French Design: an identity emerging from a collaboration between new designers and their editors
Monday 21 January —
16:00
- 16:45
The Talks
Description
Editors play a crucial role in the future of design, and among them, young editors are major actors in introducing a new dynamic !
Who are they and how they work with designers ?
Discussion with the editors who think and create French the design of tomorrow.
Nos partenaires : MINI
Participants
Louise BreguetEditor - La Chance
Mathieu GalardEditor - HARTÔ
Guillaume DelvigneDesigner
Sylvie AdigardJournalist & Producer
Louise Breguet
Editor - La Chance
Louise Breguet graduated from the National School of Architecture of Versailles in 2007. She began her architectural career in Beijing by participating in the construction of new luxury facilities at Beijing Airport. Back in France, Louise continues her career as an architect and realizes apartments in Paris but also holiday homes on the Cote d'Azur as well as in Haiti. In 2011, she is caught up by her entrepreneurial roots. Direct descendant of Abraham Louis Breguet clockmaker and Louis Breguet aviator / inventor; Louise joins forces with Jean-Baptiste Souletie and launches La Chance, furniture, lighting and contemporary rugs brand. The launch of the brand in 2012 in Milan will have a worldwide impact, Louise and Jean-Baptiste being then sponsored by Tom Dixon. Today, the brand is distributed in more than 20 countries. She collaborates with the rising generation of the most talented designers. In 2018, Louise wants to be more involved into the french furniture branch and so, with Mathieu Galard, she co-chair de “furniture editor group” at the Ameublement Français.
Mathieu Galard
Editor - HARTÔ
Following a Master and a career of 5 years as an AUtomotive Designer, Mathieu Galard, 36 years old, starts his path through furniture design and entrepreneurship in 2010. This move was done thanks to a first award won from the VIA in 2008 with his first furniture design: a concrete table done under the Blackmamouth collective design studio. This first experience encourage him to take the Creative Direction of Edition Nouveau Objet brand which will become ENOstudio. Exhibiting to many fairs with ENOstudio, he was aimed to meet and federate others actors of the renewal of the French furniture design companies. In 2015, continuing in this field, he was agreed to accept a new challenge : becoming Creative Director and partner in a young start-up named HARTÔ. Finally in 2018, still aimed by his envy to federate and promote French Design brands, he took the lead as Co-President with Louise Bréguet of the "French Editors group" under the guidance of Ameublement Français.
Guillaume Delvigne
Designer
Guillaume Delvigne studied at the Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique and the Politecnico di Milano. Graduated in 2002, he starts along-side famous designers such as George J. Sowden, the RADI Designers or Marc Newson between Milan and Paris. In parallel, he quickly starts to work for himself with emerging design partners. In 2011 he opens his own studio, inaugurates his first personal exhibition at the ToolsGalerie and receives the Grand Prize of the creation of the city of Paris. He now leads projects for big companies such as Hermès, Givenchy, Habitat, Cristal de Sèvres or Tefal just as young editors like La Chance, Hartô or ENOStudio.
Sylvie Adigard
Journalist & Producer
Sylvie Adigard is passionate about creation in the broadest sense, but about the art of living in particular. For many years she has been defending design, architecture and crafts on France 2. What interests her above all is the human encounter. Behind any form of creation, there is the passion and the gesture of a man or a woman... She likes them to tell their story and to explain their creative intention. France is full of talent... She is the witness of it. Sylvie Adigard has been a member of the commission of living heritage companies. She is a jury member and expert in many prestigious design, architecture and arts and crafts competitions and awards. She has also produced documentaries on design, architecture and French know-how.