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