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At a time when many of his colleagues were marveling at the possibilities offered by petroleum-based materials, Jean-Louis Avril (1935–2025) set out to use a material as commonplace as it was humble: cardboard.
The career of an iconic designer of the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1968, Giancarlo Ciancimino designed a collection for Mobilier International that was as elegant as it was ingenious: modular furniture built around a four-leaf clover-shaped aluminum profile.
A symbol of technical modernity and aesthetic balance.
From the Brussels flea market to the creation of LUMI PRESS, Jean-Lou Majerus has made lighting design both his passion and his mission.
A collector, researcher and publisher, he devotes his books to major Italian manufacturers such as Oluce and Stilnovo, restoring these icons of modern lighting to their rightful place in the history of design.
Every flea market and market season, the same words come up again and again: design, vintage, decor, industrial...
But behind these often-confused labels lie very different realities.
At Undesignable, we believe that using the right word does justice to the object itself. Vocabulary matters.
In 1968, Maria Pergay surprised the design world with an unexpected material: stainless steel. Neither a sculptor nor a decorator in the traditional sense, she created a distinctive new language combining rigor and poetry. Her functional, luminous and timeless furniture opened a radically new path in the landscape of French design.
This futuristic sphere in quintessential 1970s colours conceals an entire tableware set for four people. Discover the story behind an iconic piece that marked Villeroy & Boch’s transition towards a more contemporary style.
Treasure hunting is more than buying an old piece of furniture. It is exploring, being surprised and giving objects a second life.
It is also a personal and joyful way to discover design.
Discret mais essentiel, Richard Schultz a réinventé le mobilier d’extérieur moderne. De la poétique Petal Table à la révolutionnaire 1966 Collection pour Knoll, son travail conjugue rigueur technique et légèreté sculpturale.
Retour sur le parcours d’un créateur qui a su donner de l’air au design.
Buying vintage is much more than a decorative trend: it means choosing an interior that is unique, responsible and sustainable.
From distinctive style and affordability to environmental responsibility and proven quality, 20th-century furniture offers five compelling reasons to find its place in our contemporary lives.
Among his major creations, the Moloch Lamp holds an emblematic place. Designed in 1971-72, it grew out of a radical idea: to enlarge the famous Luxo desk lamp by a factor of four, turning it into a monumental light suited to public spaces.
Rejected by Cassina as too subversive, it was eventually produced by Bracciodiferro and presented at MoMA in 1972 during the exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape", a consecration that turned it into a collector's object with symbolic reach beyond mere aesthetics.
