Centre Pompidou

Patrick Jouin

17 Feb - 24 May 2010

© Patrick Jouin 2009
PATRICK JOUIN
La substance du design
17 February - 24 May 2010

The exhibition Patrick Jouin - La substance du design, designed in collaboration with the designer and his team, highlights the methodology of a work by presenting around twenty projects through material and visual aids emblematic of the Agency's production, which was created ten years ago by Patrick Jouin.

The public will thus be able to go behind the scenes of a design agency which manages objects, scripts, texts, drawings, screenings, samples, prototypes and scale models, inventing dialogues between them, and, in turn, forming the chemistry/alchemy of creation.

Born in 1967, Patrick Jouin is one of the major protagonists of contemporary design on the French and international scene. Since 1999, his Parisian agency has distinguished itself by the diversity of its activities: construction design, architecture, industrial design, handicraft, scenographies, street furniture, etc.

The Agency PATRICK JOUIN ID has thus participated in numerous urban projects launched by the City of Paris, such as the creation of new public toilets and even Vélib' stations, but it has also responded to more 'handcrafted' orders which necessitate a specific savoir-faire.