Architect, designer, photographer, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is a full member of that cultural avant-garde movement which, from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave rise to a truly modern sensibility towards everyday life. In this context, his specific contribution is to interior composition, conceived as the creation of a new way of life, still today at the heart of contemporary living.
A mythical collaboration: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret
That same year, when she was only twenty-four years old, she began a ten-year collaboration with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret as an associate for the interior design of the home and furniture in the famous architectural studio at 35 rue de Sèvres in Paris. From this collaboration, the iconic pieces of the "LC" Collection were born - the LC1 chair, the LC2 and LC3 armchairs and the LC4 chaise longue, created on the occasion of the fitting out of La Maison Roche (now the headquarters of the Le Corbusier Foundation) and the Villa Church.
Perriand thus became a cornerstone of the reform project promoted by Le Corbusier, adding a distinct human dimension to Le Corbusier's often cold rationalism. In her designs, she managed to animate the fundamental substance of everyday life with new aesthetic values: in particular, her talent and intuition in the discovery and use of new materials were fully manifested.
