Marie Christine Dorner


General Information


Occupation: Interior Designer, Furniture Designer, Industrial Design

Date of Birth: January 01, 1960

Birth City: Strasbourg

Birth Country: France

Resident City: London

Resident Country: England (U.K.)

Notes: in 1986 Dorner spent one year in Tokyo designing a line of furniture that was exhibited in Tokyo, Paris and New York

Sources: Oedekoven-Gerischer, Angela, Andrea Scholtz, Edith Medek, and Petra Kurz, eds. Women in Design: Careers and Life Histories Since 1900. Trans. Martin Crellin. Stuttgart: Landesgewerbeamt, 1989. ; http://www.dorner-design.com/profile/index.html


Specialties



Jobs


Employer: MCD

Title: Founder, Designer

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)

Notes: http://www.dorner-design.com/home.html


Employer: ESAD school of Rheims

Title: co-founder of the design department


Employer: Central Saint Martins

Title: external tutor

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)


Employer: Royal College of Art

Title: Teacher

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)


Collaborators


Country: delete


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Grand Prix du Design de la Ville de Paris

Date Received: January 01, 1995


Exhibitions


Title: Design français 1960-1990

Description: at Centre Georges Pompidou

City: Paris

Country: France

Start Date: January 01, 1988


Notable Projects


Title: La Villa hotel in Saint-Germain des Prés

City: Paris

Country: France

Notes: first contemporary hotel in Paris


Title: the presidential grandstand for the 14th July processions at the head of the Champs Elysées

City: Paris

Country: France


Title: the restaurant de la Comédie Française

Country: France


Education


Institution: Camondo School in Paris

Start Date: January 01, 1979

End Date: January 01, 1984

Notes: Thesis: "The Fixheim Wallpaper Museum"


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


Title: Marie-Christine Dorner

Publication: Axis

Volume: 85

Page: 79

Date Published: January 01, 2000

Notes: May-Jun 2000. French designer Marie-Christine Dorner briefly discusses her work.


Publications About


Title: La Villa: Marie-Christine Dorner's hotel design brings a shock of the new to the venerable St. Germain des Pres.

Author: Edie Lee Cohen

Publication: Interior Design

Volume: 61

Issue: 14

Page: 208-213

Date Published: October 01, 1990

Notes: Oct. 1990.


Title: Questions a 100 designers. Question a cent designers

Author: Intramuros

Publication: Intramuros

Volume: 100

Page: 85-142 & 182-194

Date Published: January 01, 2002

Notes: Apr-May 2002. To mark the 100th edition of 'Intramuros', 100 leading names in the world of design (each of whom have featured in the magazine), give their response to a series of questions: Have the main lines of your approach to design changed over the past 15 years? What major changes (social, economic, technological) has design participated in or anticipated? What role should a designer play in today's society? What role would you like to play? What object has most interested you over the past 15 years, to the point where you think it deserves a prize? Which of your current projects is closest to your heart?


Title: Le design en ambassadeuer. Design, an ambassador between France and Japan

Author: Florence Michel

Publication: Intramuros

Volume: 93

Page: 52-55 & 72-73

Date Published: January 01, 2001

Notes: Feb-Mar 2001