LE TEMPS DES CREATEURS [1987]

Syros Alternatives, Paris, 1987 | Hardcover, 358pp | 22 x 28.5 cm | First Edition

A design mixtape for 1987 Paris — published for the 54ᵉ Salon des Artistes Décorateurs at the Grand Palais. The theme, “Créer son Temps” (“Creating One’s Time”), set the stage for hundreds of French and international designers, architects and artists to show how the future should look, feel and perform.

It’s all here: bold interiors, experimental objects, radical graphics and that irresistible postmodern confidence. The layouts crackle with colour and attitude, while the mix of contributors makes this catalogue less a book than a manifesto — equal parts time capsule and provocation. Essential for anyone chasing the high-gloss, high-concept spirit of 1980s French design.

Large format hardcover bound in bright yellow boards with navy blue lettering to front and spine. In publisher's original dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w.

Very good condition: Boards clean and unfaded. Date noted on the front flyleaf, but otherwise no inscriptions or annotations. Pages crisp and bright, with just a hint of age-tanning along the edges. Binding tight. Light shelf wear and a single tear (neatly repaired with tape) to the jacket.