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was a French architect and designer.

Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society.

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Her high school art teacher noticed her drawing abilities early on, and her mother eventually encouraged her to enrol in the Central Union of Decorative Arts school (French: École de l'Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs) in 1920 to study furniture design until 1925.

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One of the early design sketches of the Chaise Lounge LC4 by Charlotte Perriand

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Charlotte Perriand posing on the Chaise Lounge LC4 for publicity, at the Salon d’Automne in the year

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One of the most famous designs created by Charlotte Perriand in Le Corbusier’s office was the Chaise Lounge LC4 in the year 1928. Popularly called the “relaxing machine” by Corbusier, the chair was designed to stimulate the body’s natural curves. Even though all three – Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand – worked on this design, it was more of Perriand’s concept which evolved into this unique piece. For the publicity of this chair, Perriand herself decided to pose lying on the chair, which was even criticized by some for her wearing a short skirt, a short sleeve sweater, and her famous ball beaded necklace.

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LC1 chairSiège à dossier basculant (“armchair with a tilting back”; also called LC1 chair), tubular steel frame with leather upholstery designed by Charlotte Perriand

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The Ball Bearing Necklace designed by Charlotte Perriand

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Perriand was not only involved in designing furniture pieces but she also took into an interest in the creation of jewelry. The most appreciated one was the Ball Bearing necklace which she was seen wearing herself almost all the time, which somehow helped her stand out even more in the male-dominated society of that time. Some critics even considered the necklace as an object and symbol of the machine age. She was very well aware of the new materials that were being introduced at that time and how to use them for their associational and symbolic qualities as well as for their aesthetic effect.

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The Fauteuil Pivotant or the Swivel armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand

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This chair was designed by Perriand before she joined Le Corbusier’s firm in 1927. It was a tubular steel chair, which she initially used in her apartment.

The design was first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs and even a year later at the Salon d’Automne, along with the nickel table which was a part of the Dining Room 28. It is also said that the backrest presented an almost impossible challenge to the upholsterers, as there was no way to fix the round form to the metal frame.

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In collaboration with Le Courbusier, Marseille Fr

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'That photograph of a strong woman, triumphantly embracing nature, is the perfect image of my mother. She announces the contemporary woman, emancipated and free

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Perspective drawing of ‘Dining Room 28’ for L’Atelier de Saint-Sulpice, 1927

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This nickel table and tubular-steel stools were designed by Perriand in 1927. She designed chairs using Corbusier’s principle of “chair is a machine for sitting”. Unlike her other table designs made of teakwood, this one used stainless steel, a new material introduced in the machine age, but not everyone knew how to use it appropriately.

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Born: 24 October 1903 Paris, France

Died: 27 October 1999 (aged 96) Paris, France