Olivia Putman Explained

Olivia Putman
Birth Place:Paris, France
Education:University of La Sorbonne Paris; art history; landscape architecture
Occupation:Interior Design Design Scenography landscape architecture
Organization:Studio Putman
Children:4
Parents:Andrée Putman (mother)

Olivia Putman (born 1964) is a French designer, daughter to Andrée Putman and heir to her mother's design studio, Studio Putman. Her works range from interior architecture to scenography and design.[1]

Biography

Olivia Putman grew up in Paris with her mother, Andrée Putman, a designer, and her father Jacques Putman, an art collector, editor and critic. Through family acquaintances and her teenage nights at Le Palace, she got to meet the most eclectic figures of the artistic scene of those days,[2] including Andy Warhol and Yves Saint-Laurent.

Career

After graduating from high school, Olivia completed a bachelor's degree in art history in 1987, at the Paris-Sorbonne University. She then divided her time and workspace between Paris and New York. She became the agent of the Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts, and she befriended with Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom she counted among her friends until he died.[3]

In 1988, for the first time, she becomes an exhibition curator. Thanks to her friend Leo Castelli, she exhibits pieces from Jasper Johns or Mario Merz in Paris.[3]

This first exhibition gained Putman popularity and she started working with the association Usines Ephémères, which converts disused urban spaces into artist studios.[4]

Landscape architecture (1994-2006)

In 1994, she created temporary gardens combining art and agriculture with Jean-Paul Ganem. At this stage, Olivia was an active artist and started studying landscape management.

In 1997, Olivia Putman started as a freelancer and flew to Japan to design her first private garden. Public acknowledgement of her talent only took a few years. Her work for Parfums Caron was awarded the Dream Garden Prize at the Garden Festival of Saint-Cloud in 2000 and she also designed a private garden for Marc Jacobs in Paris.[5] [6]

Studio Putman, from mother to daughter (since 2007)

In 2007, Olivia Putman agrees to take the art direction of the Andrée Putman's agency, a long-standing desire of the founder.[7] The Andrée Putman agency becomes "Studio Putman." Olivia Putman keeps a taste for challenging adventures that combine pleasure and innovation, and that articulate creative ideals with concrete reality.[1]

Olivia Putman embraces a free and generous approach: she imagines luxurious hotels, offices and private residencies always trying to combine comfort and elegance of lines with a rigorous functionality. She designs high-end furniture manufactured with some of the best French craftsmen. She wins the “Best Design” prize in Los Angeles, in 2015, for her Métamorphoses tap collection. She also imagines sets for exhibitions and works with Lalique, Nina Ricci or Herzog et de Meuron.[8] [9]

Interior design

Scenography

Design

"I believe that we live in a time where people are fed up with "design for design". Design is successful when you have the right answer for its purpose", says Olivia Putman

Awards

2000 - "Jardin de Rêve" Prize (Dream garden Prize) at the "Festival des Jardins" of Saint-Cloud. Olivia Putman imagined a garden for the Parfums Caron

2009 - Olivia Putman wins the Nespresso contest [21]

2012 - Olivia Putman wins the LATAM Airways contest et and creates VIP lounges in South America

2015 - Best Design Award for the THG collection at the "BD West" Fair, Los Angeles[22]

Personal

Olivia Putman has four children, Julien, Noé, Carl and Louis.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top Interior Designers - Andrée Putman – Best Interior Designers. Bestinteriordesigners.eu. 2 September 2015 . 20 October 2018.
  2. Web site: PMQ 元創方 - Le French May ANDRÉE PUTMAN – Ambassador of Style. PMQ 元創方 - Le French May ANDRÉE PUTMAN – Ambassador of Style. 20 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Olivia putman | Studio Putman . 2013-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130712073323/http://studioputman.com/about/olivia-putman-en/ . 2013-07-12 . dead .
  4. Web site: Olivia Putman : le design en héritage - Business O Féminin : Business O Féminin. businessofeminin.com. 25 March 2014 . 20 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Olivia Putman - Made in Design. Madeindesign.com. 20 October 2018.
  6. Web site: Biographie Olivia Putman. Majenius du Design. 20 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Olivia Putman - Ecart International. Ecart.paris. 20 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Catalogue Lalique architecture & decoration 2014. Issuu.com. 10 September 2014 . 20 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Olivia Putman livre son interprétation de l'Air du Temps de Nina Ricci - la Parisienne . 2017-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302111854/http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/beaute/olivia-putman-livre-son-interpretation-de-l-air-du-temps-de-nina-ricci-11-03-2013-2635193.php . 2017-03-02 . dead .
  10. Web site: Studio Putman - Hôtels haut de gamme et Hôtels de Luxe. 8 July 2013. Laurentdelporte.com. 20 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Andree Putman's Le Rivage: French in the best way - CNN Travel. Travel.cnn.com. 20 October 2018.
  12. Web site: Olivia Putman, designer d'influence et directrice du Studio Putman. 21 January 2012. Cotemaison.fr. 20 October 2018.
  13. Web site: An Interview With Olivia Putman, Designer Of The New LAN/TAM Lounges. 30 November 2013. Thedesigner.net. 20 October 2018.
  14. Web site: Sofitel Paris Arc De Triomphe, l'expérience pure du chic parisien signée Studio Putman. Sylvie. Leroy. Journaldespalaces.com. 20 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Meet Hotel Can Faustino Designed by Studio Putman . 2017-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170225051305/https://www.brabbu.com/en/news-events/interior-design/meet-hotel-can-faustino-designed-studio-putman . 2017-02-25 . dead .
  16. Web site: Olivia Putman agence : un salon design pour Latam Airlines. 26 February 2015. Cotemaisno.fr. 20 October 2018.
  17. Web site: Biographie Andrée Putman. Linternaute.com. 20 October 2018.
  18. Web site: Tasses Nespresso d'Andrée Putman. 20 December 2010. Toutpourlesfemmes.com. 20 October 2018.
  19. Web site: Olivia Putman redesigns Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps. 15 March 2013. Luxuo.com. 20 October 2018.
  20. Web site: MathildeHK at 3812 Contemporary Art Projects – Dialogue Art & Design. 16 May 2015. Artymathilde.wordpress.com. 20 October 2018.
  21. Web site: Andrée et Olivia Putman pour Nespresso - Le Journal de la Maison. 27 September 2010. Lejournaldelamaison.fr. 20 October 2018.
  22. Web site: Rencontre avec... Olivia Putman - LSD MAGAZINE. Rédaction LSD. Magazine. Lsd-mag.com. 20 October 2018.

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