Design Signatur Perriand

La "chaise longue" basculante

The Reclining Lounge Chair

Design signé Perriand (7/8)

Bujany Szezlong (1928)

La poltrona a sdraio dei creativi

For comedian Nora Hamzawi, Charlotte Perriand’s reclining lounge chair is not just for relaxing but for working too.

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Designed by Charlotte Perriand

<p>For comedian Nora Hamzawi, Charlotte Perriand’s reclining lounge chair is not just for relaxing but for working too.</p>

Designed by Perriand (7/8)

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French journalist Augustin Trapenard is passionate about bookshelves, and especially the one designed by Charlotte Perriand for the Tunisia house in the Cité Internationale student village in Paris.

Designed by Perriand (1/8)

The 'Tunisie' Bookshelf

Desks are very important for head screenwriter Fanny Herrero and Perriand’s 1938 Boomerang desk caught her eye. It’s beautiful, well designed and exudes power.

Designed by Perriand (2/8)

The Boomerang Desk

Artist, writer and musician Claire L. Evans loves her revolving chair, a design classic. Created by Charlotte Perriand in 1927 (aged just 24) it was credited to the architect Le Corbusier.

Designed by Perriand (3/8)

The Revolving Chair

Chef Michel Troisgros admires Charlotte Perriand’s 1949 kitchen designs for Le Corbusier’s la Cité Radieuse apartments. By opening up the kitchen, Perriand made it the heart of the modern home.

Designed by Perriand (4/8)

Chef Michel Troisgros admires Charlotte Perriand’s 1949 kitchen designs for Le Corbusier’s la Cité Radieuse apartments. By opening up the kitchen Perriand made it the heart of the home.

La Cité Radieuse Kitchen

Architect Manuelle Gautrand is impressed by Perriand’s seaside house: The building’s economy of means, its careful use of space and attention to detail creating the perfect holiday home.

Designed by Perriand (5/8)

Architect Manuelle Gautrand is impressed by Perriand’s seaside house: The building’s economy of means, its careful use of space and attention to detail.

The Seaside House

Artist Pedro Marzorati is inspired by Charlotte Perriand’s mountain refuge; a way of showing her love for nature and the mountains as well as her desire to create spaces in harmony with their environment.

Designed by Perriand (6/8)

The Mountain Refuge

British architect Andrew Waugh is convinced that the best ideas come when you create for yourself. It was no accident that Charlotte Perriand created her classic extendable table by designing for her own apartment.

Designed by Perriand (8/8)

British architect Andrew Waugh is convinced that the best ideas come when you create for yourself. It was no accident then that Charlotte Perriand's classic extendable table was designed for her own apartment.

The Extendable Table

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A simple hut on the Côte d‘Azur shows all of Le Corbusier’s architectural genius.

Gymnastics

Le Corbusier and his Cabin

This documentary tells the story of German Expressionism in the context of colonial exploitation for the first time. When German artists Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein travelled to what was then the colony of German New Guinea and the Palau Islands in 1910, they wanted to revolutionise painting through inspiration from indigenous art and peoples. But their "South Sea paradise" had already been destroyed by the European colonial masters and their art would reveal the ideals and prejudice of early twentieth century Europe.

Expressionism and Colonialism

This documentary tells the story of German Expressionist art for the first time in the context of colonial exploitation. 

The White Gaze

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene. Featuring writer Sofi Oksanen, artists Flo Kasearu and Timo Toots, the Estonian Voices ensemble and rapper Tommy Cash

TWIST

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

Estonia: Young, Digital, Provocative

In 1970, the festival was interrupted after the screening of the film by Michael Verhoeven, OK, a parable about the Vietnam War. 16 years later, controversy reignites over the film Stammheim. When the film received the Golden Bear, the president, Gina Lollobrigida, immediately declared: "I was against this film." In 1976, people got flustered over Realm of the Senses, by the great Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, over accusations that it was pornography. 

70 Years of the Berlinale

The Berinale has had its fair share of drama throughout the years

Scandal!

Artists explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence. How do complex algorithms affect our interactions? And are machines capable of creativity?

Twist

AI: Can Machines Be Creative?

How are artists and cultural institutions responding to the climate emergency? What are they doing to become "greener"? Twist goes to Dresden, a city which has launched its pilot project "Culture for Future" to explore ways in which culture can address sustainable issues.

How are artists and cultural institutions responding to the climate emergency?

Go Green: Culture and Climate

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960), and the dazzling purity and fluidity of her unique sound. Her 10 year professional career was short but disproportionately influential.

The Magic of Interpretation

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960)

Clara Haskil

The solitary genius in art has long been venerated. But no longer. Make way for the artist collectives that are reimagining the art world and the role of the artist.  

Artist Collectives - The Ego Trip is Finished!

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic? It's certainly in stark contrast to Mary Magdalene, who is told not to touch him and spends the rest of her life living in a cave.

Look but Don't Touch

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

The incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio

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Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

Recognisable by their distinctive snout, Tapirs were once common across North and South America. Today these beautiful mammals are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Yapirs are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

GEO Reportage

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

Re: An Unconventional Retirement

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

Mapping the World

How many Eastern Europes?

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Researcher Natalia Romik is looking for the secret hiding places of Warsaw where Jewish people hid to avoid deportation. She discovers the stories of survivors, hidden in old oak trees or cemeteries, doing what they can to stay alive.

Secret Hiding Places of the Warsaw Ghetto

Re: Surviving the Holocaust

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

Pippi Longstocking

The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

ARTE Reportage

India: Sikkim - A Green New World

A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

Unknown Arabia

Saudi Arabia: The West

Carolyn Carlson and her company bid farewell to each other in a final creation. On the Chaillot theatre stage in Paris, the legendary choreographer and performer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Théâtre de Chaillot

The legendary American choreographer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Carolyn Carlson's The Tree

Star pianists Martha Argerich and Maria João Pires join British conductor Daniel Harding and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva's Victoria Hall to perform two major works by Mozart and Mahler.


Programme:
W. A  Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major

Victoria Hall - Geneva

Martha Argerich, Maria João Pires and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande perform Mozart and Mahler at Geneva’s Victoria Hall.

Martha Argerich & Maria João Pires Play Mozart

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

Streetphilosophy

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Embrace Your Sexuality!

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

5 Years of the Elbphilharmonie

In recent years Oman has been opening up to western tourists. What awaits them is a land of mountains, deserts, fjords, and pristine beaches.

Fairytale Oman

Fawzia Koofi is an extraordinary woman: the only female party leader in Afghanistan and also the country's first female MP. Since the Taliban's return to power, she has been forced to continue her fight for women’s rights in exile.

Since the Taliban's return to power, Fawzia Koofi has been forced to continue her fight for women’s rights in exile.

Designed by Perriand (7/8)

Designed by Charlotte Perriand

The 'Tunisie' Bookshelf

The 'Tunisie' Bookshelf

Designed by Perriand (1/8)

The Boomerang Desk

The Boomerang Desk

Designed by Perriand (2/8)

The Revolving Chair

The Revolving Chair

Designed by Perriand (3/8)

La Cité Radieuse Kitchen

La Cité Radieuse Kitchen

Designed by Perriand (4/8)

The Seaside House

The Seaside House

Designed by Perriand (5/8)

The Mountain Refuge

The Mountain Refuge

Designed by Perriand (6/8)