Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life
Freedom in form. Nature in structure. A life designed for living.

Long overshadowed by her male contemporaries, Charlotte Perriand was always several steps ahead—designing furniture that moved with the body, interiors that breathed with light, and a world where beauty and function belonged to everyone. The Modern Life is a long-overdue celebration of this trailblazing architect and designer, published alongside the landmark exhibition at the Design Museum in London.

Spanning her collaborations with Le Corbusier and Jean Prouvé to her solo projects across Japan and the Alps, this book is more than a retrospective—it’s a manifesto. Through photographs, sketches, essays, and archival material, we follow Perriand’s journey as a designer of modern life in its fullest sense: spacious, sustainable, and deeply human.

At Canyon Creative Studio, we’re drawn to thinkers who built the future while rooted in nature. Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life is a stunning tribute to a woman who reshaped modernism—not with noise, but with intention.

Details

• Hardcover, 224 pages

• Over 200 illustrations, including archival photography and original sketches

• Edited by Justin McGuirk with essays by Jane Hall, Jacques Barsac, and others

• Published by The Design Museum / Phaidon

• Dimensions: 8.25 x 10.75 inches