The iconic French interior designer and entrepreneur Christian Liaigre died on September 2. He was 77 years old. Born in La Rochelle, a small coastal town in the West of France, the interior designer honed his skills at the Beaux Art and then at the Arts Décoratifs. Simple, sincere, and fluid lines became a common theme of Christian Liaigre‘s designs, letting the beauty and balance of a piece speak for itself.

Christian Liaigre was a French interior designer who has plenty of collections of furniture, lighting, textiles, leathers, and accessories. As a fine craftsmanship lover, everything that he created was paid with thorough attention to detail and used with high-quality materials.

Besides the construction of modern interior design projects, his design studio and company manufactures pieces according to an artisanal method of production for its line of furniture and lighting. The entire amount of modern furniture produced is marked or stamped with the logo of the company.

Through good use of space and light, basing his design on local cultures and traditions, the top interior designer choices all materials and expresses a special love of arts and crafts. Christian Liaigre was described as one of Europe’s most renowned industrial architect of this century and his modern furniture with a unique design is simple, clean, sophisticated and luxuriously inviting.

Christian Liaigre was known for his redefining modernistic projects and for pioneering the use of dark wood, leather sofas, and the luxurious cream, brown and grey palette integral to stylish unique design interiors.