First produced in 1962, the Applique a Volet Pivotant Wall Light is a striking piece of modernist design. Some sixty years on the piece remains aesthetically relevant. At the same time, the internals have received an upgrade worthy of the 21st Century, with the hard-wired version featuring an LED board that is low-powered and better for the environment. The light features a movable aluminium screen, allowing the user to adapt the level of glow to suit their needs.
Five different finishes mean that there is a light for every need, with the Applique a Volet Pivotant sitting well on its own or in a cluster of several pieces.
One of the most influential furniture designers of the early modern movement, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) introduced the 'machine age' aesthetic to interiors in the steel, aluminium and glass furniture she created at Le Corbusier's architectural studio in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Perriand also forged friendships with the gifted young architects and designers from all over the world who, like her, had jumped at the chance to work for Le Corbusier as an unpaid or, if they were very lucky, poorly paid assistant. Together with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Perriand developed a series of tubular steel chairs, which were then (and are still today) hailed as icons of the machine age.
