Le Corbusier (1887-1965), whose original name is Charles-?douard Jeanneret-Gris, was a Swiss-born, French architect, creator, urban planner, and journalist. He established the modern style in the 20th century. Along with his contemporaries Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier is considered as an outstanding leader of the Modern group and assisted to build the modernism as the dominant style in both architecture and furniture works in the early to mid-20th times.

As an architect, Le Corbusier was very productive. With a career that starts the first half of the 20th century, he made buildings and free-standing structures around the world from Europe to the Far East. His architectural works were explicit of the International style, a more stylistic branch of contemporary design which gave importance on balance and volume as well as the insufficiency of ornament. He is also recognized for aiding establish Purism, a state of Cubist art, and the Modulor system in architectural measurements. Some of the buildings he made, such as the Villa Savoye in France and the National Museum of Western Art in Japan, can still be observed today.

In addition to his work in architecture, Le Corbusier also made furniture for assistance in the interiors of the buildings he made. In 1928, Le Corbusier began in partnership with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and interior stylist Charlotte Perriand that produced with various tubular steel furniture items. These furnishings were then passes into the now-standard Le Corbusier furniture collection, and displayed at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon exhibition in 1929 at Paris with the Equipment for the Home installation. At present most if not all of the designs featured at the Salon, including the tubular steel LC1 Sling Chair and the LC4 Chaise Lounge, are obtainable as reproduction parts from various manufacturers.