Please Be Seated: a glimpse at French filmmaker Jacques Tati’s humorous satire on modern design.
design miami/2019: Les Ateliers Courbet + Thirlwall Design present Please Be Seated.
Les Ateliers Courbet introduces to the United States the sole edition of Tati designs ever made, produced by esteemed design studio Domeau & Pérès in collaboration with Jacques Tati’s Estate “Les Films de Mon Oncle.”
Tati Collection from the Editions Domeau & Pérès; THE VILLA ARPEL EXHIBITION, Paris 2009 Courtesy of the Jacques Tati estate ‘Les Fims de Mon Oncle’ (c) Benoît Fougeirol Photography: @ateliercourbet.com/tati-collection
Presented in collaboration with Thirlwall Design, Please Be Seated is a capsule installation offering a glimpse at French filmmaker Jacques Tati’s humorous satire on modern design, lifestyle, and consumerism as portrayed in his acclaimed 1958 film Mon Oncle (My Uncle). The installation introduces to the United States the sole edition of Tati designs ever made, produced by esteemed design studio Domeau & Pérès in collaboration with Jacques Tati’s
Estate “Les Films de Mon Oncle.”
The French master craftsmen and design publishers Domeau & Pérès pay homage to Tati’s visionary designs and whims with a limited edition of three visually appealing and completely impractical seats.
The Tati Collection has been exhibited in European museums and institutions since its 2007, unveiling in Paris with a full-scale reproduction of Mon Oncle’s Villa Arpel and was also included in the French Pavilion of the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. Today the three seats belong to significant collections—both private and public—including that of Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
In Mon Oncle, Tati shares his questioning of and satirical perspective on modernism and modern design through the misadventure of his iconic character, the candid and clumsy Monsieur Hulot. Certainly visionary at the time, Tati’s work and ideas feel as relevant in Hulot’s 1950s as they are today.
ROCKING CHAIR Tati Collection; Courtesy of Jacques Tati estate ‘Les Films de Mon Oncle’. Featuring edition number and the Editions Domeau & Pérès stamp.Delivered with a certificate of authenticity; @ateliercourbet.com/tati-collection
Mrs Arpel’s Sofa belongs to the Tati Collection from the Editions Domeau & Pérès; Courtesy of Jacques Tati estate ‘Les Films de Mon Oncle’. Featuring edition number and the Editions Domeau & Pérès stamp.Delivered with a certificate of authenticity; @ateliercourbet.com/tati-collection
Mr Hulot’s Bench belongs to the Tati Collection from the Editions Domeau & Pérès. Courtesy of Jacques Tati estate ‘Les Films de Mon Oncle’. Featuring edition number and the Editions Domeau & Pérès stamp. Delivered with a certificate of authenticity; @ateliercourbet.com/tati-collection
Jacques Tati – Villa Arpel (c) Benoît Fougeirol | Courtesy of the estate ‘Les Films de Mon Oncle’ and Domeau & Pérès
