28 January 2009

The Centre Pompidou is devoting a monograph to the British industrial designer and architect Ron Arad.

Ron Arad, always on the search for new, unconventional solutions, designed for Alessi a series of objects as the CDholder “The Soundtrack”, a set of three small containers for nibbles “Babyboop”, the “Babyboop vase” and the wines & bar set “Chiringuito”.

The Alessi shops in Paris are devoting to Ron Arad their windows of Rue Boissy d’Anglas 31 and of Boulevard Raspail 31.

"No discipline". the retrospective of his work proposed by the Centre Pompidou presents major and emblematic works, prototypes accompanied by audiovisual documents, limited series and mass-produced objects, along with numerous architectural projects.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, he lives and works in London. He has created world-famous pieces, from Rover Chair and Well Tempered Chair to the Bookworm bookcase. He designs for Kartell, Moroso , Driade, Fiam.