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Kartell, Une Entreprise Pionnière Dans Les Matières Plastiques FR KARTELL, UNE ENTREPRISE PIONNIÈRE 01 DANS LES MATIÈRES PLASTIQUES PLASTICARIUM COLLECTION Les matières plastiques font leur entrée dans le monde du ANNA CASTELLI-FERRIERI [1918-2006] mobilier notamment grâce à l’entreprise Kartell, fondée en 1949 par Giulio Castelli [1920-2006], ingénieur chimiste, Anna Castelli-Ferrieri est une architecte et designer diplômé de Politecnico de Milan. italienne. En 1943, elle est la première femme diplômée de Politecnico de Milan, dans le domaine de l’architecture. « Mon défi d’entrepreneur a consisté justement à présenter au Cette même année elle épouse Giulio Castelli. Anna public le plastique comme une matière noble, non comme un Castelli-Ferrieri fait partie des designers qui souhaitent ersatz de matière naturelles, mais avec une dignité bien à lui. » transformer le monde du design avec la nouvelle technologie et les nouveaux matériaux, en particulier les plastiques. « Conversazione con Giulio Castelli », in Giulio Castelli, Paola Antonelli et Francesca Picchi, La fabbrica del design. Conversazione i protagnisti del Pour y parvenir, elle a multiplié les collaborations avec des design italiano, Milan : Skira, 2007, p. 26 entreprises prestigieuses dans le domaine du design indus- triel [Arflex, Sambonet, Ycami, Matteograssi, etc.]. En 1966 Giulio Castelli a compris le potentiel extraordinaire des elle rejoint l’entreprise Kartell puis en prend la direction matériaux polymères et a consacré sa vie professionnelle à artistique de 1976 à 1987. créer des objets. Le premier produit a été un porte-ski, suivi d’une ligne importante d’accessoires pour l’automobile. Elle décline alors de nombreux objets du quotidien acces- Cette passion pour cette nouvelle matière l’amène à créer sibles à tous, au point que, dans chaque foyer italien, on en 1951 un département de produits destinés à l’environne- pouvait trouver un objet Kartell. Ses créations se caracté- ment domestique, tels que des articles ménagers, des objets risent par des formes géométriques minimalistes, aux d’ameublement, des luminaires et des meubles, en veillant à couleurs primaires et opaques, à la surface ou finitions bril- ce qu’ils soient innovants et fabriqués à l’aide de processus lantes, produite à partir des dernières innovations industriels. technologiques. Pour montrer que le plastique est une matière de qualité Son premier projet de design créé par elle seule pour Kartell Giulio Castelli va abondamment communiquer. En 1956, Il a été le meuble de rangement Componibili. Bestsellers de la crée le journal d’entreprise Qualità, puis fonde dans les maison d’édition italienne, Kartell, les Componibili, qui années 1970 Centrokappa, une structure autonome de signifie modulaire ou superposable, posent la question de design, de graphisme, de publicité et de communication. De l’inter-objectivité. Il s’agit d’unités de rangement rondes ou ces réflexions naissent des campagnes publicitaires qui carrées que l’on peut superposer à l’envi sans vis, ni outil, mettent en scène des intérieurs entièrement meublés par la mais par emboitement. Elles se composent d’une base, d’un marque, où chaque élément est mis en valeur, même par la corps et d’une petite porte. Une gamme d’accessoires com- présence des autres. plémentaires sont disponibles : plateau, couvercle, coussin, roulettes, etc. qu’il est possible d’acquérir au fur et à mesure. Anna Castelli-Ferrieri 1.1 KARTELL, UNE ENTREPRISE PIONNIÈRE DANS LES MATIÈRES PLASTIQUES Les unités sont par ailleurs produites dans diverses couleurs : chacun est donc également libre d’agencer des modules soit de couleurs différentes, soit dans une même couleur. Cette liberté de « moduler comme on l’entend et selon son besoin » et ce dans toutes les parties de l’habitat, est l’une des grandes forces de l’objet et la garantie de son succès. Anna Castelli a choisi l’’acrylonitrile butadiène styrène [ABS], l’un des plastiques les plus employés aujourd’hui et appelé « acier tubulaire des années 60 ». ANNA CASTELLI-FERRIERI, meuble de rangement Componibili, 1967-aujourd’hui, ABS, Kartell, ITA 1.2 FR LA TRANSPARENCE 02 DANS L’ÉLECTROMÉNAGER PLASTICARIUM COLLECTION APPLE des couleurs à la mode. Ainsi, au lieu de fabriquer des boîtes carrées, Ive imagine un capot aux lignes courbes. L’acrylo- La compagnie Apple a été fondée en 1976, en Californie, par nitrile-butadiène-styrène [ABS] teinté en beige ou gris est deux informaticiens, Steve Wozniak [né en 1950] et Steve remplacé par du polycarbonate [PC] transparent coloré en Jobs [1955-2011]. Six mois plus tard, le micro ordinateur bleu, rouge, orange, violet ou vert. Jonathan Ive porte une Apple I est mis sur le marché. Le succès, immédiat, est le attention aux détails : l’ensemble est compact et les câbles résultat d’une miniaturisation rapide des composants élec- électriques sont limités au strict