The Design Culture Webzine

Jean-Louis Avril

Jean-Louis Avril, Paper Architect, Cardboard Designer

At a time when many of his colleagues were marveling at the possibilities offered by petroleum-based materials, Jean-Louis Avril (1935–2025) set out to use a material as commonplace as it was humble: cardboard.

The career of an iconic designer of the 1960s and 1970s.

Top