Christian Germanaz ( b. 1940 ) French Industrial Designer

Christian Germanaz (b.1940) is a French industrial designer and furniture maker who was active in Paris. He studied at the Ecole Boulle and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs.

Half and Half Seat

Germanaz designed the Half and Half seat (1964), which Airborne manufactured in 1968. This seat consisted of two identical plastic shapes clamped together to form a bench.

In 1970, he formed his own design office and designed many public spaces, including hotels, restaurants and hospitals. As an interior architect, he created art galleries, museums and the Manufacture Nationale de Sevres. He designed exhibition sets for the Paris Grand Palais, Caen, and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; stage sets for dancer Maurice Bejart; seats, including Comedia, created with the help of VIA Carte Blanche and shown at the Bloomingdale’s, New York, VIA exhibition. At the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, he taught.

Sources

Bony, A., & Hayward, J. (2005). Design: history, main trends, major figures. Chambers.

Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing.

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