Presenting the most influential creations of French design, the exhibition displays famous productions [...]

24 October | 2 - 9pm
25 - 28 October | 10am - 9pm
29 October | 9am - 6pm
Building 7, Retail Unit 01, Dubai Design District (d3)

From Philippe Starck to Jean Prouvé, from Pierre Paulin to the Bouroullec brothers, 20 icons of French design presents the most influential creations of French design. The exhibition will display famous productions of French designers, since the late 1920s until the XXIst century. Most of the articles displayed are still being produced and are available to buy, whether online, in galleries or specialised shops.

Through the production of chairs, pens, lamps or tooth brushes, French designers demonstrate their ability to innovate by grasping the most sophisticated technologies of each generation, which is characteristic of a country where engineering is crucial. The exhibition reflects on how objects become icons. Is their notoriety owed to their communication and visual power, History, the signature of their designer, the acknowledgement of aficionados, their commercial success.

About the Institut Français

The Institut Français in the United Arab Emirates is the cultural department of the French Embassy. It is responsible for promoting French creation, thought and language, as well as fostering bilateral exchanges and cultural, artistic, educational, academic and scientific partnerships between France and the UAE.

It is involved in a vast range of activities, including: organization of and participation in exhibitions, lectures, shows and fairs, film festivals, concerts, dance and theater shows; training of teachers of French as a foreign language; promotion of French higher education; support for French cultural industries and institutions in their development projects in the UAE and monitoring of French schools in the UAE.

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