At Air Division, we believe that good design today should be used to improve the usefulness and aesthetic forms of objects to better serve people's needs. Hence our design approach is based on the sincere application of the fundamental qualities of good design: creative concepts, honest use of materials, intelligent production techniques and exacting proportions all combines to achieve a holistic integrity for any product.

The BL119 studio is the partnership of two designers Grégory Blain and Hervé Dixneuf. Graduated from the ESADSE of Saint-Etienne, they work together on a common design approach. Their desire to work together is to build their projects through dialogue and exchange. They founded their studio in 2007. An important part of their approach is the research of form through drawing and experimentation. The duo works mainly in the fields of objects, furniture and lighting. These objects focus on an essential, a sober and pure line. Their work tends towards economy and simplicity.
Their approach is to explore and appropriate manufacturing processes as well as formal and technical elements. They orient their thinking in a pragmatic and sculptural dimension to create singular, useful and surprising objects. Winners of several awards, they were finalists for the Agora grant in 2007. In 2008, they won the Cinna, Révélateur de talents competition in the decorative object category for the La niche project. They were selected for the Design Parade festival at Villa Noailles in 2009. The “Lanterne” table lamp entered the collections of the MUDAC in Lausanne in 2018. In 2022, they won the FD100 prize.

American René Barba was born in Havana, Cuba in 1965. He studied at Miami Dade Community College between 1986 and 1988, and graduated in design from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (1991-1994). Has worked for many years to produce pure, clean lines allying both minimalism and comfort. Amongst his most notable designs: Pirelli Bedding, Italy : new-concept mattress 'Mille feuilles'. Umbra, Canada : Penta multi-faceted chair Koizol, Germany : Stixx screen and placemat in polycarbonate. Cristal de Sèvres, France : Carat crystal vases in three sizes. Markhbein Kibic, France : collection of coloured glass stem holders, collections of glasses and wine carafes. Soca, France : collection comprising armchair, settee, chair, table BBBemmebonacina, Italy : Spin armchair, made in PVC and fabric.

Designer of furniture, objects and tableware ; scenographer and interior architect. He was elected 'créateur de l'année 2002' at the Salon du Meuble de Paris. In 2000, the Musée des Arts décoratifs organised a personal exhibition centring on his work. Since 1999, he has collaborated with the agency and gallery Kreo, for whom he regularly designs new collections. From 1984 to 1998, he worked with galerie Neotu, where he regularly presented new collections. In 1985, he worked on a project for the petit café de la fondation Cartier in Jouy-en-Josas, for whom he also fitted out offices in 1987. That same year, he was invited to participate in the Documenta de Kassel. Various fitting-out projects followed : windows and reception furniture for the Centre d'Art de Vassivière in the Limousin, a reception area for the Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint-Etienne, studies into 'inter-quartier' relations, 'Du jeu de mail à la basse ville' for the city of Dunkerque, exhibition and café furniture for the galerie du jeu de Paume, and furniture, walkways and follies for the parc du château d'Azay-le-Rideau' His furniture and objects are currently being produced by the following companies : Kreo, Cinna, Ligne Roset, Ercuis and Haviland.

Both born in 1978 Böttcher & Kayser is a Berlin-based studio founded in 2007, working in the fields of consumer product, furniture, lighting and interior design. Co-founders Moritz Böttcher and Nikolaus Kayser already met in kindergarden and went to school together. After that they took different ways for their education and gained work experience in various countries, cities and design companies before they met again and made their dream of working together become true. Today they are running their own studio and working for clients such as ANTA, Böwer, freistil by Rolf Benz, Johanson, Gejst, Mater, Normann Copenhagen, Prostoria, RIG-TIG, Schönbuch, Stelton, Vertigo Bird, WON and Zero. Moritz Böttcher (right) and Nikolaus Kayser have been awarded with numerous design prizes such as the Interior Innovation Award, several iF and Red Dot Design Awards, including the prestigious Red Dot ‚Best of the Best’. Their projects have been published in books and magazines around the world.

Rémi Bouhaniche is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieur Art & Design de Saint Etienne (ESADSE). He was a pupil of Eric Jourdan and François Bauchet, by whom he was greatly influenced. He has worked with the Institut Bocuse. He spent a year in India, where he collaborated with MAGPIE on a range of stainless steel products and on retail spaces ; he has also worked on presentation furniture for Seiko France. In 2010, he won 1st prize in the D3 Contest at the IMM Cologne for his Etirement light: this was when he first came to the notice of Michel Roset. 2012 : Label VIA for a table. 2014 : prix national de la construction Bois. 2015 : launch of TOA, his first armchair for Cinna. With the help of his professors, he acquired techniques and researched 'l'excellence dans la recherche du Bel Obje't. Remi expresses the positivity of his personality. He is a worker who also dreams of living in an isolated cabin in complete harmony with nature.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were born in Quimper, in 1971 and 1976 respectively. On leaving the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Ronan began working independently, assisted more and more by Erwan, who was then studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Cergy. They have been working together officially since 1999. Their collaboration is a permanent dialogue, feeding on their individual qualities and driven by mutual requirements. Giulio Cappellini discovered them in 1997, when their 'dis-integrated kitchen' was presented at the Salon du Meuble de Paris. From this meeting was born an uninterrupted collaboration, which was cemented by numerous projects from 1999 onwards. In 2000, Issey Miyake called on them to design a space to house his new clothing collection A-Poc in Paris. That same year, a meeting with Rolf Fehlbaum, President de Vitra, led to the production, in 2002, of a new desk system called 'Joyn', which marked the début of their collaboration. Today, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec work regularly with a number of manufacturers such as Vitra, Cappellini, Issey Miyake, Magis, Ligne Roset, Habitat and Kréo. Simultaneously, they also work on architectural projects such as 'la Maison flottante', an artist's studio destined for the Centre d'Art, Chatou. Elected 'créateurs de l'année' at the Salon du Meuble in 2002, they have been awarded, to name but a few, the New Designer Award of the New York International Contemporary Furniture Fair in 1999, the Grand Prix du Design de la Ville de Paris in 1998 and the first prize in the Biennale du Design de Saint-Etienne in 1998. They were also named Designers of the Year by Elle Décoration Japan in 2003. Their pieces have been shown in numerous collective and personal exhibitions such as 'Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec' at the Design Museum, London in 2002. In June 2004, a personal exhibitions was dedicated to them at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec have been the subject of two monographic publications: 'Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec - Catalogue de raison', Editions Images Modernes/ Kréo, 2002 and 'Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec', Edition Phaidon, 2003. They lecture from time to time in a number of art or design schools. Ronan Bouroullec lectures at the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Born in Rennes, France in 1978, Florian Brillet is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Bretagne. Since his studies his interest has been the depiction of complex forms, most notably developing the roof structure of the St Petersburg Opera House for Dominique Perrault and the auditorium of the Paris Philharmonia for the Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Since 2007 he has been working in Paris as an independent architect and designer. He divides his time between furniture design and interior design.

1972 : Graduate of the Ecole des Métiers d'Art, holder of Certificats Architecture from the Ecole des Arts et Métiers Jean Prouvé. 1973-1974 : L'Abaque Marc Alessandri design bureau, hotel fit-outs. 1975-1976 : Compagnie d'Esthétique Industrielle R.Loewy, siège TGV, normalisation Total. 1977-1983 : Société Lita - Groupe Mazda, decorative and architectural lighting, stand, exhibition and showroom. 1984-2008 : Groupe Roset, designing upholstery for Ligne Roset and Cinna, head of upholstery design office for Ligne Roset, Cinna and Roset Hotels & Contracts.

Manuela Busetti and Andrea Garuti met while studying Industrial Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, where they were already teaming up to work on design issues. In 2004, the year of the XX Compasso d'Oro ADI, they were accorded the 'Progetto Giovane' selection for their degree thesis project 'Double', an innovative cooler bag made of neoprene. Since 2004, they have collaborated with various Milan-based studios specializing in product and advance design; they also work together on a freelance basis, designing for both international competitions and manufacturers in a range of sectors including tableware, bathroom fittings, sanitary ware and furniture. In 2007, their project 'Culla Belly' won them 1st prize in 'Playing Design', the international competition run by the city of Lissone in partnership with the Milan Triennale. In 2008 they were both selected for the experimental project 'Prime Cup 01' promoted by the Regione Lombardia and the Milan Triennale with a view to improving the level of innovation amongst selected SMEs in the Lombardy region. These projects are exhibited to the public in the Agora Theatre at the Milan Triennale. Matteo Redaelli graduated in Industrial Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan in 2007. In the same year, the three young designers' working lives converged during a collaboration with a design studio in Milan. In 2008, they began working together on new projects, making full use of their different skills and sensibilities. New collaborations followed with manufacturing companies in various sectors: kitchen and bathroom taps, tableware, kitchenware, ovens and hobs, indoor and outdoor furniture, etc. In 2010 they won the Cristalplant design contest, promoted by Zanotta and Cristalplant, with an innovative coffee table project, christened 'Naica'. In 2012, they won it again with their versatile 'Verve' table project for Poliform. In 2014, the jury of Young & Design 2014 selected their 'Log' upholstered chair, designed for Pedrali. ------------------- Our design approach: We are three industrial designers who have worked together since 2008, developing new products for various areas of home and also the contracts market. The projects we develop arise from a synthesis of our personal visions and sensibilities. Our intent is to develop objects that satisfy both the new demands arising from changing lifestyles and the consolidated needs of everyday life. In developing all our projects we aim to achieve simple solutions, both technical and formal, favouring the usability and legibility of the object. In this process, we reinterpret both traditional and innovative materials, allowing the resulting objects, when placed in their own context, to become discreet and gentle life companions. Usually our projects are the result of the reflection stimulated by a brief submitted to us by a company; they might equally be defined autonomously when we identify an opportunity; or even an unexpected intuition that emerges unpredictably. Having defined a concept, we develop it in many divergent directions then make a selection, which we then process and redefine in more detail. We always like to work with different types of products by collaborating with companies in different industry sectors, such as furniture, tableware and kitchenware, taps and ceramics, etc. We can define our approach to design as being rooted in Italy, but with a European flavour. In addition to the masters of Italian design, we owe a lot to the design of Continental Europe and Scandinavia.

Born in 1962. A trained plastic artist, Pierre Charpin has dedicated most of his time to the design of furniture and objects since the beginning of the 1990's. Since then his work as been just as likely to veer towards experimental projects on which he works with, amongst others, C I R V A (1998/2001) and C R A F T (2003/2005); he also designs products for prominent international manufacturers such as Alessi, Venini, Post Design, Montina, Zanotta, Ligne Roset, la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres... His continuous research work is made possible by his collaboration with the Galerie Kréo, Paris, with which he has been working under a worldwide exclusivity agreement since 2005, producing limited edition items. In 2004 he won an award for his 'Eau de Paris' carafe in moulded glass, of which 60,000 were produced. He was elected 'créateur de l'année 2005' by the salon du meuble de Paris. Several of his pieces form part of the collections of the Fond National d'Art Contemporain, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.

