Siège Tapis-siège

Source :

"Magic Carpets", by Cloé Pitiot

Inspired by eastern rugs, Paulin’s carpets structure a living space. His earliest investigations in this domain led in 1966 to the design of the Déclive, an unusual, adjustable “flying carpet”. A suspended, bendable surface, this poetic design creates a space of its own, inside or outside. In 1970, returning from Osaka, Paulin spent time in India, where he discovered the multiple uses of the rug. The experience of the Japanese tatami and the Indian rug prompted him to conceive a new way of living for the West – at floor level. Unlike the Déclive, clearly an item of furniture, the Tapis-Siège is an environment. It combines the geometry of the tatami with the softness and movability of the rug. Its four turned-up corners make back-rests and define a space. In 1972, he produced a variation on the Tapis-Siège whose geometry derives from origami. In the early 1990s, the carpet shifted from floor to wall, soon colonising the whole interior. The Diwan that Paulin designed for the living room of his house in the Cévennes derives from the oriental divan: but rather than the garden pattern of the Persian rug, Paulin’s carpet is inspired by the traditional French conservatory.

Source :
in Code Couleur, n°25, may-august 2016, p. 19