minimum. L’iMac doit troniques. C’est aussi le signe d’une révolution culturelle : le être un accessoire qui s’intègre autant à l’univers du travail souci de démocratiser l’accès à l’informatique. Le slogan qu’à l’univers domestique. d’Apple à l’époque est d’ailleurs : « le principe démocratique tel qu’il s’applique à la technologie est : une personne, un Le succès de ce design est fracassant, au-delà du monde de ordinateur. » l’informatique. La firme Artemide par exemple s’en est inspi- rée pour concevoir des luminaires en PC translucide et coloré. À partir de 1985, tous les appareils de la firme sont appelés Macintosh et les progrès technologiques ne cessent de L’iMac est identifié aujourd’hui comme l’un des produits les s’accélérer. En 1996, Apple crée l’iMac, un ordinateur com- plus importants de la fin du 20è siècle. Moins d’une année pact dont toutes les fonctions sont intégrées sous un même après la commercialisation de l’iMac, Apple dévoile l’iBook. et unique capot. JONATHAN IVE, APPLE DESIGN TEAM, ordinateur iMac, 1996, PC, technique mixte, Apple, USA Le designer d’origine britannique Jonathan Ive [né en JONATHAN IVE, APPLE DESIGN TEAM, ordinateur iBook, 1967], est nommé en 1996 à la tête de l’équipe responsable 1997, PC, technique mixte, Apple, USA du design des produits de la marque Apple – poste qu’il occupe toujours en 2016. Son rôle est essentiel puisqu’il a L’iBook est le premier ordinateur portable grand public ancré l’importance du design dans la compagnie. L’un de d’Apple. Son aspect ludique et coloré – deux coloris sont ses premiers projets a justement été l’iMac. disponibles, myrtille et mandarine – lui a valu quelques critiques. Son esthétique a été jugée par certains trop L’objectif était de créer un ordinateur fonctionnel et facile à proche des jouets. Néanmoins, Apple a mis sur le marché le utiliser, tout en redéfinissant son esthétique en employant deuxième ordinateur portable le plus rapide au monde. 2.1 LA TRANSPARENCE DANS L’ÉLECTROMÉNAGER DYSON James Dyson Les aspirateurs du designer britannique James Dyson [né en 1947] sont des pièces iconiques du design industriel. JAMES DYSON, aspirateur DC05, 1988, ABS, PC, circuit électrique, Dyson Appliances, GBR En 1978, James Dyson conçoit un nouveau type d’aspira- teur basé sur l’idée du cyclone et dépourvu de sac. Après cinq années de recherche et 5127 prototypes, un premier modèle sort au Japon sous la marque G-Force. Avec ses couleurs lilas et rose pastel, l’appareil est destiné à séduire aspirateur aspirateur un public féminin. Toutefois, James Dyson, voulant péné- G-Force DC01 trer le marché britannique, se lance lui-même dans la production de son produit. Après plusieurs remaniements, un aspirateur-balai, le DC01, est produit en 1983. Il est suivi d’une version traîneau, le DC02. Au lieu de cacher le mécanisme sous un capot, le designer le laisse apparent en utilisant un plastique transparent. Ainsi, l’utilisateur peut directement voir si l’aspirateur à besoin d’être vidé. Les couleurs choisies, jaune, gris métal- lisé et noir, mettent en évidence les composantes princi- pales de la machine. Malgré son prix élevé, la marque Dyson devient vite numéro un sur le marché britannique. La pièce conservée au ADAM est une version actualisée du DC02, dénommée DC05. Pour ce nouveau modèle daté de 1988, James Dyson remplace le gris métallisé par du bleu aspirateur turquoise et du bleu foncé. DC02 2.2 FR SIÈGES 03 ANTHROPOMORPHES PLASTICARIUM COLLECTION ROGER TALLON [1929-2012] NICOLA L. [née en 1937] Roger Tallon, connu pour avoir dessiné le TGV ou encore la Née au Maroc, Nicola L. s’installe dans le Paris de l’après- télévision Télévia, a produit avec son équipe plus de quatre- guerre pour étudier à l’Académie Julian et à l’École des cents objets en vingt ans, pour des commanditaires publics Beaux-arts de Paris. En 1966, elle se rend à New York, ville et privés. alors rythmée par le Pop Art. À la même époque, elle découvre le vinyle et les fourrures synthétiques, matériaux En 1966, l’artiste César fait appel à Roger Tallon pour des- qu’elle décline sous toutes les formes sur des « meubles siner les santons de la crèche de l’aéroport d’Orly [France]. sculpture ». Ce terme désigne des éléments de mobilier qui Il imagine alors des santons sous la forme de sièges reprennent un langage sculptural organique et surréaliste portraits qui représentent des personnalités de l’époque. assumé. Quant à son esthétique, Nicola L. la qualifie Installés sur ces sièges, les usagers pouvaient voir Jésus sur d’« autre pop ». Influencée par les bouleversements sociopo- un écran de télévision. Roger Tallon poursuit cette série litiques de son temps, elle aborde le rôle de la femme et anthropomorphe en réalisant pour le restaurant bar l’Astro- développe une pratique basée sur le fonctionnel et les ob- quet, situé boulevard Saint-Germain [Paris], une vingtaine de jets du quotidien.
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