Born in 1956. Architecte D.P.L.G (diplômé par le gouvernement). Founded the company Tebong with P. Bauer (1986-1995). He has devised scenography for the VIA (1997), La Villette (2000) and the T.N.B (Théâtre National de Bretagne), in addition to numerous 'luminous scenography' projects. In terms of his design work he has collaborated with Ligne Roset and Cinna since 1997, and also with many other French and Italian manufacturers.

Born in 1979, Guillaume Delvigne studied at the Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique and the Politecnico di Milano. After graduating in 2002, he began working in Milan and Paris with major designers such as George J. Sowden and Marc Newson, before launching his solo career. In 2011, he unveiled his first solo exhibition at ToolsGalerie and won the Grand Prix de la Creation de la Ville de Paris. He works with manufacturers, producers and artisans, mainly in the fields of furniture, objects and lighting. His clients are the great French houses such as Hermes, Habitat and Tefal, foreign companies such as Fabbian, Hanoia or Frandsen, and also up-and-coming names like La Chance, Harto and ENOstudio.

Avril de Pastre was born on 20th April 1987. After three years spent studying at the école des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, she was awarded her DNAP (Diplôme National d'Arts Plastiques) 'avec les félicitations du jury' (with honours). In 2009 she entered the ESAD, Reims to study for her DNSEP (Diplôme national supérieur d'expression plastique), looking at objets which improve the acoustic comfort of domestic spaces. This project is to be presented in June 2011. During her studies her works have been displayed at the Exposition des écoles at the VIA, the Designhuis, Eindhoven, and at the Lieu du design, Paris. In 2009 she won the competition, 'Lumière sur l'Art' organized by the BHV. Her first collaboration with Cinna is the Solveig light.

Cabinetmaker and Compagnon du Tour de France, Thibault Desombre, impassioned by furniture and design, enrolled at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris in 1981. On leaving ENSAD, his first products were produced by P. Parent (1983), then Grange (1986), for whom he designed the collection 'Shaker's, his first great commercial success. His star continued to rise as he produced ever more contemporary pieces in fields as diverse as office furniture (Macé, Addform), contracts (Soca Line) and domestic furniture (Ligne Roset, Cinna, Atlantis), and has been the recipient of numerous prizes. Lecturer and consultant designer to La Redoute for the past Two years, Thibault Desombre is a designer with a clear-cut career path, steering his path irrespective of current trends. He designs furniture with pure, clean lines which he hopes to charge with emotion . His collaborations with Ligne Roset and Cinna have brought him much success, as evidenced by his Finn chair and Mondo and Soho settees.

Studio Désormeaux/Carrette is a design studio which was founded by Nathanaël Désormeaux and Damien Carrette in January 2014. Specialising in industrial design, its vocation is to create objects suitable for series production. Today, the studio works with a range of clients from start-ups to prominent brands in the retail furniture and objects markets. Passion for materials and an instinctive understanding of what an object is meant to convey are fundamental to our creative approach. Deconstruction is at the centre of our design methodology. By taking apart and rethinking an object holistically, we reveal its technical heart. Thus our work consists of beautifying technicality with a view to not only integrating but also transcending it so that it becomes an object’s aesthetic heart. Through this prism, our studio seeks to question current production methods and to imbue industrial objects with poetry. CV: Nathanaël Désormeaux: 30 years old (1988) 2013 (and currently) Paris Désormeaux/Carrette studio: Founder of studio Industrial design, furniture design, interior architecture Founding of studio. Product development, conceptual research, 3D sketches, creation of models and prototypes L’Oréal Paris, Cinna, Roche Bobois, Lancôme, YPLFAL, Brandt, De Dietrich, Technicolor, Canal+ 2015 (and currently) Paris Ecole de Condé: lecturer in industrial design Design methodology, visual culture, case studies, partnerships Nike, Coca-Cola, Mairie de Paris, Théatre de l’europe, ecole 42 2012-2013 (2 years) London Benjamin Hubert LTD: designer, studio manager Furniture, spaces, scenography Product development, 3D sketches and models. Research into materials, colours, textures. Creation of industrializable 3D models. Design development (manufacturing monitoring: UK, Italy, France, Portugal), management of a team (5 persons) 2010 (10 months) Hong-Kong Michael Young LTD: Junior Designer Furniture, industrial design, scenography Audio headset (Itech, Eops), bags & accessories (XigXag), furniture (Emeco, Trussardi), Stand (Chivas) CV: Damien Carrette: 30 years old (1988) 2013 (and currently) Paris Désormeaux/Carrette studio: Founder of studio Industrial design, furniture design, interior architecture Founding of studio. Product development, conceptual research, 3D sketches, creation of models and prototypes L’Oréal Paris, Cinna, Roche Bobois, Lancôme, YPLFAL, Brandt, De Dietrich, Technicolor, Canal+ May 2012 - December 2013 Assistant designer at Doshi Levien, London Furniture, spaces, scenography Product development, 3D sketches, models Research into materials, colours, textures. Creation of industrializable 3D models and final renders 2010 (10 months) Trainee designer at Plastique Omnium environnement/ Sainte Julie Containers and contract furniture Worked in collaboration with engineers from the R&D team. Research into materials, colours and textures. Formal research and 3D development of products.

DESJEUX DELAYE is an interior architecture and design agency founded by Dorothée Delaye and Daphné Desjeux. This duo dreams up almost masculine decorative schemes with sharp, clean lines. They love to mix genres and eras so that spaces do not become ‘fixed’. The heritage of each place inspires them to fashion a unique atmosphere without limiting themselves: infinite detail, a monumental object, measure and excess. Their former lives in the media taught them to think of spaces as stages on which stories can be related. Designers, craftsmen, graphic designers and architects come together and work with the same expectation: never sacrifice their ideas for the sake of trends. Desjeux Delaye never loses sight of its ambition to imbue all its forms with a spirit of chic informality. Their agency specializes in the hotel industry and has been working on a range of projects since 2018: a hotel in Formentera and two hotels in Paris, two high-end apartments also in Paris and multiple product projects such as an eponymous collection of lighting, sold in Bon Marché and produced by MR Agency, and a range of furniture for Versant.

Nathalie Dewez lives and works in Brussels. Having graduated from the école des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in 2001, the main focus of her work is lighting design. A mélange of poetry and rigour, her chandeliers, wall lights and floor lamps are light and airy, exploiting the potential of the chosen material to the very maximum. Creating pieces such as Sol-air (a halogen light perched on a carbon fibre tube), Lamp06 (a study on the structure of a classic shade) or the Prism ceiling light with its three-dimensional frame, her hallmark is coherent lines displaying essential character. Her presence at various exhibitions and trade shows in France, Belgium, Italy, the UK and elsewhere has enabled her to enter into a wide range of collaborations, with not only architectural bureaux, but also furniture manufacturers and private projects.

Emmanuel Dietrich was born in Besançon in 1969. He graduated from the Ecole Boulle in interior architecture, and rapidly discovered his own way of working. After working for Facom and Ardi, he designed the famous 'Harnais' watch for Hermès. Since then, Emmanuel Dietrich has travelled through other galaxies : Häagen Dazs, Dinh Van, Artelano, Mobilier International, Haworth, etc, and is soon to work with Daum, Baccarat, Ruinart, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton...

© Dögg & Arnved Design Studio is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. An agency capable of operating in fields as varied as the design of installations, products or furniture, interior design and graphics. The creative approach of Dögg & Arnved Design is based on Scandinavian design traditions, adding modern technologies and their passion for materials and textures. Through their cultural understanding of design, personal interpretations and expressiveness, they seek to create contemporary and timeless design for all. They work to create functional, high quality products with respect for both nature and future generations, in the belief that this will bring added value to the product. Rikke Rützou Arnved A graduate (2001) of the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. After her graduation she established her own design office, Ark Type, where she primarily designed furniture and indoor design. At same time she was lecturing at the DTU (The Danish Technical University, Institute of Design and Innovation). She has worked for Danish architectural studios in the fields of industrial design, lighting and interior design, it being a professional skill of hers to work in such different capacities. Since 2006 she has worked on a wide range of projects from city planning, urban design and building design competitions to furniture. It inspires her when architecture and design create an interdependence. Working with design at any level, the essence is, for her, to work in such a way as the overall project and its individual details are seen as a unified whole. Dögg Gudmundsdottir Studied industrial design at the Istituto Europeo di design, Milan, graduating in 1996. Between 1996 and 1998 she was a guest student in the glass, furniture and graphics departments of the Danish Design School. In spring 2011 Dögg attained her Masters in Design from the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, her main focus being, 'New Strategies: Design management with applied sustainable Innovation'. In 2000 Dögg Gudmundsdottir established her own studio, Dögg Design, working in fields ranging from industrial design and graphics to art and installations. Dögg Gudmundsdottir's brand of design retains close links with the art world, drawing inspiration from natural materials, organic shapes and traditional craftsmanship. She believes that design and art exist in an important mutual contagious association with each other. Her work has been exhibited and published throughout the world.

Claudio Dondoli and Marco Pocci met at the Faculty of Architecture, Florence. In 1983, having shared not only their studies but also an intense artistic and theatrical experience, they founded their own design agency at Colle Val D'Elsa, against the romantic backdrop of the Tuscan countryside around Siena. Christened Archirivolto, this agency has concerned itself solely with industrial design since 1989. They maintain that today, true innovation is based on the use of technology and materials. Technology serves not to create an image, but to give service to the client : to be of genuine quality a good design-led product must therefore be beautiful, effective and comfortable. Besides Ligne Roset and Cinna, they collaborate with Bonaldo, Desalto and Fasem.

Paris, Tokyo, London : soujourns abroad which kick-started the career of Marie-Christine Dorner. Designer, interior architect and graduate of the école Camondo, Paris, she spent a year in Tokyo designing her first collection of furniture for Idée, before opening her first office in Paris. The sheer diversity of her projets is astonishing : amongst the best-known, the La Villa at St Germain des Prés, the restaurant de la Comédie Française, the presidential grandstand (tribune présidentielle du 14 juillet) at the top of the Champs Elysées, street furniture for the city of Nîmes, designs for le Mobilier National. A Londoner for more than 10 years, she designs and fits out ambassadorial residences for the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, undertakes special projects for private clients, and designs for manufacturers as diverse as Ligne Roset, Montis, Bernardaud and Baccarat. Her collection 'Une Forme, One Shape', exhibited in 2004 in Paris, Tokyo and Kyoto, is just one demonstration of her taste for perfection. The best artisans in France and Japan made up her jewellery, objects and furniture in wood, gold, porcelain, bamboo, ceramic and composite materials. Marie-Christine Dorner has lectured in both London and France, and was awarded the Grand Prix du Design de la ville de Paris in 1995.

