By presenting a selection of American designers, Jacques Barret, who directs TRIODE, highlights a dynamic scene, little known in Europe, which despite a relatively short history, benefits from a rich legacy left by Russel Wright, Henry Dreyfuss, Normand Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Ray & Charles Eames or George Nelson. Lindsey Adelman, Bec Brittain, Apparatus, Gabriel-Scott, Roll & Hill, Jason Miller, John Pomp, Jonah Takagi, or David Weeks have found at TRIODE a real showcase to present their creations.
Maylis Queyrat and Charles Tassin, respectively designer and interior designer, present here their creations that often pay tribute to the 60s and 70s and bring up to date materials that we love such as lacquered wood, patinated steel and polished aluminum.
Under the artistic direction of Godefroy de Virieu, creation at petit h proceeds backwards since it works there, from materials that the other Hermès professions no longer use – leather, silk, crystal, porcelain… – and with which artisans, artists and designers improvise by combining, assembling and adjusting them in a thousand and one ways.
The petit h workshop gives body and meaning to unique and hybrid objects whose functional aesthetics are faithful to the spirit of creation, the quality of the materials and the excellence of Hermès know-how. Creations as surprising as they are delightful. Today, petit h brings a wind of lightness, a touch of mischief and a lot of know-how to a dedicated space, with an entrance and a window that extend those of the Hermès store. Designed by the RDAI agency, it is illuminated by the clarity of the terrazzo-paved floor inspired by a creation by petit h, whose marble is dotted with brass pieces from the leather goods trade.
Echoing the ingenuity and ingenious spirit of the creations of petit h, the store, like a theater stage whose decorative elements fold and fold up, is modular at will. On the whitewashed walls, metal panels stretch out their polished surfaces where the objects are magnetized according to the seasons. The cork furniture takes the form of a set of cubes of different sizes that can be stacked and moved according to the stories told. Equipped with drawers with flanged leather handles from the petit h materials cellar, they express the spirit of diversion dear to this profession.
Four times a year, the hanging is renewed to welcome a new story around re-creation. Earth is the first material to be honored for the inauguration of the store. On this occasion, the objects created with the complicity of the pottery artisans of the Ravel factory in the south of France, for example, combine an earthenware jar with the leather handle of a Kelly bag. Other particularly innovative creations are leather cups made entirely without seams, molded in the workshop like pottery. For Godefroy de Virieu, “these two universes with fundamental and symbolic origins merge in these ephemeral collections, revealing ancestral know-how dear to the house which underline both the simplicity and the technicality of the craftsmen’s gestures”.
Over time, Maison N°20 has been able to impose a theatrical and eclectic style, which mixes contemporary exuberance and elegance of classical proportions, always favoring exceptional materials that accentuate this singular atmosphere.
Joanne de Lepinay is an interior designer and realizes construction sites, private residences as restaurants or even spa, throughout the world. By traveling a lot and meeting many creators, she ended up deciding to present their work in France and to open boutiques in the places that are dear to her, Paris and Cap-Ferret.
She presents furniture, decorative objects, crockery, jewelry and even clothes chosen with a unique, chic, eclectic and joyful taste. The collections, of course, change according to his desires and his discoveries.
Interior designer, Charles Tassin divides his time between prestigious construction sites and the Galerie May, rue de Lille, where he presents his creations. Perfectly in his time, he knows how to mix all the others, take to each one certain elements that will make him create unique universes.
With the Galerie May and Maylis Queyrat, he publishes furniture designed in the pure tradition of art craftsmanship: marquetry, lacquer or ceramics, with a resolutely contemporary approach. Deeply attached to craftsmanship, he has a very assertive sense of refinement, elegance, but also exuberance, which make all the charm of the French Style.
For 150 years Pinton has been one of the great references of exceptional carpet and tapestry, projecting the tradition of Aubusson into modernity, with excellence and creativity as the only rules. Two poles make up the House: Pinton Manufacture for luxury decoration and Pinton Éditions for contemporary art.
Pinton Manufacture includes two collections, Haute Couture and Prêt à Porter, both of which use natural fibers spun and dyed by the artisans of the workshops. Wool and silk thus match leather, linen, cotton, bamboo or even metal and are worked in velvet or curly to dress exceptional places such as more traditional residences.
First Parisian address for the favorite interior designer of chic restaurants. She wanted it as a small art gallery or even a living space where she can display her own collections by mixing them with those of other designers or with unique pieces that she has found, to recreate these joyful and colorful universe of which she has the secret.
The best way to bring back a souvenir item from the prettiest city in the world or to buy yourself an original item is really to go through the brand new and first shop of Marin Montagut, which opened on June 4, a few steps from its dear Luxembourg Garden.
This talented young illustrator is also an inveterate hunter and collector and loves to share his discoveries with others. Crazy lovers of Paris and its emblematic neighborhoods, it captures the soul of everyone with charm and poetry. In this place steeped in history, a former tapestry workshop, Marin, with the help of the decorator Giovanna Maria Fragapane, wanted to recreate the inspiring atmosphere of his studio and his house, with hundreds of lockers where he presents both his finds and his creations.
Alix D. Reynis creates and manufactures a collection of tableware, lamps and small objects in delicate and sophisticated porcelain, with a unique charm. You can even personalize it by having initials or a monogram painted on it by hand.
