Preface Paul Thompson JAPAN 1940-42 Advising the Production of Industrial Art in Japan, February, 1940 Long before the Mission to Japan The Context of the Mission Arrival in Japan, August, 1940 The Diversity of Japanese Production: Mingei An Exhibition Project The Discovery of Kyoto Visits, Lectures, Advising Preparing the Exhibition "Selection, Tradition, Creation"--Tokyo and Osaka, 1941 The Exhibition Catalog: A Critique of the Authorities The Apartment of Étienne Sicard, 1941 The End of the Mission in Japan Waiting for a Ship to the United States or France INDOCHINA 1942-46 First Trip for an Exhibition and a Lecture, 1942 Advising Craftsmen and Small Industries in Indochina, 1943-1944 RECONSTRUCTION Return to France, 1946 Méribel, 1946-48 Urgent Furniture for Reconstruction, L'Équipement de la Maison Furniture for Knoll, 1946-1948 The Minimum Family Home, the Saint-Lô Hospital, 1947-49 "When materials and techniques are freed, a whole world of creative possibilities will be revealed." The Unité d'habitation of Marseille, 1947-49 Val-d'Isère Sports, Valsport Robert Killy, 1948-49 The CH Chalet, 1948-49 Publications on Japan The Beginnings of Hardware Formes Utiles, 1949 The Art of Dwelling, 1950 A Kitchen for Élisabeth de Vilmorin, 1949-50 Coquatrix Apartment, 1950 Monnet Apartment, 1950 Special Comissions Chalet in Megève, 1951 The Unité d'habitation o Toulon, 1951 The End of the Perriand-Jeanneret Collaboration, 1951 The Milan Triennial, 1951 The first Competition for the Cité universitaire of Antony, 1950-51 The Maison de l'étudiant en médecine. 1949-51 The BCD Furnishings for Africa, 1950-53 The Unité d'habitation Air France in Brazzaville, 1950-52 Building and Villa in Conakry, Banks in Douala and Fort-Lamy, 1952-54 The Hôtel de France in Conakry, 1952-53 The Apartment on rue Las Cases 1951-52 Formes Utiles at the Salon des arts ménagers, 1952 COLLABORATION WITH THE ATELIERS JEAN PROUVÉ The Collaboration Agreement, 1952 Aesthetic and Practical Improvement of Jean Prouvé's Furniture Two Iconic Creations, 1952 The Maison de la Tunisie at the Cité universitaire, 1952 The Maison du Mexique at the Cité universitaire, 1952 The Furnishing of High Schools, Student Housing Projects, 1952-53 Residential Housing for the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, 1952-53 Issuing of Charlotte Perriand's Furniture by the Ateliers Jean Prouvé. 1953-55 The Antony Competition and the Perriand-Prouvé Team, 1954-55 TOKYO 1953-55 Return to Japan, 1953 Standardization and Nomenclature, the Lessons of Japan The Art of Dwelling and the Synthesis of the Arts, Avatars of the Exhibitions "Proposal for a Synthesis of the Arts," Tokyo, 1955 Collaboration with Kenzo Tange Charlotte Perriand's Influence on Japanese Design Endnotes Biography Bibliography Index.