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MODULE 400 ASHTRAY CA/1965

ROGER TALLON’S ASHTRAY MODULE 400 FROM AROUND 1965 IS AN ICONIC PIECE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN THAT REFLECTS HIS DEEP INTEREST IN FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS. KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ACROSS VARIOUS FIELDS, TALLON’S ASHTRAY IS A STUDY IN MODULARITY AND MINIMALISM, FEATURING CLEAN LINES AND A SLEEK FORM THAT PRIORITIZE BOTH AESTHETICS AND UTILITY. THE ASHTRAY’S GEOMETRIC DESIGN, MADE FROM METAL, IS CHARACTERISTIC OF TALLON’S APPROACH TO PRODUCT DESIGN—INNOVATIVE, PURPOSEFUL, AND TIMELESS.

THIS PIECE EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1960S, WHERE FUNCTIONALITY WAS INTEGRATED WITH MODERNIST AESTHETICS, MAKING IT BOTH A UTILITARIAN OBJECT AND A PIECE OF ART. THE MODULE 400 ALSO TIES INTO TALLON’S BROADER EXPLORATION OF FORM, MATERIALS, AND MODULARITY, WHICH WERE CENTRAL TO HIS WORK DURING THIS PERIOD. HIS ABILITY TO BALANCE SIMPLICITY WITH INNOVATION IS EVIDENT IN THIS ASHTRAY, MAKING IT A STANDOUT PIECE WITHIN HIS EXTENSIVE BODY OF WORK.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

ROGER TALLON WAS A VISIONARY FRENCH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER WHOSE INNOVATIVE CREATIONS HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGN LANDSCAPES. HIS EXTENSIVE BODY OF WORK ENCOMPASSES A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PRODUCTS, FROM HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES TO GROUNDBREAKING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, ALL CHARACTERIZED BY A HARMONIOUS BLEND OF FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETIC APPEAL...  

A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR DESIGN EDUCATION, TALLON ESTABLISHED THE FIRST DESIGN COURSE IN FRANCE AT THE ÉCOLE DES ARTS APPLIQUÉS IN PARIS IN 1957. HE LATER FOUNDED THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT AT THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS IN 1963, NURTURING A NEW GENERATION OF DESIGNERS AND SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE EVOLUTION OF DESIGN EDUCATION IN FRANCE. 

TALLON’S PORTFOLIO IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION. HE DESIGNED A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THE MACH 2000 SERIES OF WATCHES FOR LIP, THE HELICOID M400 SPIRAL STAIRCASE, AND THE TS FOLDING STOOL. HIS COLLABORATIONS EXTENDED TO NOTABLE ARTISTS SUCH AS YVES KLEIN AND CÉSAR BALDACCINI, REFLECTING HIS ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE ART AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. 

IN THE REALM OF TRANSPORTATION, TALLON MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY DESIGNING THE TGV HIGH-SPEED TRAIN AND THE CORAIL TRAINS FOR SNCF, AS WELL AS THE MONTMARTRE FUNICULAR IN PARIS. HIS WORK IN THIS SECTOR EXEMPLIFIED HIS COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING USER EXPERIENCE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, CONSIDERING ERGONOMICS, COLOR SCHEMES, LIGHTING, AND COMPREHENSIVE PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 

ROGER TALLON’S ENDURING LEGACY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS, EMBODYING A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE THAT HAS INDELIBLY SHAPED THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. READ MORE ↓ MEASUREMENTS

20 X 20 X 60 CM

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