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Matali Crasset: A Book on French Product Design
Matali Crasset is a multilingual design monograph devoted to the work of the influential French product and interior designer. Part of a series on young but already internationally recognised architects and designers, the volume introduces Crasset’s projects through the idea of the work ensemble—a phrase that reflects her interest in design as a network of objects, spaces, users and behaviours rather than as isolated forms.
The book is especially useful for readers interested in Matali Crasset, contemporary French design, experimental product design, and the relationship between domestic space, social interaction and everyday objects. Crasset’s work often challenges conventional furniture and interior typologies, making this publication a valuable reference for understanding late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century European design thinking.
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