A designer of both environments and objects, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance was born in Mende, France in 1974. Raised in a creative environment, he defines his own language with the help of forms which are at once natural, flexible, organic, fluid and structured. Trained in metal sculpture (ENSAAMA), he then moved into the sphere of 'Mobilier des Arts Décoratifs'. Noé is interested in unusual projects: such as the Sketch restaurant in London, which launched his career in 2002 and earned him his first prize, Time Out’s Best Design award. He then delivered a number of major interior architecture projects, amongst which the “La Transhumance” chalet, the Air France Business Lounge and the “Ciel de Paris” restaurant. Current projects include the new interior architecture concept for the Montblanc boutiques, which will be for worldwide application, and is designing the lounge area of the #cloud.paris building as part of its refurbishment. Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance works on projects which vary in size from the very smallest to those on the grandest scale. He has designed his first line of furniture for Ceccotti, and is continuing his collaborations with the Italian manufacturers Zanotta and Tacchini. He also began working with the American manufacturer Bernhard Design, for whom he is working on a varied collection of seating and occasional tables. Luxury houses court him. Hermès has added his Sellier settee to their collection. For Saint Louis there is the prestigious Folia collection of furniture, lighting and tableware. His name is linked to the success of the One Million perfume, for which he designed the bottle. His singular approach naturally leads him to design exceptional pieces which are presented and exhibited in prominent galleries and at high-end events. Working with the Made in Situ gallery, which opened in 2020 in Lisbon, where he is based, he is building on this appetite for materials and the handmade. This is how he describes his work in his own words: "An object is naturally obliged to respond to a need, without creating others. From this absolute necessity, it must be a vehicle for meaning and emotions. This is the angle from which I approach the design of an object, using a language rather than a style, which I develop as a result of my experience. A language in a permanent state of evolution, expressed by forms and materials and inspired by my surroundings, whether natural, real or idealised, and my emotions, whether experienced or dreamt. For I sincerely believe that there are emotional threads woven between men, spaces and objects. The objects and spaces I create in symbiosis lean towards the same direction, aided sometimes by a dash of provocativeness, but always avoiding falling into the traps of gratuity and seduction."

Born into a family of industrialists and designers of contemporary furniture. Trained at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Lyon. Having joined the Roset Company very early on, at a time of rapid growth, he has constant access to insightful marketing and a highly capable technical team. He has responsibility for the research, development and design submissions vital to ensuring the company's brands ever-more secure positioning on the market. He designed a range of furniture for young people (chambre DN...), along with numerous upholstery models, settees and contract furniture (459 fireside chair...). With the advent in the 1960's and 1970's of new materials such as foams, quilting and thermoformed plastics, he designed a large number of pieces for the domestic market : Adria, Koufra, Kashima, Safi, Kali... ...not least the model Togo, a 'seat-cushion' which still forms part of the Ligne Roset collection today.

Born in Versailles in 1946. After a classical education, extensive travels all over the world very quickly opened my mind. A few brief, varied jobs then I spent 10 years or so working as a buyer for a company specializing in 'handcrafts from across the world'. In 1989, I founded my own company, Wood&Cane Company, the concept of which - 'creation / importation' - endured until 2011. By 2016 I was in 'active retirement', working for a number of 'dear customers' and still more than active in the fields of design and product development.

After graduating from the Politecnico University of Milan with a degree in Industrial Design, Mario Ferrarini began practicing as a consultant for a number of renowned architecture, furniture and product design studios. In 2007, he opened his own studio first in Como and then in Lugano, Switzerland working alongside international companies on different projects ranging from industrial products, furniture and interior design as well as exhibition stand design. The studio works for various companies such as: Antoniolupi, Bitossi, Castelli, Crassevig, Desalto, de Sede, Franke, Jacuzzi, Living Divani, Poltrona Frau and many others. We work to create products that are timeless and transcend passing trends. Balance is a principle goal in our global concept. Our products are a result of the technical, aesthetic and functional solutions we use in designing them. We aim for perfection, with the subtlety that defines our approach, attitude and orientation, and is one of our distinguishing features.

Ramy Fischler is a Belgian contemporary designer living and working in Paris. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure de création industrielle in 2004. Between 2001 and 2010, he collaborated with Patrick Jouin. « Lauréat de l’Académie de France à Rome » in 2010-2011, he is a « pensionnaire de la Villa Médicis », where he considered, in situ, the welcome accorded to visitors and artists within the site, and developed a particular interest in the history of furniture and its association with power. Ramy Fischler then founded RF Studio in Paris, where he designs furniture and objects and creates spaces for work, culture, commerce or living. He has been joined by around ten colleagues over the years. From 2013, his agency has collaborated with personalities as varied as the chef Thierry Marx, the restaurateur Oliver Peyton, the director Cyril Teste or even the composer Jesper Nordin. Since February 2017, he has also had responsibility for the architectural design of the Chanel fashion house’s fragrance & beauty, watches & fine jewellery strands. He was named « créateur 2018 » by the Maison & Objet fair.

In 2006, Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi founded their agency GamFratesi in Copenhagen. Stine Gam was born in Copenhagen in 1975 and studied architecture in Aarhus, Denmark until 2006. During her studies she both studied and worked as an architect in Italy and Tokyo. Enrico Fratesi was born in Pesaro in 1978 and studied architecture at the University of Florence and Ferrara, graduating in 2007. During his studies he studied and worked as an architect in both Stockholm and Denmark. The work of GamFratesi is based around a constant, curious dialogue, and on their respective cultures. They favour a Scandinavian approach to craftsmanship and simplicity, with a strong, appreciable accent on the conceptual research behind their work. GamFratesi have been awarded numerous important prizes such as the Vico Magistretti Award from DePadova, "best danish designer 2009" and "Walk the Plank award 2009". Their creations have recently been displayed at the Kunstindustrimuseet (Museum of Art and Design), Copenhagen and the Artmuseum Trapholt Kolding, as well as in collective exhibitions such as Mindcraft Milan, the Royal Danish Embassy, Tokyo and the Dansk Design Center Copenhagen.

Born 20th November 1969. Lives and works in Paris. Having obtained a degree in Lettres et Arts, Alban Gilles continued his studies in Jean-Claude Maugirard's furniture training workshop at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. On leaving ENSAD in 1998, he met Didier Gomez, with whom he works on a freelance basis, overseeing high-end projects; he also works on the same basis for a number of prominent manufacturers. At the same time, he designs pieces for manufacturers such as Cinna and Design Affairs; his Fifty-Fifty armchair was awarded a 'label des industries de l'ameublement' on its launch at the Salon du Meuble of 1997. His creations for Ligne Roset include the Neo rocking chair (2002), and the Jul et Jil armchairs (2006). He has participated in numerous events and exhibitions, and in 2004 opened his own interior architecture and design agency in Paris.

Design as a second life. After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the financial world. But one has to live his own life. So, thanks to the moral support of his wife, he went back to studying Industrial design in France. He opened is own studio in 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and interior architecture. He has since started to collaborate with several international editors such as Qui est Paul ? (FR), Galerie Gosserez (FR), O'Sun (BE-HK), Buzzispace (BE), Design is Wolf (BE), Vincent Sheppard (BE), Varaschin (IT), Verreum (CZ), Casamania (IT), La Chance (FR) and Bonaldo (IT). Named "Designer of the year" in 2012 by the Interieur Kortrijk fair and Knack/Le Vif Weekend and the Museum of Design in Gent. Born: 1970 in Brussels (BELGIUM) AWARDS 2015 - Henry Van De Velde LABEL ( BE ) for the "Structure Sofa collection" designed for Bonaldo. 2014 - IMM Innovation award ( Cologne, DE ) for the the multifunctional BuzziPicnic table collection designed for Buzzispace. 2014 - "Good Design Award" ( USA ), awarded by the "Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design" for the Tracks table designed for Bonaldo. 2014 - "Good Design Award" ( USA ), awarded by the "Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design" for the multifunctional BuzziPicnic table collection designed for Buzzispace. 2014 - "BOY Winner" ( USA ), organised by Interior Design Magazine, in the "Furniture Contract/System" cathegory. 2014 - "Contract Magazine Editor's choice Award" ( USA ) in the "Collaborative Furniture" section for the BuzziPicnic table designed for Buzzispace. 2014 - "HIP Award Winner" ( USA ) in the "Collaborative / Large" product cathegory for the BuzziPicnic workbenh designed for Buzzispace. 2014 - "HIP Award Winner" ( USA ) in the "Flexible Office Solution" product cathegory for the BuzziVille workbenh designed for Buzzispace in collaboration with the Buzzispace Design Team. 2014 - "ADEX Silver Award for Design Exellence", ( USA ), for the BuzziHive designed for Buzzispace. 2013 - "Green Dot Award" ( Los Angeles, USA ), for the Nomad solar portable lamp designed for O'Sun. 2013 - "Red Dot Design Award - Best of The Best" ( DE ) for the "Welded" table designed for Bonaldo. 2012 - "Design for Asia - Golden Award" awarded by the Hong Kong Design Center for the "Nomad" solar designed for O'Sun 2012 - "Henry Van De Velde Public Award" ( BE ) for the "Nomad" solar lamp designed for O'Sun. 2012 - "Henry Van De Velde LABEL" ( BE ) for the "Nomad" solar lamp designed for O'Sun. 2011 - "Designer of the Year" awarded by the Interieur Kortrijk fair, the Design Museum in Gent, the Grand-Hornu Museum, Design September, and the magazines Knack Weekend and Le Vif Weekend ( BE ). 2011 - "Henry Van De Velde LABEL" ( BE ) for the BuzziBooth designed for Buzzispace. 2009 - "Good Design Award" ( USA )by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design - for the "Big Table" designed for Bonaldo Bonaldo. 2008 - "Henry Van De Velde LABEL" ( BE ) for the Tectonic Table designed for Bonaldo.

A designer since 1978 (the year in which his first furniture collections were launched) and an interior architect since 1985, Didier Gomez designs both furniture and spaces (boutiques, large stores, apartments, private homes, head offices) all over the world. Amongst his clients : Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Carrousel du Louvre, LVMH, Bernard Arnault, Céline, Louis Vuitton, Galeries Lafayette, Vivendi Universal, Kenzo, Christian Dior, Pomelato, De Beers, L'Oréal, BNP Paribas, Bouygues Telecom, Le Méridien' In January 2002, jointly with Ligne Roset and Cinna, Didier Gomez was awarded the 'Nombre d'or' bestowed by the Salon du Meuble de Paris, in recognition of his exemplary collaboration with the Roset Group. He was created lauréat du Janus de l'industrie 2005 for his Atmosphère kitchen, produced by Arthur Bonnet.

Bernard Govin is a French designer and interior architect, born in 1940. During his life, he has created a range of pieces which, fluid in appearance and with audacious, futuristic curves, are still attractive today. He began working with the celebrated manufacturer Ligne Roset from the late 1960’s. Having studied at the école des arts appliqués Duperré and the institut d'esthétique industrielle, he opened his own agency in 1963. His investigations centre on the new materials. In 1966 he showed an emblematic work at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs (SAD) : his Asmara floor seating, produced by Ligne Roset from 1967. He then presented his Dunes seating, also produced by Ligne Roset, at the SAD 1972. His innovative pieces surprise by their very inventiveness and their great modernity. Bernard Govin was to see other models of his produced as a result of collaborations with a range of manufacturers and he eventually moved to the South of France to work on interior arrangement projects.

