Pacha Collection

Since its foundation in 1967, GUBI has been designing and developing products with iconic and timeless designs, often re-editing past masterpieces that have often been forgotten. Over the years, the two founders, architects Gubi and Lisbeth Olsen, have created a large collection of furniture, putting into production pieces of design history from the 1930s to the present. The aim is to produce and carry forward timeless design, thanks to guidelines such as innovation, functionality and quality.

Pierre Paulin (1927-2009) was a visionary designer who knew how to combine functionality and poetry in his creations. Growing up in France, he was influenced by his uncle Georges Paulin, an automotive engineer and designer, and his great-uncle Freddy Stoll, a sculptor, who passed on to him the idea that an object should be beautiful from every angle. Initially he devoted himself to ceramics in Vallauris and sculpture in Burgundy, but a hand injury pushed him to change his path. He then studied at the École Camondo in Paris, where a teacher encouraged him to work with Marcel Gascoin, bringing him closer to Nordic and American design. Paulin was inspired by Ray and Charles Eames and George Nelson, calling his functionalist approach "two drops of poetry".