Joseph Dirand
Travertine
34 x 218 x 130 cm
13.39 x 85.83 x 51.18 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 8447
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
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
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
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
american walnut
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. 6381
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
patinated copper
35 x 190 x 148 cm
13.8 x 74.8 x 58.3 in.
Edition of 20 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4738
copper old silver patina
35 x 190 x 148 cm
13.8 x 74.8 x 58.3 in.
Edition of 20 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4737
ceppo stone
35 x 190 x 150 cm
13.8 x 74.8 x 59 in.
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 4734
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
Tavel stone
33 x 130 x 130 cm
12.99 x 51.18 x 51.18 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6968
Belgian Marble
35 x 100 x 100 cm
13.78 x 39.37 x 39.37 in
Edition of 8 ex + 4 EA
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6967
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
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
Elm Burr 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. 6963
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
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
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
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.