Diplômée avec félicitations du jury de l'Ecole Camondo en 2013, Lara Grand, architecte d'intérieur et designer, a travaillé pour diverses agences à Paris et à l'étranger. C'est dans ce cadre qu'elle a participé à des chantiers d'appartements privés, à la conception de présentoirs à bijoux, à différents travaux graphiques, à l'aménagement d'un salon de coiffure ou à la mise au point de projets mobilier pour Ligne Roset aux côtés de Marie Christine Dorner, ou encore pour les marques Zeus et Montis. Son projet de fin d'études à Camondo a été la création de la lampe conique Peak up, une lampe de chevet associant éclairage diffus et éclairage directionnel, le passage de l'un à l'autre se faisant par simple basculement de sa partie supérieure. En 2016, Ligne Roset édite son lampadaire Headlight.

Born 10th August 1980 Education 15th March 2006 - obtained diploma from E.N.S.C.I. with special mention for his diploma project. Diploma project: 'Paysage domestique / Environnement naturant'. 4 contemplative objects, mentored by Erwan Bouroullec. Thesis : Sentinel - ARIZONA A study on landscape and contemplation through the western, mentored by Marie-Haude Caraës. March 2003 - March 2004: Internship with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec Work experience: April 2006 - May 2006 - Assistant to Mathieu Lehanneur - Development of a restaurant chain - Design of a perfume bottle for Issey Miyake, - Development of scenography for the City of Paris. July 2006 - Collective exhibition, DESIGN Parade à la Villa Noaïlles - Presentation of 3 aquaria and 3 pools. October 2006 - Collective exhibition, biennale du Design de Saint-Etienne. - Presentation of my diploma project, Paysage domestique. - Presentation of two tattoos. September 2006 - Assistant to RADI DESIGNERS. - Development of domestic electrical appliances for Moulinex, - Development of small electrical appliances for Violet, - Design of a perfume bottle for Prada, - Creation of a lounge area for Nuit Blanche 2007. January 2007 - February 2007 - collaboration with Valérie Mréjen. - Project, 1% artistique for a school January 2007 - Collective exhibition, presentation of a light with the VIA at the Paris and Milan furniture fairs. February 2008 - Beginning of collaboration with Domeau & Pérès.

Designer Pierre Guariche was born in 1926. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, graduating in 1949. He then worked in the studio of Marcel Gascoin and presented his first designs at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and the Salon des Arts Ménagers. In 1953, he designed the mythical « Tonneau » chair for Steiner, first in plastic (1953) and then in bent plywood (1954). In 1954 he founded the Atelier de Recherche Plastique with Joseph-André Motte and Michel Mortier. In 1957, he was named Artistic Director of furniture manufacturer Meurop. He then shared his knowledge with the students of the Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Tournai and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. He knew how to bring a personal, innovative touch to design, combining aestheticism and series production. His heart’s desire was to respond to the requirements of his era by making use of series production techniques. His creations, such as the Tonneau chair (1953 and 1954), the Tulipe chair (1956) and the Président desk (1961), have become legendary pieces.

guggenbichlerdesign… loves to create and design furniture and products with clear elegance, timeless simplicity and independent character for wonderful environments. Harald, born in Klagenfurt in Austria, and Heike, born in Vienna, founded the industrial design studio located in Vienna in 2004. Ever since they jointly design living, contract and office furniture, for in- and outdoor use and cooperate with international well known companies such as Tonon, Fermob, Crassevig, Neudörfler, Rossin, … and Ligne Roset. Both started with very different types of education: Harald is a graduated designer and a skilled master carpenter. Heike studied business administration with a main focus on advertising and market research. Now they unite knowledge of marketing with experience, technical know-how and an organic-emotional feeling for materials, function and aesthetics. The process of design is complex like creating a symphony. It requires sensitivity, intuition and experience: a little bit of this and that, mixed to a perfect whole - something significant, delightful and sustaining. For guggenbichlerdesign… the cooperation with Ligne Roset, an extraordinary family run company with long tradition, intensive handcrafting experience and a wide variety of design classics, represents something very special.

BIOGRAPHIE After product design studies and working for Benjamin Hubert Meike Harde started her business in 2013 with the participation at several design-talent shows. She is inceasingly active for international brands like Freistil Rolf Benz, Bolia, Puplo and many more. The 1987 born Meike Harde works and lives in Cologne. DESIGN APPROACH / INSPIRATION "lamp name" is a result of experimenting with paper models and the variation of cones. Attached to an elegant stand the shade starts linear on the top but ends in a circle. This transition causes soft waves in the outline and generates an overall smooth and friendy feeling.

Sebastian Herkner (born 1981) studied Product Design at HfG Offenbach University of Art and Design. During his studies he began to focus on designing objects and furniture, honing his keen feel for materials, colors and textures. For a short while he then worked for Stella McCartney in London. In the year 2006 Sebastian Herkner founded his own studio. Since that time, he has designed furniture, lamps and smaller items for manufacturers such as Ames, and Tradition, Cappellini, ClassiCon, Dedon, Ligne Roset, Linteloo, Moroso, Pulpo, Rosenthal, Thonet, Wittmann and Zanotta. Herkner also works on interior architecture projects and museum and exhibition design. His works have won numerous accolades – among others the IF Award, the Iconic Award and the Elle Deco International Design Award (EDIDA). As Guest of Honour at imm cologne 2016, Sebastian Herkner provided the design for “Das Haus”. In 2019, Maison&Objet elected him “Designer of the Year”. An unconditional love for traditional craftsmanship paired with a good feel for new technologies, a true flair for colour, authentic materials and textures, an unadulterated curiosity for different cultures, for embracing and integrating them, and a commitment to taking responsibility for the things and people one works with, not to mention consideration and respect for all of the details and steps necessary to create an extraordinary object...: Since the success of the Bell Table for ClassiCon in 2012, Sebastian Herkner has never looked back, whilst remaining true to his word – and himself. Balance and intuition are important and enduring factors in his work, which he sees as a continuous dialogue that straddles the disciplines: It takes him to the far corners of the world in search of almost forgotten crafts techniques, of factories that have a tradition going back centuries, to the crafts Sleeping Beauties of the craft world that he can awaken from their slumbers. In the process he creates not just chairs, sofas, lamps, tables, vases and carpets, but an entire cosmos that shines a new light on how objects can appeal to the senses, and where beauty is cultivated from within the process itself and from his empathy towards people.

Peter Christian Hertel, born in 1968, and Sebastian Klarhoefer, born in 1966, have known each other since childhood. They studied architecture in Berlin and Venice, completing their studies in 1994, and in Berlin in 1996. Their first joint furniture projects arose from their studies at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice, and were very much in the style of Aldo Rossi. In 1999, the founded the design agency Hertel & Klarhoefer. Since 2001, they have been working as architects and designers in their agency in Berlin. Designers, interior architects, model-makers and carpenters form part of their team. In the years that followed they designed furniture and accessories for renowned brands such as Authentics, ClassiCon, Elmarflötotto, Ligne Roset, Nils Holger Moormann and Zeitraum. They position themselves as a 'Full Service' creative agency, covering the full spectrum of services from initial design conception to technical production. Berlin, a city filled with creative potential, has inspired them from the beginning. It influences their work to this day.

Martin Hirth was born 1987 in Horb in the Black Forest (Germany) and graduated 2014 from the the University of Art and Design Offenbach in product design. While still studying, he founded his own studio and worked also as assistant of designer Sebastian Herkner from 2011-2014. Martin Hirth's numerous awarded designs - widely noticed by the international trade press - were exhibited among others in Paris, Milan and Berlin.

Maria Jeglinska was born in France 1983. In 2007 she graduated from écal's Industrial design program. For the past two years worked for the Gallery kreo in Paris and in the office of Konstantin Grcic in Munich. In late 2009, she set up her own Office for Design and Research in between London and Warsaw. The work is focused on industrial design projects (ranging from furniture, lighting to products), exhibition design, spaces, writing as well as research-based projects. Convinced that in today's culture research can question and generate new forms of answers and services. In 2010 she is a cofunder of EESTT: Eastern European Study Think Tank. A think tank focused on eastern European countries.

Eric was born in Chatou in 1961. He graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Saint Etienne and the L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Paris. He began collaborating with the gallery Neotu and in 1991 was the subject of a personal exhibition at the Cartier Foundation. In 1995 he undertook a study based on a piece of bridging furniture for the 'Carte blanche VIA'. The galerie Gilles Peyroulet et cie displays a number of collections of furniture designed by Eric Jourdan. In 2002 he designed signage for the cité universitaire internationale de Paris in conjunction with Ruedi Baur. Since 2002 he has also collaborated with Ligne Roset, with whom he was awarded the Red Dot Design Award for the Snowdonia settee. Several of his upholstery and furniture models have appeared in the Ligne Roset collection, the Shaman armchair being the latest. The Hyannis Port collection is amongst his designs for Cinna.

Design studio kaschkasch was founded in 2011 by florian kallus and sebastian schneider. the duo works in furniture, lighting design and art direction for several national and international clients. being a duo, collaboration is a crucial aspect of kaschkasch’s work. discussion is key. kaschkasch approaches design as a helpful and practical component of life that conveys character and attitudes through the expressiveness of restraint. basing themselves on this approach to design, kaschkasch wields a characteristic formal language that is inherently present in each design: it is a symbiosis of straightforwardness and beauty that toes the line between function and formal severity. the results are modest, challenging, intelligent and logical. kaschkasch questions prevailing norms and offers new answers to existing everyday demands. florian kallus and sebastian schneider share a background that combines hands-on and academic education: both are trained as cabinet makers followed by studies in product design. this versatility informs everything kaschkasch does. the studio appreciates the hands-on insight, practice and technical understanding, which contributes to their design method: traditional craftsmanship techniques and a mindset geared towards innovation, disruption and new technological solutions.

Hiroshi Kawano was born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1971. He studied interior architecture at Tama Art University, Tokyo. In 2004, he began working as an independent designer. Since 2006, his works have been exhibited in Stockholm, London, Cologne, Bonn, Munich, Paris and Tokyo.

1942 Born in Osaka, Japan. 1964 Graduated in Industrial Design from Naniwa College, Osaka. Kita extended his creative field from Japan to Italy and to the international arena as an environmental and industrial designer since 1969. He has created many hit products for European and Japanese manufacturers, ranging from furniture, LCD TV sets, robots to household goods and appliances. Many of his works are possessed by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and other museums around the world. In recent years, he has been promoting education by holding seminars and workshops not only in Japan, but also in Europe and Asia. He continues to be involved in his lifelong devotion to working with traditional crafts and developing local industries.

