Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Switzerland, 1887 – 1965
“Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.” - Le Corbusier
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier, was born in Switzerland in 1887. As an architect, urban planner, painter, writer, designer and theorist, he was active mostly in France.
In 1922, Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret opened an architectural studio in Paris, a partnership that would last until 1940. They began experimenting with furniture design after inviting the architect Charlotte Perriand to join the studio in 1928. The following year Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand presented several pieces of furniture at the Salon d’Automne, in an installation titled Equipment for the Home. The tubular steel furniture – including the famous LC4 Chaise Lounge and LC2 and LC3 seating collections – projected a new rationalist aesthetic that came to epitomize the International Style.
Le Corbusier combined a passion for classical Greek architecture and an attraction to the modern machine. He published his ideas in a book entitled, Vers une Architecture, in which he refers to the house as a “machine for living,” an industrial product that should include functional furniture or “equipment de l’habitation.” Though Le Corbusier’s illustrious career came to abrupt end in 1965 when he drowned while swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France, his influence is undisputed. In 1964, while Le Corbusier was still alive, Cassina, of Milan acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture his furniture designs. Today many copies exist, but Cassina is still the only manufacturer authorized by the Foundation Le Corbusier.
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Cassina LC6 Collaborative Table$5,333.00CAD
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Cassina LC5 Three Seater Sofa$14,283.00CAD
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Cassina LC5 Two Seater Sofa$9,700.00CAD
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Cassina LC4 Chaise Lounge$7,641.00CAD
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Cassina LC3 Three Seater Sofa$15,734.00CAD
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Cassina LC3 Two Seater Sofa$10,874.00CAD
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Cassina LC3 Lounge Chair with One Arm$5,711.00CAD
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Cassina LC3 Lounge Chair$6,730.00CAD
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Cassina LC2 Three Seater Sofa$12,427.00CAD
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Cassina LC2 Two Seater Sofa$9,045.00CAD
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Cassina LC2 Ottoman$3,213.00CAD
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Cassina LC2 Lounge Chair$5,803.00CAD
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Cassina LC1 Chair$3,699.00CAD
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Nemo Applique De Marseille Wall Lamp$1,063.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 365 Wall/Ceiling Lamp$2,152.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 165 Wall/Ceiling Lamp$773.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 165 Clip Lamp$634.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 365 Pendant Lamp$2,125.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 165 Pendant Lamp$525.00CAD
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Nemo Projecteur 365 Floor Lamp$2,870.00CAD
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Nemo Escargot Floor Lamp$29,099.00CAD
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Cassina LC15 Collaborative Table$10,490.00CAD
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Cassina LC10-P Square Collaborative Table$6,460.00CAD
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Cassina LC10-P Rectangle Collaborative Table$3,713.00CAD
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Cassina LC10-P Rectangle Occasional Table$3,476.00CAD
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Cassina LC10-P Square Occasional Table$2,714.00CAD
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Nemo La Roche Wall Lamp$1,229.00CAD
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Nemo Borne Beton Grande Table/Floor Lamp$3,822.00CAD
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Nemo Borne Beton Petite Table/Floor Lamp$1,973.00CAD
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Nemo Parliament Floor Lamp$2,250.00CAD
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Nemo Lampe De Marseille Wall Lamp$1,288.00CAD