Pierre Paulin's La Déclive Seating Concept Reimagined at Design Miami.Paris

Summary

• Pierre Paulin’s 1966 La Déclive seating concept was re-envisioned as the monumental Articulated Floors exhibit for Design Miami.Paris by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin.
• The modular, adaptable structure treats the floor as inhabitable furniture, demonstrating a radical fusion of interior architecture and furniture design.

Presented at Design Miami.Paris, Pierre Paulin‘s experimental seating concept La Déclive has been reimagined by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, the family-led project aimed at carrying his legacy into the future. Titled “Articulated Floors,” the exhibit takes the concept to another level, scaling the design to monumental proportions.

First designed in 1966, La Déclive is an articulated seating structure made up of cushioned bars, allowing the user to adjust and reconfigure as needed. According the Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, the radical approach embraced his ultimate ideal: “to eliminate traditional furniture in favor of a shifting, inhabitable floor.”

Unlike traditional furniture, which is supported by the floor, La Déclive proposes the floor as furniture in itself. Demonstrating the fusion of interior architecture and furniture design, the concept invites a new use of common spaces that is both modular and adaptable according to use.

For the Design Miami.Paris exhibit, a performance based on EXTENDED LULLABY (1994) by John Cage, is paired with the spatial experience, echoing their dual contributions to experimentation in the arts. Their artistic practices run parallel in their encouragement of subjectivity and flexible meaning.

See photos of the installed “Articulated Floors” exhibition in the gallery above and stay tuned to Hypebeast for the latest design insights.