Michael was born in Aachen in 1971, to a Dutch mother and a German father. He grew up in the part of Germany which borders the Netherlands and Belgium. Michael's grandfathers were skilled craftsmen, so he became acquainted with all kinds of materials at an early age and loved making and creating all kinds of things. After school Michael trained to become a cabinet maker. He studied design in Aachen, where he gained an honours degree. One year later, at the age of 27, he started work as a lecturer at the University of Aachen, teaching product development. During this time Michael started work on his own projects with small German design labels such as Details and Freiraum. After his first booklet mailing in 1999, Michael came to the attention of Habitat and Ligne Roset. These were the first major international companies he worked for, and they have remained loyal clients. For several years now, Michael has had his own studio in Hamburg, where he moved to after starting a family. Michael, his Turkish wife and their two daughters, live in the northern part of Hamburg. The studio is responsible for a wide range of design projects in the fields of furniture, accessories, lighting and interior design, making use of many different materials and all kinds of technologies. What is Michael's secret? The answer is simple - take an everyday article and give it a twist in respect of its use, function and material and, in many cases, add a touch of humour. Since 2008, Michael has been responsible for art direction for the firm of Flora in Halver, Germany. Clients include, Artepuro, Details, the Danish Consulate in Germany, Flora, Freiheit, Freiraum, Cinna, Clic, Habitat, Jasmim, Kaether & Weise, Ligne Roset, Louise Poulsen, Magazin, Morfoso and Rapsel.

Born in 1982, Pierre Lapeyronnie grew up between Paris and South-Western France, where his grandfather - a blacksmith and self-taught engineer - had a factory producing tools and equipment for vineyards. He graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux in 2006, having investigated the possible interactions between soundscapes and their individual uses. On his return to Paris he began working as a freelance project manager, working on numerous projects for various agencies including those of Nathalie Crinière (stand design) and Jean Nouvel (product design). During this period he collaborated with craftsmen all over France, visiting them in their workshops to learn such basic skills as glass blowing, ironwork, ceramics, cutlery-making and cabinetmaking. In March 2010 Pierre Lapeyronnie founded PLII, his industrial design agency. This agency works on various projects, both commissioned and self-initiated, focussing mainly on the design of high-quality products, rationally designed, imbuing each with several levels on which it can be 'read'. His aesthetic approach is simple, precise and uncompromising. Pierre Lapeyronnie lectures in product design at the School of Design of the Strate Collège de Sèvres. His course alerts students to industrial realities whilst guiding them through the entire economic life-cycle of a product, from the initial sketch through to the production stage.

Born in Lyon (1979), a mechanics graduate from the institut universitaire de technologie de Lyon, he then went on to study design at the école cantonale d'art, Lausanne. After his graduation in 2004, he moved to Paris, where he began working as an assistant to Pascal Mourgue. In 2005, he worked in the office of Andrée Putman and began working on his own projects, designing Cage, a collection of lighting, for Mat&jewski. Since 2006 he has been workign as an assistant to Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, also continuing with his own projects for Ligne Roset and Oliban. In 2008, his Ariane light for Ligne Roset was awarded the Red Dot Design Award.

Philippine Lemaire was born in Saint-Etienne in 1984. After spending time at the ESADSE in Saint-Etienne, she graduated from the ESAD, Reims in 2008. Since then she has been working on a freelance basis, either alone or with a colleague. She divides her time between designing objects and furniture, scenography and interior arrangement. Scrutinizing our contemporary lifestyles, she tries to adopt a sensitive approach to each one of her projects. A material, a function or a production method are just some of the starting points in terms of project development. Today she works with a range of manufacturers such as the Faïencerie de Gien or the Cristalleries de Saint-Louis.

This product was designed and developed using all the expertise of our R&D department in Briord, in the Ain region.

Mauro Lipparini's intensive activities in the field of industrial design encompass furniture for both home and office, textiles and other products created for numerous companies in Europe and Japan. In terms of architecture and interior design, he focuses mainly on residential and commercial buildings such as corporate headquarters, showrooms, shops, restaurants and exhibition spaces. In addition, he designs and produces advanced image and corporate identity systems ranging from graphics to editorial services and production. The style of Lipparini, based on pared-down forms and clear, vigorous lines, the characteristics of natural minimalism, is heavily influenced by gaiety of spirit, and an intoxicating sense of aesthetic pleasure and creativity. Through the free use of colours, organic frameworks and original visual ideas, Lipparini broadens the palette of minimalism by converging instantaneousness and the power of this aesthetic quality in new era of maturity and a sense of wellbeing. For Mauro Lipparini, design is the inevitable tension between aesthetics and function, art and application. He enables a product to become both agreeable and intriguing, a functional or superfluous object to be transformed into one charged with aesthetic sense and semantics, thus enriching the domestic landscape. He enables a space or its ergonomy to come alive with an ever-new relevance. Design engenders desires which will improve the quality of life, it enables us to view progress with increased involvement, it renders the understanding of function and therefore the perception of one's habitat both passionate and agreeable. Design is not the application of form like make-up, it is the object in itself, it is the tradition, the culture which enables people to have more or less indirect contact with the intellectually avant-garde by democratising art. It can be more or less poetic, constructive and considered, but it must always push the very limits of risk by forgetting habits and customs. These considerations form the base of my work and, through simple, vigorous lines, graphic abstractions, compositions and purely geometric decompositions, I am ever on the trail of beauty and pleasure with a view to allying form and function. A natural minimalism of pared-down forms, paying particular attention to materials, colours, surfaces, to thick and thin, light and shade.

David Corraux invites you to enter an urban, dreamlike forest in which the imagination runs riot. Through a singular, retro-futuristic universe, Maison Le LOUP brings us an alternative, artistic take on ceramics which brings a renewed aesthetic to this marvellous art which is at once timeless and constantly evolving. David Corraux is part of the wave of creative ceramicist-designers who all share a common contemporary desire: To render everyday objects more singular, more poetic, in osmosis with our time. To revisit trends and subscribe to them. To offer an approach, a new view of ceramics in order to touch and meet with our contemporaries.

Paolo Lucidi (1974) Luca Pevere (1977). Both graduated and professionaly trained in Milan, they started to develop their first projects together since 2003 and in 2006 founded their studio LucidiPevere. They are facing constant challenges using unusual technics and aesthetic means to develop new forms of products. Some of the brands LucidiPevere work with are De Padova, Zanotta, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Agape, Ligne Roset, Foscarini, Kristalia, Living Divani, Normann Copenhagen, Very Wood, Emu, Casamania, DeCastelli, La Cividina, Teracrea. Their products appeared in different museums and won major awards such as Designpreis Deutschland, Red Dot Design Award, Good Design Award, Compasso d'Oro Honourable mentions and many others. They took part in various exhibitions in Europe and in the U.S. and appeared in different publications.

Anne Lutz graduated in industrial design from the ECAL (école cantonale d'art de Lausanne). On leaving the school in 2010, she worked for Ionna Vautrin in Paris. Anne studied ceramic art for 10 years (hence her work on 'the product'), along with graphic design, hence her interest in 2D. She first designs on a flat (2D) surface then works on the volumes to combine 2D and 3D. She does a lot of photography and is influenced by Swiss-style graphic design. She loves and feels particularly close to the architecture of the Twenties and the Bauhaus movement. She was a winner of the Concours Cinna révélateur de talents in 2013 with a project for an LED light, exploring indirect lighting with a view to modelling the wall light and making it pivot.

Pieter Maes, born in 1979, is a designer who lives in Paris. His work is about the power of pure forms and spaces that transcend time, about the areas of human history that have never been written down and about artefacts that suggest a distant past or a potential future. 2004 - Graduated from Design Academy, Eindhoven 2005 - Internship at Ora-ïto, Paris 2007 - Furniture Design at Vincent Van Duysen Architects 2011 - STVDIO collaboration with Marc Merckx 2014 - Illum outdoor furniture collection for Tribù 2016 - Furniture design in collaboration with Moroso for Hotel National des Arts et Métiers, Paris 2017 - Skillet design for Demeyere / Zwilling 2018 – Practice moves to Paris 2018 - Boon Gallery Paris

Peter Maly studied interior architecture at the Fachhochschule Detmold, graduating in 1960. Between 1960 and 1970 he worked as a journalist and interior designer for a German interiors magazine. He opened his own design and interior architecture studio in 1970. He has worked for many years with companies such as Anta, Behr, Cinna, Cor, Interlübke, Jab Anstoetz, Ligne Roset, Mauser, Thonet et Tonon. His scope of works takes in product design, textile design and 'exhibition design' for certain events such as trade show stands for Ligne Roset. In addition he has worked on the design and fit-out of Ligne Roset stores all over the world, including Moscow, New York, Hamburg and Berlin. His works have been recognised with numerous design awards.

Valentine MAUPETIT, née le 01/09/1995 à Paris Formation 2018 - 2020 ESADSE – Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne DNSEP – Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique option design mention objet, félicitations du jury. 2014 - 2017 EESI – Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, Poitiers DNAP – Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques beaux-arts, sculpture et installation. 2013 Lycée Fénelon, Paris VI Baccalauréat littéraire, mention assez bien. Expériences professionnelles 2020 - 2021 ENSCI – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle ENS Paris-Saclay, CRD – Centre de Recherche en Design Chaire S’entendre, partenariat Clen R&D – Les environnements acoustiques des espaces de travail tertiaires 2020 CAFA – Académie Centrale des Beaux-Arts de Chine, Pékin Workshop – La mobilité des travailleurs dans une mégalopole chinoise. 2019 EU Policy Lab – Commission Européenne, Bruxelles Commande – Projet prospectif sur l’agriculture européenne en 2050 nov.-déc. 2019 Flavien Delbergue, Paris Assistante stagiaire, design objet sept.-nov. 2019 Wendy Andreu, Paris Assistante stagiaire, design objet et mobilier 2016 Balancing on chin – Sylvain Bourget, Poitiers Commissariat et montage d’exposition, médiation culturelle 2015 Séminaire Réseau Canopé et Rurart, Poitiers Edition sur l’éducation artistique en milieu rural Distinctions 2020 Prix Dess(e)ins 2020, Les Traces Habiles Prix dans la catégorie "Itinérance" Concours Cinna, Révélateur de Talents, 13e édition Prix "Coup de coeur du jury" avec la console Aube 2019 Concours Desjoyaux Prix du jury avec le projet Fuga Concours Cinna, Révélateur de Talents, 12e édition Finaliste avec la lampe Kamakura

Fattorini, Rizzini & Partners design contemporary furniture for a number of manufacturers in both Italy and abroad. Founded in 2009, their agency brings together Bruno Fattorini, President and founder of the MDF brand, Robin Rizzini, Design Director, and Lucio Quinzio Leonelli, Partner and a management specialist for several furniture manufacturers. "The PRODUCT is more important than the sum of its components". This holistic vision is the agency's philosophy.

