Andrée Putman

Icon of French chic, Andrée Putman (1925-2013) is recognized worldwide for his work in Paris, New York, Tokyo or Hong Kong. Game of black and white geometric rigor, sobriety and audacity becomes Putman style in the early 80's a symbol of elegance at an international level.
Far from luxury itself, Andrée Putman began her career as a stylist for Prisunic. She defends a design accessible to the greatest number and uses "to make beautiful things for nothing." She founded her own agency'' gap'' in 1978 and reissued furniture and objects from the 1930s: Herbst, Mallet-Stevens, Gaudi, Eileen Gray ...
In 1984, the development of the Morgans Hotel in New York marks a real turning point in his career and rose to the rank of French design icons. She manages to create a luxury hotel with a unique personality and style says its offering simple rooms and optical effects. This is the first time she uses the famous tile black and white checkerboard which later became his signature. Therefore, Andrée Putman continues to create interior design projects around the world: hotels, shops (for Azzedine Alaïa, Balenciaga, Bally or Lagerfeld), offices (including that of Jack Lang at the Ministry of Culture) or even the contemporary art museum of Bordeaux ....
In 1997, Andrée Putman Studio creates the homonym, specializing in interior architecture, design and scenography and many projects. Ten years later, a new chapter opens puisqu'Olivia Putman, Andrée's daughter, took over the reins of the Studio to perpetuate the spirit of "jack of all trades" ever claimed by his mother.