1925-2025 : a century of decorative arts in France
Sunday 19 January —
16:00
- 16:45
The Talks — Hall 7
Description
On April 28, 1925, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) blew a wind of modernity in tune with the times. A century later, this legendary event, which ushered France into the modern age, continues to inspire designers, interior architects and decorators, and to influence our own times...
Participants
Chloé NègreInterior designer & Founder - Studio Chloe Negre
Jean-Baptiste SouletieCo-founder et Art Director - La Chance
Jérémie CermanProfessor of Contemporary Art History, Université d'Artois, Arras, CREHS (UR 4027)
Marie GodfrainJournalist
Chloé Nègre
Interior designer & Founder - Studio Chloe Negre
A 2007 graduate of Ecole Camondo, the school of note in interior design, Chloé Nègre began her career at Printemps-Haussman and participated in the restructuring of the store in Paris over 2 years. After a project mission in China for an Italian architectural firm, she joined India Mahdavi’s studio in 2011 as an interior designer. For 4 years, she was part of projects such as the Hôtel l’Apogée in Courchevel for the Oetker group and prestigious private residences in Connecticut, Paris, and London, and learned to expect excellence and research creative ventures. Nourished by these experiences and by the project of developing her own creative language, Chloé Nègre opened her own studio in 2015. Her passion for craftsmanship and travel and her unique outlook fed her first solo projects, for which she designed spaces with specific identities. Her work is the result of encounters and the story of a place, crafted with bold and precise technical rigor. Elegance and intuition are the hallmarks of this French designer known for her intuitive approach to design and decor. Chloé Nègre creates stunning interiors infused with timeless elegance.
Jean-Baptiste Souletie
Co-founder et Art Director - La Chance
Jean-Baptiste is the co-founder and art director of La Chance since 2012. Jean-Baptiste was a design geek from a young age : “ On my bedside table when I was 15, you could find books on Ruhlmann or Eames and I spent my Saturdays in Saint-Germain district furniture or at the flea markets.” 10 years after, the passion was still intact when Jean-Baptiste decided to leave the investment found he was working for and revert to his first love.
Jérémie Cerman
Professor of Contemporary Art History, Université d'Artois, Arras, CREHS (UR 4027)
Leading researches on decorative arts history, Jérémie Cerman published Le papier peint Art nouveau. Création, production, diffusion (Mare & Martin, 2012) and Les années 1910. Arts décoratifs, mode, design (Peter Lang, 2021). He also worked on the circulation of books of ornaments, on store fronts and displays, on the work of the decorator Maurice Dufrène and on the links between arts and sports, especially as one of the curators of the exhibition "Colosses. Lutteurs, culturistes et costauds dans les arts" (Musée Courbet, Ornans, 2024). In 2025, he co-coordinates an issue of In Situ devoted to Art Deco (to be published), and co-organizes in Lens and Arras the symposium L'Art déco dans les territoires dévastés (April 24-26, 2025).
Marie Godfrain
Journalist
Marie Godfrain is an independent journalist specializing in design, decor, craft, and architecture. Each week, she writes for M, le magazine and works for IDEAT and Le Quotidien de l'Art. Passionate about design since she was a teenager, Marie conveys this passion through the magazines she works with, as well as at ENSCI, where she teaches courses on design history. She has just published a biography of ceramic artist Frederick Gautier with Actes Sud. Through her work, she shows us that design goes well beyond just furniture-making: it supports and shapes ongoing societal shifts.