- Serge Mouille
Serge Mouille (24 December 1922 - 1988) was a French industrial designer and
goldsmith . He is best known for hislight fixture designs.Biography
He was born and raised in a popular part of
Paris . At the age of 13 he was admitted to theÉcole des Arts Appliqués . [ [http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=12175&page_tab=Bio_and_links] Artnet] His area of study wasmetallurgy and he earned a diploma in gold smithing.After having worked a few years in the workshop of
Gabriel Lacroix , he opened his own workshop in 1945 with the intention of creating goldutensils .In 1953 he began researching and designing light fixtures. During this period he was also supervising the gold smithing department at l'École des Arts Appliqués. In 1955 he was inducted into the "Société des Artistes Décorateurs" ("the Interior Decorators' Society").
The following year,
Steph Simon opens a design gallery at [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=145+Bd+St+Germain,+Paris,+France&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.111473,82.265625&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 145 Bd St Germain] in Paris. Displaying the work ofCharlotte Perriand andJean Prouvé , the gallery soon also features the work of Serge Mouille,Isamu Noguchi , andJean Luce . The designs of these artists soon become more widely known thanks to orders placed by institutions such as,Cité universitaire d’Antony ,universités de Strasbourg et d’Aix-Marseille , andCentre d’essais en vol de Brétigny .Serge Mouille suffered from
tuberculosis for many years, and in 1959 he was forced to suspend his design activities and undergo treatment.In 1961, thanks to the
Société de Création des Modèles , he was able to exhibit his latest light fixture designs at the trade show "Salon des arts ménagers". These designs combined the concepts offluorescence andincandescence .Production of his light fixtures stopped definitively in 1961.
Serge Mouille remains famous primarily for his minimalistic designs and use of uniformly black painted metal materials. His wall-mounted spot light fixture with articulated arms is typical for his discrete, yet highly functional designs.
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*External links
* [http://www.ensaama.net/HTTP/OdS_HTML/Index.html École des Arts Appliqués]
* [http://www.gueridon.com/mouille-lighting/index.php Official American Distributor]
* [http://www.sergemouille.com/ Official Canadian Distributor]
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