Pierre Guariche

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Pierre Guariche (* 1926 in Paris , † 1995 in Bandol ) was a French designer and interior designer .

life and work

Born in 1926 as the son of a goldsmith in Paris, Pierre Guariche studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs , where René Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin - two pioneers of mass production - were among his teachers. After graduating in spring 1949, Guariche joined the Union des Artistes Modernes and initially worked in Marcel Gascoin's studio. At that time he exhibited his own furniture designs in the Salon des Arts Ménagers and in the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

The MAI gallery became aware of Guariche, produced some of his designs in small series and exhibited them in the gallery in Paris. In 1951, the newly founded furniture maker Airborne commissioned Pierre Guariche to design a full collection of affordable, industrially manufactured furniture. In the same year Guariche began a collaboration with the furniture manufacturer Steiner, for whom he designed the Tonneau armchair in 1953 in a version made of aluminum and plastic. From 1954, the armchair was also made from molded plywood, making it the first piece of furniture made from this material on the French market. Also in the early 1950s, Guariche designed numerous lights for the manufacturer Pierre Disderot. These lights are still among his most famous works today. In 2019 they were reissued by the manufacturer Sammode. In 1954, Pierre Guariche founded the design studio Atelier de Recherche Plastique, or ARP for short, together with Michel Mortier and Joseph-André Motte, who had also previously worked for Marcel Gascoin. Over the next three years, ARP designed a large number of furniture for the manufacturer Charles Minvielle. In 1957, Pierre Guariche became artistic director of the Belgian furniture manufacturer Meurop.

In addition to his work as a designer, Pierre Guariche also worked as an interior designer and designed several furnishings for private houses as early as the 1950s. From the sixties he concentrated more on this area of ​​activity and now also set up numerous public buildings. He designed offices for the semi-public companies Sonacotra and Électricité de France and set up the hospital in Firminy and the Maison de la Culture designed by Le Corbusier . He was also involved in several projects in the holiday resorts of Bandol on the Côte d'Azur , as well as La Plagne and Isola 2000 in the Alps . In these places he set up hotels, restaurants and apartments, cinemas, shopping centers and other buildings. He designed station buildings and gondolas for a cable car in La Plagne.

In addition to his practical work, Pierre Guariche worked as a university professor at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris and at the Ecole Supérieure d'Architecture in Tournai , Belgium . In 1965 he received the René Gabriel Prize named after his former teacher, an award for the design of affordable, industrially manufactured furniture.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Pierre Guariche from Sammode
  2. ↑ Information on Pierre Guariche at Markanto.de
personal data
SURNAME Guariche, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French designer and interior designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1995
Place of death Bandol