After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Pierre Guariche began an internship with Marcel Gascoin, an emblematic post-war decorator. He only really began his career as a designer in 1950 after the publication of his first light: the famous “Rotaflex” lamp. Pierre Guariche exhibited in the great post-war salons, both at the Salon des Arts Ménagers and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. From 1951 onwards, he created furniture for the MAI gallery, the Airborne company and the lighting editor Pierre Disderot.

Member of the UAM (Union of Modern Artists), he will participate in shaping the industrial aesthetic of the post-war period. Guariche will be dedicated throughout his career to the development of volumes in space, through his associations of colours and materials. In 1965, he received the René Gabriel prize for his entire career. He is one of the designers who produced some of the most striking lightings of the 1950s.