THE STYLEMAKERS Beaux livres de loisirs Contributor: David Chipperfield

Contributor: David Chipperfield

Exploring the cultural influences embedded in its built environment

The New Luxury isn't just about what you wear

He was one of the first to combine the symbols

THE STYLEMAKERS Beaux livres de loisirs Contributor: David ChipperfieldIn Paris in the 1920's a new style was born, rejecting the embellishments of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, it allied the linear proportions of late eighteenth century furniture to a twentieth century perception, paring down superfluous detail to the essence of classic modernism. The ostensible creation of iconic interior decorator Jean Michel Frank, the new style owed much to a circle of South American collectors and patrons, including Eugenia Errzuriz, a