ABOUT
THE ARTIST France's Mobilier
National named Huin Designer of the Year in 1973 and his designs
are in their permanent collection. To expand his
horizons, Huin moved to America and collaborated with Charles Eames
on furniture collections for Herman Miller. In 1985 he opened Alain
Huin Product Design in New York and created furniture and accessories
for Ethan Allen, Crate and Barrel, Bloomindales' and Restoration
Hardware in addition to many other firms. Huin's body
of work is now in the Architectural Archives Collection of the University
of Florida at Gainesville. Twenty years
ago, Huin and his wife, Louise, moved to Sarasota, Florida, where
his focus turned to drawing, painting and sculpture. The couple
now spends much of their time at work in North Carolina. Sitting in his
studio, surrounded by paintings, prints and piles of notebooks filled
with colorful drawings and sketches Huin says, "People ask
me, 'Do you do art for pleasure?' I reply, 'No, it's a need."
He laughs, "Art -- that's all I know. I'll never stop."
Educated in France and acclaimed in Europe and New York, Alain J.L.
Huin has been at the forefront of international design. His passion
for the creative process in furniture design, architecture, drawing,
printmaking, painting and sculpture has driven his career in exciting
directions for over 40 years..
Huin began his studies at the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Tours and
went on to graduate from L'Ecole National des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD)
in Pris with a degree in industrial design. Awared a scholarship
from the Canadian government, he continued his graduate studies
at the FcGill University School of Architecture. Returing to France,
he joined a Paris design firm, the Alain Richard Agency. Critical
acclaim for his work on Orly Airport and the Paris Metro system
lead to a position as industrial designer with Raymond Loewy, where
hi assigment included the Air France Concorde, Holland Railways,
Shell International, Saint Gobain and the Charle de Gaulle Airport.
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