Francis Large coffee table by Constance Guisset - Petite Friture
Designer: Constance Guisset
Brand: Petite Friture
Material: glass, aluminum and epoxy paint
Dimensions: diameter 75 x H 36 cm
Availability: 3 weeks lead time
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Black Watercolor Blue/Purple or White Watercolor Blue/Yellow
The Francis coffee table is the result of a unique experiment with pigments.
The edge of this mirror evokes the oxidation of old mirrors or the pigments of a makeup palette, with a shift of bright and deep colors.
Designer Constance Guisset created watercolors by hand, playing with two series of shades.
The watercolors were then worked digitally to amplify the transparency of the colors, reinforce or soften the movement of the pigments and thus give birth to six unique watercolors.
Then, the watercolors printed on mirror were captured in a lamination of glass bringing depth to the eye and resistance to these functional tables.
In order to bring strength and balance to this mirror anchored in the colored vapors of watercolors, a spun steel foot was created for the coffee table.
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Born in 1976, Constance Guisset lives and works in Paris. Constance Guisset is a French designer with an original background. After economic and commercial studies at ESSEC and IEP Paris, then a year at the Tokyo Parliament, she chose to turn to creation. She graduated in 2007 from ENSCI - Les Ateliers and founded her studio. She quickly obtained various recognitions such as the Grand Prix du Design de la Ville de Paris in 2008, the Public Prize at the Villa Noailles Design Parade in 2009, the title of Designer of the year at the Salon Maison et Objets and the Audi Talents Awards in 2010.
His different fields of research lead him to work with Petite Friture for product design; with Angelin Preljocaj, Established & Sons and Galeries Lafayette, notably in scenography; and with the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Saint Etienne Design Biennale in the field of video.
She regularly collaborates with Petite Friture: the VERTIGO pendant light (2010), the FRANCIS mirrors (2011), the NUBILO sofa and armchair (2014 and 2015), the Panache mirrors (2017) and the mirror tables and the extra large FRANCIS mirror (2019). ) and the Vertigo Nova pendant lights, floor lamp and stem (2020)
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Petite Friture is a French design studio founded in 2009, which collaborates with emerging designers to create innovative and functional decorative objects.
Their approach is to offer products that are both poetic and technical, combining creativity, aesthetics and manufacturing quality. Petite Friture produces lighting, decorative accessories, furniture and everyday art objects.
Their creations are characterized by a strong presence of colors and graphic shapes, as well as the use of original materials such as blown glass, laser-cut metal and natural fiber weaving.
The studio has received numerous awards for its designs, including the Red Dot Design Award and the Wallpaper Design Award. Petite Friture also collaborates with prestigious brands such as Hermès and Fendi Casa.
Their products are distributed worldwide and are present in iconic locations such as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the MoMA in New York.
