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- Dimensions: 23 x 30.5 cm
- 176 pages
- 200 color and black illustrations & white
- Hardcover under dust jacket
- ISBN: 978-2-9155-4233-2
- Text in French only
Published for the “Mobi Boom” exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, from September 23, 2010 to January 2, 2011
Born in Le Havre, the son and grandson of a sailor, Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) was fascinated from his youth by the precision of the interior layout of boats. Invited to the first exhibition of the UAM in 1930 on the recommendation of the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, he became a member and took part in the competitions organized in 1934, with a boat cabin in steel made in the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, and in 1936, with school furniture.
During the war, he deepened his research on rational household organization, developed a range of modular elements for the kitchen that he marketed in 1946 under the Comera brand and laid the foundations of a storage system integrated into the architecture.
This success with the public led him to found ARHEC (Rational planning for homes and communities), surrounding himself with the most talented creators of the post-war era, such as Pierre Guariche, Joseph-André Motte, Michel Mortier, Alain Richard and Pierre Paulin.
In the history of the decorative arts, Marcel Gascoin is noted instilling the principles of pre-war social rationalism in young decorators, whose goal in the 1950s would be to produce models for industry, accessible to as many people as possible.
This book was created using the very important Gascoin collection kept at the Arts Décoratifs library.