Jean-Louis Avril, 'Chaises et Table', 1967 and 1968, Édition Marty-LAC, lacquered 'carton celloderme', Jean-Louis Avril Collection © Antoine Avril
Another year over. But don’t get all misty-eyed. Apply that retrospection to some engaging design instead. Two exhibitions currently running, one at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the other at the offices of MariniPandolfi/Comet in Florence, look back at the rapid expansion in design production and consumption in post-war France and the lighting designs of Italian design hero Vico Magistretti respectively. And retrospectively.
