A Night At The (Design) Museum

Last Wednesday, Métier Founder Melissa Morris and FT How To Spend It Editor-in-Chief Jo Ellison met at the Design Museum to discuss Charlotte Perriand and her influence on modern design. The talk was a celebration of design, female entrepreneurs and of course, the legacy of Charlotte Perriand.

Highlights From The Talk

On Design For Purpose

“She came to the fore at a time when design was all about Art Nouveau, Art Deco and a lot of ornamentation. It was a pivotal moment in the design world and a transition to Bauhaus and this idea of designing for purpose and for making people’s lives better rather than for aesthetic. Perriand was a leading force in that,” said Morris. “To me she stood out, not for the obvious reason of being a woman in a male-dominated world — which is still very relevant — but for her process. She wouldn’t start designing by thinking of the object itself, but rather the people using that object and the experience they’re having.”

On Timeless Design

“The idea is to solve, hopefully elegantly, modern problems. When you’re designing something to solve a problem it will remain timeless unless the scope of the problem changes,” said Morris

A Night At Ognisko

After the talk, we celebrated with friends at one of our favourite London restaurants, Ognisko.