Style Guide: Modernism and the International Style

Explores the life and work of this early modernist architect in Southern California.

One of the pioneers of modern design, Eileen Gray's designs for lacquer screens and furniture, lamps, and carpets were widely appreciated in the Art Deco period, beloved for their comfort, aestheticism, and individuality. Later, as a self-taught architect, she designed two innovative houses in the south of France.

Examines the life and work of Perriand, an important figure of modernism in the 1930s and a major protagonist of the organic forms of the 1950s.