced by Airborne in a small series, the model has become an emblematic work of French research into plastics during the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>In the early 1970s, Christian Germanaz established his own design office and expanded his practice into interior architecture, public-space interiors and exhibition design. He also created furniture and lighting in which structure, light and textiles actively define space. His most significant designs include the <em>Lumipoche<\/em> lamp of 1977, the <em>Comedia<\/em> armchair of 1982\u2014developed with support from VIA and presented in New York\u2014as well as the <em>Catamaran<\/em>armchairs, produced by Baumann that same year. As a teacher at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Germanaz pursued a cross-disciplinary body of work attentive to use, manufacturing techniques and design\u2019s capacity to transform both objects and their environments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dizagn-doc-heading\"><strong>Discover Christian Germanaz at DIZAGN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dizagn.fr\/en\/designer-christian-germanaz\/\">Christian Germanaz \u2014 biography and selection<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dizagn.fr\/en\/product\/ch-germanaz-fauteuils-half-half-airborne-1968\/\">Another Half &amp; Half version at DIZAGN<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GERMANAZ Christian (1940-)<\/p>\n<p>Pair of Half &amp; Half armchairs, model designed in 1964, Airborne edition, France<\/p>\n<p>Restored self-supporting double-shell structure in white gelcoat fiberglass, with black rubber trim<\/p>\n<p>Width 80 \u00d7 Depth 47 \u00d7 Height 67.5 cm<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2482,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[46,18],"product_tag":[44],"class_list":["post-1369","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-mobilier","product_cat-selection","product_tag-nouveau","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fauteuils Half &amp; Half de Christian Germanaz | DIZAGN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paire de fauteuils Half &amp; Half de Christian Germanaz, mod\u00e8le cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 1964 et \u00e9dit\u00e9 par Airborne. 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