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COFFEE TABLE   «MODULE 400»  CA/1965 

ROGER TALLON’S MODULE 400 COFFEE TABLE, IS A VERSATILE AND FORWARD-THINKING PIECE THAT EMBODIES THE DESIGNER’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MODULARITY AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. THE COFFEE TABLE’S DESIGN IS BASED ON A SYSTEM OF RECTANGULAR MODULES, ALLOWING USERS TO ARRANGE THEM IN VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. THIS ADAPTABILITY WAS A REFLECTION OF THE ERA’S GROWING INTEREST IN CUSTOMIZABLE, FUNCTIONAL FURNITURE THAT COULD EVOLVE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE IT OCCUPIED.

CONSTRUCTED FROM SLEEK, INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS SUCH AS METAL AND GLASS, THE MODULE 400 EXUDES A MINIMALIST YET UTILITARIAN CHARM. ITS CLEAN LINES AND STACKABLE COMPONENTS SUGGEST A FLEXIBILITY THAT WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME, MAKING IT NOT ONLY A PIECE OF FURNITURE BUT ALSO A REFLECTION OF MID-CENTURY MODERNISM’S DRIVE TOWARD PRACTICALITY COMBINED WITH STYLE. TALLON’S WORK HERE CONNECTS FUNCTION WITH FORM IN A WAY THAT IS TIMELESS, WITH THE MODULE 400 COFFEE TABLE STANDING AS BOTH A PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR MODERN LIVING AND A STATEMENT OF AVANT-GARDE DESIGN THINKING.

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

39 x 59,5 x 59,5 CM

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POLISHED ALUMINUM, GLASS TABLETOP

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