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DESIGNERS SERIES
Cassina
By Karl Lagerfeld
Fendi and Chanel Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld has seen it
all. There is nothing that he hasn’t tried or experienced yet… A
legendary fashion designer but above all a brilliant and visionary
mind whose creativity has been globally praised and blessed, he
is also a much-acclaimed photographer whose field of interest
extends beyond the fashion world. The founder of 7L, a gallery
and library, he has also offered his support to young talents
and helped them be discovered by more photography lovers.
Lagerfeld has also been an art and design collector for many
years. You cannot have missed one of those photographs of
the master sitting in his Parisian studio or library surrounded by
books and design objects. Such as the late Azzedine Alaia, who
was well known for his collection ranging from Marc Newson
and Jean Prouvé to Serge Mouille (before the craze as we are
talking here of the 80s and 90s), the German, Paris based
designer, has been collecting Italian designs for a long time. So
this is no wonder the Italian house Cassina commissioned him to
photograph some of the most iconic pieces of their collection:
a library by Charlotte Perriand or the Superleggera chair by Gio
Ponti. In this performance, Lagerfeld shares a new side of his
work. These new clichés are assembled in a book edited by
German artistic books publisher Steidl. ST
Creditline: John Taylor; lightonwhite.com
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