Design & Communication, a publication by French Furniture Industries,
distributed by Editions du Seuil, under the direction of Christine Colin

Focusing on young designers, the collection has taken account over the years of the emergence of this generation of French designers who go to make Paris one of the main venues of European design, including Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Radi Designers, Pierre Charpin, Christophe Pillet, Thibault Desombre, Delo Lindo, Jean-Marie Massaud, Frédéric Ruyant, Xavier Moulin and Olivier Peyricot, Vincent Beaurin to mention a few…

Born at the close of a decade, the 1980s, and marked by the spontaneity of young design and its strong media presence, the aim of the collection is also to stand back, discuss trends and developments and also permanent features. Once a year it attempts to free itself from modern-day restraints and the needs of the industry so as to open up areas for discussion on the themes underlying the design and manufacture of contemporary furniture: development of comfort types, influence of the structure of product ranges on the design, influence of archetypes on the design of the 1990s etc.

Another goal of the collection is to highlight the creative dimension of manufacture and production. It takes account of the whole process involving design and collects and collates accounts by all those playing a leading part: manufacturers, distributors, marketing experts, stylists, sociologists etc. Against this background it was able to compare the experience and expertise of a number of French and European manufacturers, including Grange, Roset, Allibert, Flos, Herman Miller etc.