Roger Tallon
Roger Tallon (* 6. March 1929 in Paris ; † 20th October 2011 ibid ) was one of the most important French product designer of our time. He was best known for his work for the French state railway SNCF . In Germany he is mainly known as the designer of the so-called Tallon spotlights .
life and work
Tallon studied engineering from 1944 to 1950. He then worked for Caterpillar France. From 1953 Tallon worked for the design office for technical systems of Jacques Viénot and Jean Parthenay . Soon he filled the post of artistic director of the office. After Jacques Viénot's death, Tallon headed the office from 1959. From 1957, Tallon worked as a lecturer for the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris. The beginning of his teaching activity in France is considered to be the beginning of teaching in the field of industrial design in France. In 1963 he was entrusted with the creation of an institute for design at the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris.
Tallon designed hundreds of products. Is known u. a. he designed the Téléavia P111 portable television set from 1966. He worked for companies such as Peugeot , Kodak and General Electric . For GE he created a separate department for the design of household appliances in the USA. His designs for the watch manufacturer Lip are also considered classics . For the luminaire manufacturer ERCO , he designed luminaires that are considered design classics of the 1970s.
In the field of transport , Tallon designed cabins and interiors for aircraft for Air France . He played a key role in the design of the wagons for the Mexico City subway . Tallon worked on a large scale for the French state railway SNCF and the ALSTHOM group . He developed the design of the Corail car and was involved in the design of the French high-speed train, Train à grande vitesse . For the SNCF Tallon designed uniforms, train tickets, furniture for stations and trains and defined the color appearance. For the TGV, Tallon created a new, striking front for the TGV Duplex and TGV Atlantique series .
In 1991, Tallon designed the vehicles for the funicular railway leading to Montmartre (called Funiculaire de Montmartre ). He designed the Véhicule automatique léger (VAL) for the French company Matra and the Siemens group, and was involved in the design of the Paris Métrolinie 14 .
Roger Tallon passed away on October 20, 2011 after a long illness.
Awards
- 1977: iF Industrie Forum Design Award for the Erco spotlight series
- 1985: French Ministry of Culture "Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design"
- 1992: SNCF "Award for special merits for the image of the French State Railways"
literature
- Thierry Grillet: Roger Tallon, itinéraires d'un designer industriel. Paris, éd. Musée National d'Art Moderne / Center de Création Industrielle, coll. Monograph, 1993, ISBN 285850735X .
- Gilles de Bure and Chloé Braunstein: Roger Tallon. Paris, éd. Dis-Voir, 2000, ISBN 2906571873 .
- Catherine Millet: Roger Tallon à Vallauris. Paris, éd. G. Gardette, 2001, ISBN 2909767337 .
- Bauen + Wohnen (magazine), Volume 33 (1979) Issue 7–8, p. 302.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b L'homme du TGV et pionnier du design industriel, Roger Tallon, est mort . In: Le Monde , October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Award-winning spotlight from iF Industrie Forum Design. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tallon, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French industrial and product designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2011 |
| Place of death | Paris |