Philippe Moine is full of sincerity and humanity, deeply anchored in an approach where man is at once the source and the end purpose of his creativity. A sensitive lover of pictorial art and sculpture, he is nourished by the inexpressible which is illustrated through pared-down lines, emotions emanating from a sketched-out movement. Philippe Moine was born in the Seventies in St Etienne, a town recognised by Unesco since 22nd November 2010 as one of a network of 'villes créatives Design'. Was this an omen? A childhood lover of Lego, Meccano and carpentry sets, he very quickly showed a marked leaning towards a career in which the process of construction and woodworking would satisfy his appetite for creation. His first cabinetmaking courses confirmed his particular attraction to this career path, where wood enabled him to give shape to his ideas with great ease. Ideas, his head was full of them ! To help them gush out, he signed up with the école Boulle, Paris where he learned to master the movements and skills which would enable him to craft wood, metal and fabric with both quality and genius. With a degree in Interior Architecture under his belt, he then went on to specialize in Industrial Design at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris: a course with the educational mission of providing artistic, scientific and technical training in all spheres of the decorative arts. At the same time, Philippe Moine joined the design team at Renault: plunging into such a hotbed of creativity was a catalyst for him. The designers, from the best schools in the world, were young like him; the multicultural nature of the team and the means laid at their disposal enabled them to produce designs of limitless creativity. This experience, coupled with his talent, was to open the doors of various design agencies, where he became known for his striking creations. Philippe Moine opened his own studio in 1996 and now divides his time between industrial design, which he has been developing more broadly for a number of years, and 'le Mobilier de Création'. > Industrial design is a field in which he knows how to make the best use of his achievements whilst adhering to a set of specifications which have been scrupulously defined by issues relating to business, the market, the production process, the user...his expertise in this field is acknowledged, his creations arresting. il maîtrise des réalisations en adéquation avec un cahier des charges scrupuleux défini par une problématique d'entreprise, de marché, de fabrication, d'utilisateur... > Le Mobilier de Création is his secret garden where he designs exceptional pieces. Unique items of furniture worked in a single material or in a range of material types, a harmonious marriage of wood, metal or glass. > Graphic and spatial design are areas in which he plunders the very DNA of the business, offering sensory voyages using forms, images, materials and colours whilst remaining true to simplicity and clarity. As the town of Saint-Etienne was making design one of its axes for economic recovery, Philippe Moine came together with two other local designers to found the collective DESIGNERS+ in 2007. Today, this collective is a veritable platform for design and development, aiding the region's economic players by making design an innovative lever for the whole area. Today, Philippe sits on both the management committee and the Design & Industries commission.

Born 1st February 1985. Founded in 2013, Simon Morasi Piperčić is a Zagreb-based design agency which works on a range of projects from furniture and spatial design to specialist on-site installations, artistic direction to design consultancy. The studio’s distinctive identity arises from the intercultural space between elitism and egalitarianism, avant-garde experimentation, and highly commercial products : this has enabled the team at Simon Morasi Piperčić to successfully build themselves a specific position which is easily recognizable in the global professional context. The agency has won some of the most prestigious awards – the German Design Award 2017, the Red Dot in 2013 and 2015, and the Interior Innovation Award in 2015. In 2014, they were part of the team which designed the Croatian Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia. Their work has appeared in a range of major publications such as Dezeen, Domus, Frame and Designboom, and has been exhibited all over the world.

1957 : began his studies at the école Boulle, at the age of 14-and-a-half. 1962 : made the acquaintance of Charlotte Perriand by telephone. 1968 : began designing furniture. 1988 : exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 1994 : designed his first collection for Cinna, including most notably the Calin armchair. 1995 : designed the Mourgue bed for Cinna. 1996 : awarded the Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle du Ministère de la Culture. 1997 : designed In Fine for Cinna. 2000 : designed Smala for Cinna. Label VIA 2000 IF Design Award and Red Dot Best of the Best 2001. 2007 : designed Pas si Classique for Cinna.

Born in Belgrade in 1973, she graduated from the Ecole d’architecture Paris la Villette in the year 2000. Ana Moussinet has worked in her studio, ANA MOUSSINET INTERIOR DESIGN, since 2012. Liberated and inspired, Ana Moussinet owes her expertise to her architectural degree from the Beaux-Arts de Paris and to the professional path she has taken. Design as an art form, technique as a foundation, to her, volume is a material to be sculpted, to be adorned before being inhabited. Her Slavic origins inspire her on a daily basis and give her approach a sensitive, lively twist. An architect, she sculpts spaces of all sizes. From an 180-bedroom 5* hotel on the other side of the world to the identity of a boutique located a few steps from her studio in the Le Marais district, to the design of a jewel-like light, Ana devotes the same level of enthusiasm and the same expertise to each project. A stylistic vocabulary which interweaves French elegance with contemporary design and Slavic joie de vivre, from which Ana draws the necessary inspiration to sketch out the features of each interior, making it a unique piece, at the service of both sponsors and users.

Thomas Müller : born in 1959. Studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart and the Royal College of Art, London. Has shared a design bureau with Jörg Wulff since 2001. Jörg Wulff : born in 1968. Studied at the Hdk Berlin, the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Berlin and the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. The focus of our inspiration, our lives and our work is Berlin. Architecture, interior architecture and design are our working priorities. The aesthetic quality of our creations is defined through the search for balance between creative restraint and the communication of the main concept. The starting point of all our creations is a substantial story as the leitmotif of creation. The opportunity for change, for an experience, for a memory, amongst many others, show the emotional side of a product. This is how furniture communicates to us over and above its pure function.

Born in southern France in 1984, Eléonore Nalet studied industrial design at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the Design Academy Eindhoven. She spent 4 years working for the designer Inga Sempé in Paris whilst also working on her own projects. In 2010, her Serpentine armchair made her a finalist in the Villa Noailles’ Design Parade 05 competition; the won the SEB group design award the same year. The following year her work was shown in Cologne at the D3 design talents show, where she met Michel Roset, who was to decide to put Serpentine into production. In 2013, drawn by the prospect of new experiences, she moved to Santiago, Chile, where she worked principally for Roda, developing games and furniture for children; she also lectured in design at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Always on the search for new cultures and particularly drawn to craftsmanship, she moved to Mexico and opened her own studio in 2015. That same year, her Columpio shelf was shown at the Abierto Mexicano de Diseno, the first piece in a locally-manufactured, self-produced collection. Her work stretches from objects to spaces, with an industrial or more craftsman-led approach depending on the project.

Studied Applied Arts (bac F12, BTS Design industriel à La Martinière - Lyon, DSAA Design produit & mobilier - école Boulle), during which time he designed the 'Ailleurs' garden in Chaumont-sur-Loire and the Flac light (winner of a Habitat competition) in conjunction with C. Gardet. Since 1999 he has worked as a freelance designer, and also with studio De Lucchi in Milan, where he has participated in numerous projects developing products, furniture, lighting, interior architecture, events and scenography for Olivetti, Poltrona Frau, Artemide, Alias, Caimi, Interni, Feg, Listone Giordano... At the same time he has also worked on projects for Nube Italia, Felicerossi, NavaDesign. In 2008, he was awarded 2nd prize in the 'Autogrill' restaurant competition, with M. Biffi. Since 2005, long-term furniture projects have been supported by the VIA, thanks to which he was able to design the Spiral shelf, Storage-Unit chest and Intersection divans and, in January 2009, the Twin-Chairs chairs and the Tréteau universal table base. Certain of his projects have been put into production, such as Cross-Unit (Sintesi) or Intersection, from which sprang the Confluences collection of upholstery, produced by Ligne Roset.

Jean-Philippe NUEL comes from a family of architects whose passions are design and contemporary creation. He gained his architectural diploma at the Paris fine art school (Ecole des Beaux-Arts) and soon won recognition after winning an international competition presided over by Kenzo Tange. Shortly afterwards, he realises an overall project of architecture and decoration for a Parisian hotel. After this first commission, many other boutique hotel projects followed, both in Paris and elsewhere in France: LE VICTOIRE OPÉRA, LA VILLA ST GERMAIN, L'HOTEL THÉRÈSE, LE GÉNÉRAL, LE DUO, the REGENT PETITE FRANCE in Strasbourg or the JIVA HILL PARK HOTEL, near Geneva and soon the hotel LE GRAND BALCON in Toulouse. Since these, many major hotel chains have called upon his services, including SOFITEL (Budapest and Paris La Défense), HILTON (Evian and Malta) and CLUB MEDITERRANEE (Peisey Vallandry). Other projects are in progress with LE MERIDIEN (Paris Etoile, Brussels and Dubai), RADISSON (Nantes), WESTIN (Aqaba in Jordan) and also TAJ HOTEL (India), MARRIOTT (Marrakech) and two cruiser ships for the Compagnie des Iles du Ponant. The studio is currently working in Japan, in the Middle East and, of course, in Europe, on hotel projects, private houses, spas, concept stores and restaurants.

Numéro111 is composed of three separate individuals, Sophie Françon, Jennifer Julien and Grégory Peyrache. Childhood friends from St-Etienne, the trio studied separately - at the Ecole supérieure d'Art et de Design de Saint-Etienne and the Ecole nationale supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Etienne - then embarked on solo apprenticeships before coming together again to found Numéro111 in 2010. They proclaim a global dialogue-based approach which is not limited to a single scale or discipline. The team comes together to work on a variety of projects in the fields of objects, furniture, architecture, interior design and scenography. Appreciative of forms and materials, Numéro111 questions and invites, through its creations, a reflection on use which arises from the three distinct characters' transversal view of our daily lives.

After I graduated from ICS COLLEGE OF ARTS in 1998, I worked for BY STEP DESIGN STUDIO. I began working as a freelance designer in Europe in 2008. Based in Milan, I'm currently working on designs for furniture and products.

Kensaku Oshiro was born on Okinawa Island, Japan, in 1977. After gaining a Master's degree in Industrial Design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan in 1999, he began working with various studios until 2004, when he joined the design team at Lissoni Associati where he worked until mid-2012. In June 2012, Kensaku moved to London to join BarberOsgerby studio. In June 2015, Kensaku established his own studio in Milan. He has participated in numerous exhibitions and competitions and has obtained a range of prestigious international awards. Kensaku Oshiro works with Boffi, De Padova, Gan, Glas Italia, Kristalia, Ligne Roset, Poltrona Frau, Viccarbe and Zanotta.

During the 1990's, we were both attracted by the energy of the formerly divided Berlin, absorbing creative young people from all over the world. In 1996, amidst an atmosphere of constant change and seemingly endless possibilities, we started to study at the University of Fine Arts, Berlin. Though coming from different backgrounds, we soon started to collaborate - and this collaboration soon turned out to be an amazing kind of teamwork, achieving results well beyond our individual capacities. In 1998 we founded the design studio 'wunschforscher' (roughly translated as 'desiresearchers'), creating objects between design, innovation and art. The most famous works from this period are the 'SushiRoller' and the 'top.table'. At the same time we produced scenography and visual concepts for fashion shows, events and parties, amongst others for MTV Designerama On Stage and Adidas Originals. In 2005 we founded 'osko+deichmann', with the aim of making straightforward objects which nevertheless have an additional layer, or else tell a story. In 2006 we designed the PONTON low table for Ligne Roset. One year later the ABYSS light by Kundalini and the CLIP CHAIR by MOOI were presented at the Salone di Mobile, Milan. In autumn 2007 the PEBBLE collection of seating was launched by elmarflötotto. The designs of 'osko+deichmann' have been shown at the musée du Louvre (Paris), the Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein (Berlin), Cube Gallery (Manchester), MoMA (Berlin), Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin), Galerie VIA (Paris) and 107 Rivoli (Paris).

