Nuage Biblio­thèque Épis et Murales MX

Nuage Biblio­thèque Épis et Murales MX designed by Char­lotte Perriand was orig­i­nally produced by Galerie Steph Simon in Paris from 1956 to 1970. Nuage’s oak wood construc­tion features a result­ing arrange­ment of recti­lin­ear compart­ments that vary in height – their respec­tive inte­ri­ors are visible or concealed by the addi­tion of metal sliding doors avail­able in differ­ent colors. The user’s orien­ta­tion of the panels affords a fabu­lous range of aesthet­ics result­ing from the form’s inter­play with the space behind it. The colored aluminum panels are remi­nis­cent of the hori­zon­tal and verti­cal blocks of color that char­ac­ter­ize Holland’s De Stijl move­ment of neoplas­ti­cism from 1917 through the 1920s and mani­fest in the paint­ings of Piet Mondrian and Theo van Does­burg as well as the furni­ture and archi­tec­ture of Gerrit Rietveld.

After many years, Cassina, in close collab­o­ra­tion with Perriand’s daugh­ter, Pernette, has substan­tively reis­sued the Nuage range of modular creden­zas, book­cases, storage units, and wall-mounted compart­ments as part of its I Maestri Collec­tion. Noted here are the Nuage Biblio­thèque Épis et Murales MX storage unit/​bookcase config­u­ra­tions. In addi­tion to being avail­able in a number of versions, these also have substan­tial color and finish options for panels.