Apartment No. 50 is a privately owned apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse. Jean-Marc Drut and Patrick Blauwart, the owners of the apartment, open its doors every year and invite different designers to overhaul the interior and create amazing spaces and moments. This is done within some limit of what can be touched and redesigned, as the apartment is historically listed and has all its original fittings. The owners have been inviting designers into their home since this project kicked off in 2008, including the likes of Jasper Morrison, Konstantin Grcic, and Pierre Charpin.
This year is the first year that a team of designers has been invited to No. 50, and after observing life in the apartment over a three-day period, the group of ÉCAL students were invited to create and produce bespoke furnishing over the course of one semester. The result is a bold palette of bright primary colours, enriched with product and furniture designs from a selection of well-known designers.
Drut, one of the owners tells of how this is a year-long process. The designers begin working in September, the instillation is set up in April, and then open to the public throughout July. One month after the close of the show, the pieces are returned to their designers. Every year, however, the owners do purchase and keep a select few items, adding further to the layers of history embodies by the apartment.
Source - wallpaper.com
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