Rena Dumas’ classic furniture designs are reissued
Rena Dumas’ classic furniture designs are reissued
Rena Dumas’ transformable furniture designs are reissued by The Invisible Collection and RDAI. Wallpaper contributing editor Nick Vinson celebrates a masterclass in geometry
‘Okeanis’ side table and ‘Lumière’ rug, by Rena Dumas, reissued by The Invisible Collection and RDAI
Greek-born, Paris-based architect Rena Dumas, who opened her studio, Rena Dumas Architecture Intérieure (RDAI), in 1972, is perhaps best known for creating the architecture style for Hermès. The partnership began in 1976 and continues past her death, in 2009, to this day.
Although Dumas designed furniture and objects for others, including the Pippa collection of folding furniture for Hermès from 1983, she designed the Okeanis collection of tables in 1988 just for herself, a project she referred to as a secret pleasure. According to Denis Montel, who joined RDAI in 1999 and is now artist