1977 : graduated in decorative arts 1978 : creation of the furniture department at Ensad 1979 : creation of Pagnon & Pelhaitre design 1981 : Amarante, Dariosecq 1982 : Sara, tables basses Habitat 1983 : First, Cinna 1984 : furniture for the programme 'Formule 1 de France Gall' 1985 : Straty, Cinna 1986 : collection for Artelano 1987 : Domus collection, Ligne Roset 1988 : Atal desks 1989 : Scoop, Drimmer 1990 : Gong desks, Frezza italie 1991 : Dune living & bedroom furniture, Cinna (Roset group) 1992 : Mobile, Cinna 1993 : Treves research centre, groupe Treves 1994 : Treves factories, groupe Treves 1995 : Square, Ligne Roset 1996 : Treves training centre, groupe Treves 1997 : Yoyo tables, Ligne Roset. Macé desk 1998 : Treves head office, Fbg.St.Honore, groupe treves 1999 : Ipso Facto 2000 : Playtime, Espace Prive, Ligne Roset 2001 : Zinc Zinc restaurant. Familia, Mobalpa 2002 : PP900, Ligne Roset. Addform showroom 2003 : Travel, Ligne Roset. Tremois factory, groupe Treves 2004 : Cineline cinna 2005 : professors of furniture at Ensad. Strates, Ligne Roset 2006 : Schmidt kitchen 2007 : QM in china

Architect and designer Roberto Paoli associates deep technical competence with mastery of material performances, thus enabling him to create highly innovative products. His studio works on numerous projects in a range of design spheres such as product design, interior arrangement and architecture (designing homes, stores, showrooms and exhibition stands). Roberto Paoli is currently developing products for high-end furniture and lighting brands such as Ligne Roset, Fiamitalia, Artemide and Nemo Cassina . In 2013, alongside his collaborations with renowned companies, he created his own brand, Seminato Mercadente, to self-produce products characterised by vigorous research, experimentation and innovation. The brand takes its name from its head office, an evocative space restored by Roberto Paoli, in an historic building (early 1900s) in Milan. Roberto Paoli has won the Chicago Good Design Award four times and has also been nominated for the Compasso D'oro; he won the Interior Innovation Award in 2014. Roberto Paoli is also the creator and curator of design events and exhibitions. He is also a member of several international juries.

Born in Paris in 1927, made his début in the 50's, known for his designs and installations (TV, Thonet, Bertrand Faure, Disderot, Artifort), he brought modernity to the Elysée Palace for President Pompidou in 1971. He designed all the furniture for the official office of François Mitterrand, and renovated the dining room for Jacques Chirac. At the same time, he founded ADSA with two associates, working on industrial projects (Calor, Allibert, Stamp) and brand image (Air France) as well as fitting-out railway stations (Gare de Lyon, Gare de Versailles Rive Gauche). His pieces figure amongst the collections of numerous museums across the world, and various exhibitions have been dedicated to him in 2007/8. MOMA, New York has enlarged its collection of Paulin pieces.

Amaury Poudray was born in Cholet in 1985. He graduated from the Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Saint-Etienne in 2009 ; he also spent a year studying at the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA and another year working with the design team of Fabrica, the Benetton group's communication research centre in Italy. Today, Amaury Poudray runs his own studio in Lyon, Amaury Poudray Networks. He specialises in furniture design, interior arrangement and artistic direction. His work is built around a network of differing competences based on the human being, comprising innovative companies with very specific areas of expertise. Innovation and global/local connections are central to the studio's productions. His works include collaborations with furniture manufacturers, small visionary businesses, large groups, art galleries and schools. Amaury Poudray is currently a professor at the ESAD de Saint-Etienne, where is also co-ordinator of 'la Coursive', a bridging course for international students.

Born in Russia (1986), Oleg Pugachev studied product design at the Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin, the city he has called home for more than half of his life. While working for internationally active design and architecture offices, he has pursued his own projects with a focus on furniture design ever since.

Manuela Simonelli, born 1971. Andrea Quaglio born 1965. Quaglio Simonelli arose from the meeting of Andrea Quaglio and Manuela Simonelli, designers who graduated from the Università del Progetto de Reggio Emilia, Italy. Following their 1994 début alongside Philippe Starck, with whom they collaborated for two years, they founded their own design studio, establishing themselves in various creative fields. They firmly believe that diversification is a source of creative richness. They design technical products, furniture and lighting, and devise identities and designs for cosmetics brands, for which they alternate industrial logic with a more craftsmanlike approach. In the food industry, they have worked with Barilla; they have designed concepts for the offices of Mandarina Duck, plus lights for Artemide and Ligne Roset, bottles for L'Oréal, seats for Amura, Infiniti and Debi, decorative objects for Ichendorf, and technological products for Thomson, Acoustic Research, Alessi, TCL and My Fox. They have won numerous awards for their creations: Red Dot Product Design Award, 2015, 2007 IF Product Design Award, 2015, 2008, 2007 CES Innovation Award, 2015 HKDA Award, Kapok Prize, 2007 Étoile de l'Observeur, 2001 Janus de l'Industrie, 2001 Several of their products are now part of the collection of the Fonds national d'art contemporain, Paris.

Even during his design studies at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Michael Raasch was already concentrating on the design of lighting, furniture and accessories. His way of approaching his work was already comprehensive and his creations, such as serien.lighting and Anta, were already - even during his studies - being produced by well-known companies. Over the years, other creations were produced by renowned manufacturers. Michael Raasch has won several international design awards and his works can be found in the permanent collection of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum.

A leading light in the current Australian design world, Nick Rennie counts the foremost European manufacturers of furniture, lighting and various products figure amongst his clients. Thanks to his exhaustive knowledge of materials and technology, he constantly seeks to push their limits with the aim of developing products which are precise yet simple, and above all intended for pleasure. Bringing rejuvenation to the repetitiveness of domestic life, and this in a manner which engages the user by provoking an emotional reaction: this is the very essence of Nick Rennie's professional ambition. For him, design is a shared process, the finished product being the equitable fruit of a manufacturer's vision, a user's requirements and a designer's passion for expression.

Born in 1987. Studies : BTS in product design, Lycée Jacques Duhamel, Dole (39). Mention complémentaire, Models & Prototypes, Lycée Léonard de Vinci, Villefontaine (38). Licence professionnelle éco-design, Faculté Sciences et Techniques, Besançon (25). I have worked in a variety of sectors (furniture, textiles, interior design). In January 2012 I set up my own business with a view to responding to specific requirements relative to the home. I advise on arrangement, colours. I design made-to-measure pieces of furniture. I am sensitive to environmental problems and I integrate this parameter into each one of my project approaches. Highly contemplative, I draw ideas from nature to bring balance to my projects. I love the poetry of objects, I attach a great deal of importance to the relationships we develop with the items which surround us. I try to go to the heart of the matter, to which end I often begin by letting my pencil wander over the paper, with a theme in mind but a wandering spirit. Sometimes I seize upon an idea. After that, I reflect upon the relevant technical solutions.

Born in Italy in May 1981. Rosignoli studied industrial design at the University of Architecture, Florence, graduating in November 2005. In 2006, she collaborated with the styling and technical design department of Ariete SpA. She moved to Paris in 2008, where she began working as a freelance designer working mainly for French companies. Her work has been published abroad in various magazines and has also been exhibited in a range of galleries, museums and fairs. She lives and works in Paris.

Inga Sempé was born in Paris in 1968. She graduated from ENSCI-les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle), Paris in 1993. She was artist in residence at the Villa Medicis (Académie de France), Rome between 2000 and 2001. She opened her own design agency in 2000. She was awarded the Grand Prix de la Création en design de la Ville de Paris in 2003. Amongst others, she collaborates with Cappellini, Edra, Ligne Roset, Magis, Baccarat, Pallucco, David Design... She lives and works in Paris.

Soda Designers : Nada Nasrallah and Christian Honer met whilst studying industrial design at the Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, and at ENSCI/Les Ateliers, Paris. Having differing specialities, for example woodwork and work with precious metals, it was their shared interest in stimulating design projects which led them to work together. They have worked for Sottsass Associati in Milan, and also for Paolo Rizzatto ; for Philips Design in Vienna and Singapore, and for Sagem. Now based in Vienna, Soda Designers work on a wide range of projects in the fields of furniture, mass market electronics and interior architecture. Amongst their recent clients : Bene Office Furniture, Wittmann, Fontana Arte, MDFItalia, Rapsel and Ligne Roset. Both have lectured at NDC/Kingston University, Austria.

Ukrainian industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova was born in 1984. She is founder and creative director of SOKOLOVA design studio. Design team working in a wide range of disciplines: furniture, lighting, hardware, electronics, environment. Kateryna graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. And held an internship at German Design University 'Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle'. She is a Master of Industrial Design. Participant and winner of lot of European design exhibitions and competitions. The most important of them Red Dot Design Award 2015. From 2011 collaborate with French company Jarre Technologies, related to develop and design video and musical hi-tech product around the name and the experience of famous French musician Jean Michel Jarre. Today, Kateryna is an internationally established designer. She lives between Kiev and Hong Kong. Collaborates with European and Asian companies. Among her clients: Jarre Technologies, Lalique, Forestier, Cookoo watch, Normann Copenhagen.

Paola born 1983 and Berta born 1984. Design studio founded in 2010, in Valencia (Spain) by design engineers Paola Cerdá and Berta Recatalá who aim to find excellence in all their designs and analyse the necessities of consumers and businesses. They apply investigative and creative methodologies in the projects' development, paying attention to the emotional aspects in people. They have developed industrial design projects focused on new, innovative products, packaging and graphic design applied to corporate identity for businesses in multiple sectors. During their trajectory, they have been awarded the Premio Injuve de Diseño in 2010 for their furnishing project titled Desapercibido (Unnoticed) which was shown at international fairs such as the Salone Satellite in Milan as well as travelling exhibits in Turkey and Egypt. In 2016 they were finalists in the Delta Awards, awarded by the ADI-FAD (Association of Industrial Design for the Promotion of Art and Design) for their lighting project "2Sides" for the company Lluria. Envolée _ modular hangers Hooks that hold your belongings until you resume your next flight. Two different models which adapt to your needs like comfortably hanging jackets and/or various objects on the same hook. Shaped like flying birds, they are inspiring and decorate houses or workspaces allowing the users' imagination to run freely.

Biography : Born in Paris on 15th March 1981 and graduated from ENSCI-Les Ateliers in December 2007: she underwent this design-oriented training after studying philosophy for four years, including one year at d'Urbino university in Italy. During her time at ENSCI, she obtained a bursary from VIA to develop her 'La Pliée' chair, which is now being produced by ligne roset. In conjunction with Felipe Ribon she was the winner of the competition 'L'eau à la bouche', organised by Veolia Eau. Her final dissertation, mentored by Philippe Louguet, dealt with the 'paradoxes of discretion'; her graduation project, mentored by Erwan Bouroullec, explored a range of 'domestic techniques' (sewing, embroidery, lace, macramé, weaving), using them to create furniture (storage, a fireside chair, a lamp) with digitally-cut wooden frames and textile surfaces.

