Pierre Paulin

Pierre Paulin trained to be a sculptor but injured his right arm forcing him to switch gears to design and study at Ecole Camondo in Paris. He is perhaps best known for his innovative designs for Dutch company Artifort of the famed Mushroom Chair, the Ribbon Chair, and the Tongue chair that used foams and metallic frames with stretch materials and clear lines that cradled the body. Paulin's furniture designs are more like sculptures than utilitarian objects. They are alive in their forms.