Pierre Yovanovitch Reintroduces Ecart

In 2024, internationally acclaimed interior architect and furniture designer Pierre Yovanovitch acquired Andrée Putman’s design gallery, Ecart. Renowned for reissues, many being overlooked pieces from early 20th-century modernist visionaries, Ecart revivals have long defied contemporary trends, instead favoring history and craftsmanship. Since the acquisition, Yovanovitch has led a redesign of Ecart’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés space and plotted future programming. In its new chapter, Ecart’s first reissues—Paul László pieces available to the public for the very first time—set a tasteful standard.

“There is a very personal dimension to this choice,” Yovanovitch tells Surface of inaugurating Ecart’s new era with Paul László reissues. “I have always been deeply drawn to Paul László’s work, and over the years I have regularly integrated his pieces into residential projects within my interior architecture practice. On a more personal level, I also live with several of his designs.”

Yovanovitch has a defined vision for the future of Ecart, as well as its programming. “My ambition is to strengthen what Andrée Putman established: a house dedicated to rediscovering designers from the 20th century whose work remains innovative and radical,” he says. “As we approach Ecart’s 50th anniversary, the goal is to expand its base of designers, both French and from all over the world while preserving its intellectual rigor and sense of restraint.”