Olivier Mourgue Settees
French, b. 1939
With its undulating, futuristic and playful form, it’s easy to see why filmmaker Stanley Kubrick chose to use Olivier Mourgue’s iconic Djinn chair in his 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. But the French artist and industrial designer is known for much more than the Space Age Djinn. From his whimsical Flower floor lamps to his anthropomorphic Bouloum chair, Mourgue is renowned as an important contributor to the 1960s Pop art era of modern furniture design.
Born in Paris in 1939, Mourgue grew up in an apartment filled with Empire-style antique furniture, which he derided as having “nothing to do with life.” He later studied art at Paris’s École Boulle, graduating in 1958. He then attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.
In 1959, his former teacher at École Boulle, Marcel Merpillat, encouraged him to present a chair he designed at a competition hosted by furniture manufacturer Airborne. Airborne founder Charles Bernard was impressed by Mourgue’s design, which featured a leather-upholstered seat attached to a chrome steel frame; it was produced by the company under the name the Joker. Mourgue designed several other mid-century modern pieces for Airborne throughout the 1960s, including the Whist chaise longue, the rotund Montreal chair, the unique Cubique chair and the Djinn series, which first appeared in 1964.
In addition to Airborne, Mourgue has designed for furniture manufacturers such as Disderot and Prisunic, and collaborated with British architect and designer Sir Norman Foster and Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa.
Mourgue worked for Le Mobilier National to design the French Pavilion for Montreal’s Expo ‘67. In 1968, he received the International Design Award from the Institute of Interior Designers in New York for the Djinn lounge chair. He also exhibited several of his works at Expo ‘70 in Osaka, Japan.
Today, Mourgue’s pieces are part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Olivier Mourgue seating, lighting and more.
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Creator: Olivier Mourgue
Two-Seat Djinn Sofa by Olivier Mourgue for Airborne
By Olivier Mourgue
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Vintage Djinn two-seater sofa designed by Olivier Mourgue in 1965 for Airborne.
Metal frame lined with foam and covered with fabric .
The feet have steel Skates. The Djinn sofa who...
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Two-Seat Djinn Sofa by Olivier Mourgue for Airborne
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Another classic piece by Mourgue, this one a two seat sofa, completely reupholstered including foam webbing and fabric, and the fabric used is top quality 'Stretch' by Knoll.
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Olivier Mourgue settees for sale on 1stDibs.
Olivier Mourgue settees are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of fabric and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Olivier Mourgue settees, although red editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original settees by Olivier Mourgue were created in the mid-century modern style in france during the 1960s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider settees by Guillerme et Chambron, and Votre Maison. Prices for Olivier Mourgue settees can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $5,594 and can go as high as $10,262, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,326.