Le Corbusier (1887-1965), whose true name is Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, was a Swiss-born, French architect, designer, urban planner, and writer. He pioneered the modern design in the 20th century. Together with his contemporaries Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier is considered as an influential leader of the Modern group and helped establish 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 abundant. With a career that encompassed the first half of the 20th century, he designed structures and free-standing constructions worldwide from Europe to the Far East. His architectural designs were explicit of the International design, a more fashionable branch of modern design which gave emphasis on balance and volume as well as the insufficiency of ornament. He is also recognized for helping establish Purism, a state of Cubist art, and the Modulor system in architectural measurements. Some of the structures he designed, such as the Villa Savoye in France and the National Museum of Western Art in Japan, can still be observed now.

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