Black-and-white checkerboards, polished stainless steel, black lacquer and bold geometries: Andrée Putman's design language is instantly recognizable. Yet it defies easy labels. "People are quick to describe her work as minimalist. But if minimalism suggests a certain idea of extreme restraint and simplicity, the opposite is true here: there is immense rigor in the line and composition," Aurélie Laure explains. Nor should one overlook "the small disruption that changes everything." In the Vertigo collection designed for Christofle, a subtly curved ring is enough to break the symmetry. It is sophistication without ostentation. More than a repertoire of forms, the Putman style emerges as a method, defined by precision and contrast, and enriched by a free interplay of different eras.
Just as Andrée Putman reinterpreted the design languages that came before her, the Studio is now developing its own. Having returned to the company where she had worked for several years, Aurélie Laure acquired its rights and archives in 2025, before exploring the collection with Olivia Putman. Iconic pieces are being reissued in France, while new furniture families extend their vocabulary to contemporary ways of living.
The archives have also inspired limited collector's editions, such as the Mille et un carré table. Originally created in 1992 for Jean-Paul Goude's apartment, it was reimagined for the centenary in an edition of eight, with glass tiles replacing the original ceramic ones.
Since January 2026, this legacy has had a home in Paris, in a former 1930s school later transformed into a gallery by close friends of Andrée Putman, who knew the space well. Now occupied by the Studio, the gallery retains the atmosphere of a lived-in interior, where furniture, photographs, books and objects form an intimate landscape, completed by a bathroom inspired by the Morgans Hotel.
In May, the Studio renewed its connection with New York by opening a penthouse at 344 Bowery, close to Jean-Michel Basquiat's former studio. Two discreet addresses, far removed from the conventional showroom, where the pieces are restored to the atmosphere for which they were originally intended.