Joseph Dirand
White Estremoz
36,4 x 242,5 x 145 cm
14.17 x 95.28 x 57.09 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6962
Ziricote
81 x 355 x 61 cm
31.89 x 139.76 x 24.02 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8450
74 x 428 x 198 cm
29.13 x 168.5 x 77.95 in
unlimited edition
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8448
Breccia Stazzema Marble, Brass (silvered or gilded finishing)
81,3 x 220 x 45 cm
31.89 x 86.61 x 17.72 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6966
San Vicente Stone
75 x 180 x 40 cm
29.53 x 70.87 x 15.75 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8452
marble
73 x 305 x 110 cm
28.74 x 120.08 x 43.31 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6701
Travertine
73 x 320 x 140 cm
28.74 x 125.98 x 55.12 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8449
oiled smoked eucalyptus wood
73 x 360 x 140 cm
28.74 x 141.73 x 55.12 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4736
tinted oak
73 x 360 x 140 cm
28.74 x 141.73 x 55.12 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6382
black elm burr
72 x 270 x 190 cm
28.3 x 106.3 x 74.8 in.
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4733
Blond Walnut
78 x 264 x 152 cm
30.71 x 103.94 x 59.84 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8451
Smoked Eucalyptus Wood
75,5 x 230 x 91,4 cm
29.53 x 90.55 x 35.83 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6964
bronze with Rodin black patina
180 x 130 x 50 cm
70.9 x 51.2 x 19.7 in.
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4735
ceppo stone
85 x 137 x 38 cm
33.5 x 53.9 x 15 in.
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4740
anodized aluminium
169 x 30 x 30 cm
66.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 in.
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4741
French, born in 1974 in Paris
Lives and works in Paris
Trained as an architect, Joseph Dirand is an interior designer who draws his inspiration from modernist architecture. Across numerous projects, Dirand unfolds his talent for discreetly quoting and paying tribute to the figures he admires: Le Corbusier, John Pawson, Peter Zumthor, Carlo Scarpa, Eero Saarinen. Nothing is random, nothing superfluous, nothing excessive; Dirand’s interiors, as well as his designs, embody his intransigency towards sobriety, efficiency and elegance.
Working according to the principles advocated by the Union des Artistes Modernes in 1929 —architecture that includes interior and furniture in an overall project— Joseph Dirand went against the grain in his collection for Pierre-Marie Giraud. He tackles furniture as self-standing objects. Deprived of a given context of existence or preconceived environment, each design is given a strong personality and a solemn monumentality. Dirand’s pieces hold an aura similar to that of large architecture: an affective force generated by the tension of the materials, the physical presence, the narratives they embed.
Dirand works closely with the finest craftspeople, allowing for a wide versatility in the choices of material marble, copper, stone, precious woods, and bronze - all backed-up by the insistent excellency of their implementation.