In 2009 Marco Maturo and Alessio Roscini founded Studio Klass, an industrial design agency based in Milano. The studio operates in several areas, from furniture to product design and, over the years, has worked with italian and international companies such as FontanaArte, FIAM, Normann Copenhagen, Lavazza, Ligne Roset, Azzurra Ceramica. The work of Studio Klass aims to innovate function and the way of use products, with a particular attention to colours combination and materials. Since 2009 Marco Maturo and Alessio Roscini are both professors at Istituto Europeo di Design of Milan.

Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1977, Keiji Takeuchi, now based in Milan, obtained a baccalauréat in product design in New Zealand. He then continued his studies at ENSCI / Les Ateliers, Paris. Between 2005 and 2012, he was a designer at Naoto Fukasawa Design Ltd in Tokyo. He then moved to Milan to found Fukasawa’s European subsidiary. In 2014, Giulio Cappellini selected Takeuchi for a collaboration. In 2015, Cappellini invited him to work on an installation project for an Italian company specialising in natural stone. That same year, Takeuchi founded KEIJI TAKEUCHI SRLS in Milan. In 2019, Takeuchi was invited by the Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennial and its design curator, Jasper Morrison, to design a public bench for the biennial.

Tamaki Design Studio was founded in 2013 by Junpei Tamaki (born in Japan in 1986) and later joined by Iori Tamaki (born in Taiwan in 1983) as partner in life and design. Junpei & Iori Tamaki design not only furniture but also interior spaces that can go beyond people’s imagination. They are always conscious of contrast when doing design, thinking at the same time about simplicity and complexity, individual and all, to make their design deeper and more attractive. Their products are manufactured by international companies such as Cappellini, Ligne Roset , Living Divani and Panasonic and they have recently been awarded as Young Japanese Design Talent by Elle Decoration Japan.

Vincent Tordjman is a designer, scenographer and musician. He trained at the Conservatoire de Metz, studied furniture design under Jean-Claude Maugirard at the Arts Déco de Paris, and philosophy at the Sorbonne. Between 1996 and 1998 he worked with Didier Gomez. Since the early part of the new century he has employed an open, eclectic approach to projects ranging from theatre arts to design. He designs set pieces and scenery for theatres, opera and exhibitions, works on interior architecture projects and designs furniture. He also produces music and sound design projects. In his projects he focuses on economy of means and an open evocation which leaves space for the imagination whilst resonating with references. On his theatre and opera scenery he constructs spaces where light and sound play an essential role in the service of the senses and the imagination. His set pieces have played host to great French actors such as Pierre Arditi, Romane Bohringer and Dominique Pinon; they have toured in numerous countries, as far as China where he created the opera "Flowers in the Mirror" in 2010, which blends traditional acting and acrobatic techniques with new techologies. He plays with technology to make it make a humorous or poetic turn, as with the electronic music he has created for the stage or for his solo project 'Vicnet'. Since 2001, following his first experiences of Japan, he has explored the incorporation of technologies, in particular audio, into furniture. This research resulted, in 2013, to his Wide collection of furniture with added sound, a project supported by the VIA and produced in conjunction with the French company la Boîte Concept, which developed its innovative acoustics. The Psi bridge simultaneously plays with futuristic evocations and vintage notes. Its unusual central base recalls the shape of the Greek letter Psi, which symbolizes the soul, the psyche. The idea for the Psi bridge originally came from a theatre set developed for Michel Didym's 'Divans', a play about psychoanalysis: the audience were in the position of analysts, with the actors stretched out on couches !

Our product design agency consists of designer Juan Lozano (trained at the Beaux Arts et Ecole d'architecture Jean Cottin), Florent Zandrini (licence technico designer) and Hannelore Meyer Gallay (business school), who has responsibility for development. We have had the pleasure of collaborating with : Lesage Editions (manufacturer of rugs and objects for the bathroom, Lille), Antésite (refreshing alcohol-free drinks, Voiron), the FCP (distributor of Rodier and Ventillo cosmetics, Lyon), Moulin de Valdonne (syrups, Grenoble), Cinna & Ligne Roset (domestic furniture, Briord), Mobalpa (kitchen and bathroom, Thônes), BSN (glassware, Lyon), Cuisinox (kitchen accessories, Paris), Mingori (plumbing fixtures, Mâcon), Laboratoires Boiron (pharmacy, Ste Foy les Lyon), Calor (small domestic electricals, Lyon), Rowenta (small domestic electricals, Solenget), Panzani (food, Lyon), Lexon (design objects, Paris), Couzon (cutlery, Courpière), Revol (porcelain, St Uze), Quiksilver (watches division, St Jean de Luz), Teisseire (syrups, Grenoble), Sifas (garden furniture, Mougins), EDF (street furniture, Lyon), Aubecq (kitchen utensils, Paris), and a range of gastronomic restaurants (Le Jardin des Sens, Troisgros, Dekarmeliet, Charlie Trotter, Le Clos des Sens, Le Flocon de sel...)."

Evangelos Vasileiou was born in Athens in 1976. After graduating in interior architecture and product design from the école Camondo, he continued his architectural studies at the école de Paris-Malaquais , where he obtained his DPLG. In 2001 he was honoured with an 'appel permanent' from the VIA, and has subsequently worked in the fields of architecture, design and education. A popular guest lecturer, he is currently temporary professor in the first year masters' course at the école d'architecture de Paris-Malaquais. In design terms he collaborates with a range of companies, whilst simultaneously working on refurbishment and scenography projects. His works appear in a number of exhibitions and galleries, both in France and abroad. Based in Paris, he opened a second agency in Athens in 2007, dealing principally with architectural and interior design projects.

Benjamin Voisin is a young French designer who was born in Toulouse in 1991. After training in the Applied Arts at the université Jean Jaurès in Toulouse, he began studying for an IUP Couleur, Image et Design (Masters in Colour, Image and Design) at Montauban, which offered a course on colour which was unique in France at that time. During this time there were several placements, most notably with Reine Mère Edition and Samuel Accoceberry. In the final year of his Masters he designed the Majordôme hybrid furniture in collaboration with Pauline Pinto and Cédric Guillemin. This project was awarded the Prix du Public in the 7ème concours Révélateur de Talents Cinna and then went into production. When designing, Benjamin attaches great importance to detail, to the graphic aspect of an object and the rhythm it gives off. Such designs draw inspiration from the stories of everyday life, with rigorous work on colour and materials whilst offering up contemporary, elegant lines. Today, he works in Paris as an independent designer.

I was born in Berlin in 1959, and have lived in Hamburg since 1984. I studied industrial design in Berlin and Hamburg. Since 1992, I have had my own product design and interior architecture studio. I design furniture for the foremost international manufacturers and undertake a variety of projects for stands, restaurants, publicity agencies, shops, franchises, etc. I also work with international companies such as Authentics, Carpet Concept, Cinna, Club Med, JAB-Anstoetz, Kabel New Media, Ligne Roset, Thonet, Tonon.

An English designer, born 26th October 1976. 1995-1999 : diploma in Product Design, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London. 1999 : named 'Best Young English Designer of the Year' by The Times newspaper, for a collection of projects exhibited at 'New Designers 99', London. 2000 : arrival in Paris. 2000-2003 : designer with the 'Cent degrés' agency, working on a range of projects including perfume bottles, street furniture, objets for the home and concept computers. 2001 : his Toggle lamp in flexible fabric was his first project produced by Cinna. 2002 : the Clip panoramic mirror in polished stainless steel with integral vase and shelf was also produced by Cinna. 2004 : the Bud collection of lights in white borosilicate was produced by Ligne Roset, whilst Supernova, a floor-standing light in white mouth-blown glass was produced by Cinna. Currently : independent designer.

« We design places and products : immersive environments, compelling destinations. George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg founded their studio in 1980, with an accent on interior decoration. With offices in New York and Toronto and a team of more than one hundred creatives and professionals, we design buildings, interiors, landscapes, lighting systems, furniture, objects and graphics with a focus which goes well beyond what things look like, to how they make people feel. We are always looking to the future and incessantly seek new innovations, trying to create the memorable experiences of tomorrow. With an accessible, collaborative way of designing and resolving problems, we believe it is important to dream and to overcome obstacles in order to arrive at new solutions. We bring the same attention to detail to each project, from tabletop objects to the new materials, and we actively look for partners who share our passion for doing better than what was done before. For us, it’s all about designing the world we want to live in.

Nathan Yong graduated in industrial design from Temasek Polytechnic in 1991. He did not begin his career as a designer, instead working in the purchasing and product development departments of various companies in Singapore. Such positions enabled him to travel in India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and a range of other countries seeking manufacturers and craftsmen with a view to developing furniture and accessories for the home. He was also able to discover and acquire various skills and production techniques. In 1999 Nathan opened a small store, Air Division, to sell his own experimental creations produced by Asian craftsmen. He achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim, in both Singapore and abroad. Later, he resumed and completed his studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia, gaining a Masters in Design, summa cum laude. Nathan was awarded the prestigious Red Dot Concept Design Award two years later, with a mass production coffin and portable heating unit. Nathan's creations are distinguished by an emotional approach influenced by the society and culture of Singapore, rooted in his childhood experiences. His creations have poetic nuances which express tranquillity; other trends can also be noted, such as a contemplative space, the illusion of nature, technology, tradition, and craftsmanship expressed with simplicity, humility and melancholy. In 2008, Nathan was awarded the prestigious Singapore President's Design Award - Designer of the Year, the highest honour accorded to Singaporean designers from all creative disciplines. Currently based in Singapore, Nathan heads up a multidisciplinary design studio which is active in the fields of industrial and graphic design, interior architecture, strategic brand planning and product and process development. Nathan Yong's creations have been displayed in Singapore, Shizuoka, Milan, London, Cologne and Taipei.

Patrick Nicole Zulauf was born in 1974 in Langenthal, Switzerland. He spent most of his childhood at the aircraft work-shop of his father, an aeroplane restorer. At a nearby junkyard he collected various bits and pieces and transformed them into new, useful objects. After training as a design engineer and metal caster at the company JRG in a small village near Basel, he continued his creative work as a draughtsman at the design studio of Hans Zaugg in Solothurn between 1995 and 1997, where he worked on designs for things like furniture, lighting, phones and more. In 2000, Patrick deepened his knowledge with studies in interior architecture and product design at the school of art in Basel (HGK FHNW FFI IN3). He then collaborated on projects for the Swiss Expo.02 pavilions in Neuchâtel and worked as an assistant to Christophe Marchand and Patrick Reymond (Atelier Oï) in the industrial design department at the ECAL in Lausanne. In 2003, while working as an exhibition designer for the Art Fair Basel, Patrick got to know the founder of BELUX; he subsequently started working as an industrial designer and product engineer for BELUX (which later became part of the VITRA company). In the following years he focused almost exclusively on light and the construction of lighting, developing various innovative lighting systems both for the home and for exhibition, in collaboration with big names such as Frank Gehry, Herzog & DeMeuron, Hella Jongerius, Naoto Fukasawa and Antonio Citterio. In 2013, Patrick Zulauf opened his own interdisciplinary studio in Basel, working on both one-off pieces and series-produced items as a designer and product engineer ever since. Since March 2015 he has also been designing lights for the Swiss company GO4LIGHT AG in Liestal, Switzerland.