Roger Tallon
Roger Tallon ( born March 6, 1929 in Paris, † October 20, 2011 ibid ) was one of the most important French product designer working today. He was particularly known for his work for the French state railway SNCF.
Life and work
Tallon studied engineering from 1944 to 1950. Subsequently he worked for Caterpillar France. From 1953, Tallon worked for the design agency for technical equipment of Jacques Viénot and Jean Parthenay. Soon, he occupied the post of artistic director of the office. After the death of Jacques Viénots Tallon ran the office from 1959.
From 1957, Tallon worked as a lecturer for the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris. The beginning of his teaching is considered in France as the beginning of the teaching in the field of industrial design in France. In 1963 he was entrusted with the creation of an Institute of Design at the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Tallon designed hundreds of products. It is known among other things, he designed the portable television Téléavia P111 from the year 1966., He worked for companies such as Peugeot, Kodak and General Electric. For GE, he created in the United States a separate department for the design of household appliances. As a classic and his designs for the watchmaker Lip apply. For the lighting manufacturer ERCO he designed lamps that are considered design classics of the 1970s.
In the field of transport Tallon designed for the Air France cabins and interiors for aircraft. He was an integral part in designing the car of the subway Mexico City. For the French state railway Société nationale des chemins de fer français and the group ALSTOM Tallon worked on a large scale. So he developed the design of the Corail car and was involved in the design of the French high-speed train grande vitesse Train à. For the SNCF Tallon designed uniforms, train tickets, furniture of stations and trains and defined the color appearance. When TGV Tallon created a new distinctive front for the TGV Duplex and TGV Atlantique series.
For the funicular funiculaire de Montmartre try Tallon 1991 the windows. For the French company Matra and the Siemens Group Tallon designed the Vehicle of automatique Léger and was involved in the design of the metro line 14 (Paris) involved.
Roger Tallon died on 20 October 2011 after a long illness.