Ettore Sottsass - Sèvres, the length of a trip

This book presents the work of 12 renowned textile designers that reveals a universe which is poetic, fantastic and full of humour.

COVER GIRL the art show features ten pieces each of which offers a quirky, offbeat view of the “beautiful woman” aesthetics that is normally conveyed by the world of fashion.

Claude Aïello became his own master, and since the 1980s, has specialized in the production of ceramic pieces with international designers as Ronan Bouroullec, Christian Ghion, Mathieu Lehanneur...

An original creation by designer François Azambourg (elected Creator of the year 2009): a series of vases in blown glass created in the Centre International d’Art Verrier (CIAV).

A fashion designer recognized from Paris to Tokyo, Vanessa Bruno presents, within the framework of an exhibition in the Galerie des Galeries, from June 25 to August 14, 2010.

Throughout this monographic itinerary, Jean-Paul Lespagnard invites the visitor to explore his creative process, together offbeat and committed.

In this book, Jasper Morrison presents the interior of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Bordeaux, which houses collections of exceptional objects from the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

Andrea Branzi designed Louis XXI, Porcelaine humaine for the Manufacture de Sèvres.

A story of glass-making. Collection of contemporary glassware at MusVerre

Champions is a collection of lacquered tables with float glass tops and an aluminum structure. German designer Konstantin Grcic derived his graphics from “High Performance” sports equipment.

This book presents the new original creations of the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass at the French Manufacture de Sèvres.

Hymne à la Joie, refers to Beethoven’s ninth symphony, and is an in-situ installation for the Galeries Lafayette, Paris, in July 2011.

A Shared Passion

The Gigi & Marcel Burg in the MusVerre

Ettore Sottsass was always fascinated by glass, and worked with it at Cirva (the International Centre of Research on Glass and Visual Arts) from 1998 up until his death in 2007.

The american artist Alex Prager, photograph and film maker, presents her recent artwork.

Dutch artist, Aldo Bakker, belongs to that new generation of ‘designers’ who truly seeks to ‘give a sense or meaning to forms’.

This book presents Carrara tables, original adjustable low tables created by the designer Jasper Morrison with a text in English by Laurence Mauderli.

For The Tyranny of Objects some artists are invited to show indomitable objects that cast a critical light on our rational, constraining or downright authoritarian production patterns.

The Ceramic Experience is the result of a fifteen year’s exceptional creative boiling of more than 60 artists in the domain of contemporary ceramic.

Dutch artist, Aldo Bakker, belongs to that new generation of ‘designers’ who truly seeks to ‘give a sense or meaning to forms’.

Andrea Branzi designed Louis XXI, Porcelaine humaine for the Manufacture de Sèvres.

By a process of sand moulding, Régis Mayot revealed the mechanical beauty of his tools, producing prints of a selection of moulds that were traditionally used by artists in glass.

An original creation by designer François Azambourg (elected Creator of the year 2009): a series of vases in blown glass created in the Centre International d’Art Verrier (CIAV).

Two volumes in portfolio present contemporary ceramics from the French Manufacture of Sevres created by international artists from 1965 until now.

Concrete by the French designer Martin Szekely, is an original project for a new and unexpected furniture, made of concrete.

The Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres commissioned Pierre Charpin to imagine new forms. His ideas developed into two series of vases and a table-piece in porcelain.