Gérard
Dalmon

Born in Nanterre in 1945, Gérard Dalmon is a designer and co-founder of the Néotù gallery, an emblematic venue of the revival of French design in the 1980s. Alongside Pierre Staudenmeyer, he helped bring forth a new generation of creators placing experimentation and stylistic renewal at the heart of contemporary furniture design.

From the opening of the gallery in Paris in 1984, Gérard Dalmon simultaneously developed his own work as a designer. His creations, including furniture, rugs, and decorative objects, are characterized by sculptural lines, sometimes close to anthropomorphism, as seen in his famous Sarah chair.

With Néotù, he helped introduce a generation of creators such as Garouste & Bonetti, Martin Szekely, Pucci de Rossi, and Dan Friedman. Together, they defended a freer and more experimental vision of design, breaking away from the dominant functionalism of previous decades.

After Paris, Gérard Dalmon and Pierre Staudenmeyer opened a gallery in New York in 1990, in the heart of the SoHo district. This expansion marked the internationalization of their venture and helped establish contemporary French design on the American scene.

Through his work as both a creator and editor, Gérard Dalmon made a lasting contribution to the renewal of design and decorative arts at the end of the 20th century.