The rise of modern furniture design in the early and mid-20th century is due to the priceless efforts of many talented individuals, but most of it is due largely to one man: Le Corbusier. Hailed by many as one of the greatest pioneers of the Modern movement, Le Corbusier helped establish modern furniture design, notably of the International Style, and remains a powerful influential figure and a benchmark for all modern furniture designers to follow up to this day.



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If you mention the name Le Corbusier to an average person on the street, he or she may not even bat an eyelash. But it you mention it anyone with a working knowledge of the history of furniture design, Le Corbusier’s would be held in high esteem. Recognized as one of the most influential designers of all time, Le Corbusier pioneered the Modern design movement in both architecture and furniture design in the 20th century and remains as both an inspiration and a standard to designers around the… Continue

Born on October 31, 1886, Le Corbusier (the pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) is an architect, designer, urban planner and pioneer of the Modern movement design. Like his colleagues Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier helped pave the way for modernism in architecture and furniture design into the mainstream. Today he remains an influential figure in the field of architecture and furniture design, and his work serves as a benchmark for modern design to this… Continue

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris October 6, 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Le Corbusier is a modernist architect, designer and pioneer of the International Style of design. Along with his contemporaries Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier pioneered the Modern design movement of the 20th century, and was the earliest proponents of ergonomic and modern furniture.



The son of a painter, Le Corbusier wanted to take up drawing as a child but was encouraged… Continue

Recognized as one of the early pioneers of the 20th century Modern movement in architecture and furniture design, the multifaceted Le Corbusier is a modernist architect, furniture, professor and writer. Born on, Le Corbusier studied at the local art school of his hometown and built his first house when he was eighteen years old. He later moved to Berlin in 1910 and became an apprentice to renowned architect Peter Behrens. It was during his stay at Behrens that Le Corbusier met fellow Modern… Continue