Paris in Fifty Design Icons

The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, entertain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and architecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance.

Brigitte Fitoussi is an architect, journalist and curator. She has written books on Eames furniture and on Piero Fornasetti (with Philippe Stark) and contributes to a wide range of design magazines and journals. She lives in Paris.

Imogen Fortes is a writer and editor who lives in Paris. She has written several books, including the Rough Guide to Paris.