Description
QUADRO 154 by LUMEN CENTER
Uncover the excellence of lighting design with QUADRO 154 by Lumen Center. Designed in 1929 by Jacques Adnet, Quadro reflects the elegance, the minimalism and the refined and subdued style of rationalists from the 1930s. Quadro was created in the 1970s on the behest of then artistic director Gilles Derain.
ABOUT DESIGNER
Jacques Adnet
Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) architect and designer, leading exponent of the French Modernist movement. After studying at the Auxerre School of Design and at LโEcole des Arts Decoratifs, Adnet founded the JJ Adnet company together with his twin brother Jean. From 1928 to 1960 he was director of the Compagnie des Arts Franรงais. Among the designers on his team were prominent figures such as Franรงois Jourdain, Charlotte Perriand and Georges Jouve. During the 50s, he devoted himself to the design of furniture and received numerous commissions including the decoration of the private apartments of the French president at the Elysรฉe and the meeting room of the Paris headquarters of UNESCO. From 1959 to 1970 he directed the รcole Nationale Supรฉrieure des Arts Dรฉcoratifs in Paris.
