Alain Richard (1926– ) is a French furniture designer. A graduate of ENSAD in 1949, he was strongly influenced by the teaching of René Gabriel. In 1952, he founded his own agency with his wife Jacqueline Iribe, daughter of the creator Paul Iribe. Richard showed a strong interest in modular, knock-down furniture. He took part in the exhibition Intérieurs Jeunes, organized by La Maîtrise in 1951 and later presented at the Salon des Arts Ménagers. His first furniture collections were published by Lavrilleux and Charron. However, from 1954 onward, his main publisher became Meuble TV, while his lighting designs were produced by Disderot. Another milestone in his career was his participation in 1956 in the interior design of the Maison tout en plastique (All-Plastic House), in collaboration with René Coulon and Ionel Schein. This playful creation contrasted somewhat with his otherwise sober formal vocabulary. Alain Richard approached furniture design and interior architecture as a unified whole, a remarkable synthesis of the arts that earned him the René Gabriel Prize in 1964. He later brought his taste for minimalism to public projects such as museum design. Soon after, Richard specialized in large-scale architectural programs, notably under the direction of architect André Wogenscky.