François Monnet

French designer active in the 1970s, known for lighting and furniture in Plexiglas, chrome and brass, much of it produced by Kappa in Paris. His lamps and tables play on transparency, stacked or curved acrylic planes and polished metal, in a refined version of the period's taste for new materials. Collectors look for well-preserved acrylic without crazing and for original fittings, which make these pieces increasingly rare.