Benjamin and Alice Paulin – the grandchildren of French designer Pierre Paulin and the present custodians of Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, the corporate devoted to producing and selling his work – have introduced the launch of Sounds Like Paulin, a brand new cultural label centred on music. Primarily based in Paris, the mission is conceived as an immersive sound salon open to artists and creatives, with the ambition to signal, produce and assist musicians and composers whereas fostering collective tasks.
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Positioned on the intersection of music, design and tradition, Sounds Like Paulin extends the spirit of Paulin’s apply into the sonic realm. The initiative will debut with a multi-artist compilation impressed by the universe and legacy of the designer, who radically redefined trendy furnishings within the Sixties and Seventies. By means of sculptural, futuristic varieties, Paulin introduced avant-garde design into each on a regular basis life and the best ranges of French tradition. His iconic creations – together with the Mushroom Chair, the Orange Slice Chair, the Ribbon Chair and the Tongue Chair (in addition to the F300 chair, which Gubi reissued final yr) – embody an natural, inviting imaginative and prescient which Sounds Like Paulin goals to translate into sound.
This dialogue between disciplines was lately echoed by the presence of Paulin designs in Louis Vuitton’s newest runway present, reaffirming the enduring relevance of his inventive legacy. Conceived as a listening room and immersive sound house, the set up featured one of many model’s iconic sofas, reflecting the longstanding dialogue between type and sound championed by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin.
‘We need to remodel the idea of the salon into an immersive sound assembly place – an surroundings able to bringing collectively buddies and artists who may by no means have crossed paths in any other case,’ explains Benjamin. ‘Sounds Like Paulin is meant to nurture collective tasks and to create a compilation that captures the sonic essence of Pierre Paulin’s world.’
The fashionable entrance of the Elysee Palace (reopened in 1972) envisioned by Pierre Paulin and that includes his designs
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Paulin, Paulin, Paulin is an unbiased household mission initiated by Maia Paulin, the designer’s spouse and artistic companion for almost forty years, to spotlight the timeless dimension of his work. Now led by Alice and Benjamin, the corporate continues to supply a choice of items in accordance with Paulin’s needs, expressed in 2008 (previous to his loss of life in 2009), to see his most revolutionary creations dropped at life.
With Sounds Like Paulin, the household extends his legacy, opening a brand new chapter that reimagines the designer’s experimental ethos. The label positions music as each a continuation and reinvention of a design language that has at all times sought to form the best way folks dwell, collect and really feel.
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