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French designer Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) was one of the leading
furniture designers of the post-war era. He played a vital role in the
reconstruction of France after World War II, where his streamlined
wooden furniture, focused on clean aesthetics and functionality,
became the staple for 1950s French households.
Gascoin worked as an interior architect and designer with the
French Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism to design and
build homes and the furniture to fill them during the post-war
housing crisis in France. Forward-thinking for his time and with a
strong social conscience, Gascoin’s democratic design drew lines
between art and industry, converging clean aesthetics with rational
manufacturing processes.
Today Gascoin’s work, unrecognized for a long time, has been
progressively rediscovered by collectors, who adore his simple and
striking furniture creations.
1907 - 1986
Marcel Gascoin
