Tyranny of objects

Hervé Dixneuf and Grégory Blain, who joined forces in 2007 to create the “Atelier BL119”, make up an atypical duo, far from the usual line of strategy one comes across in the work of young designers.

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

Inspired by modernism, endowed with a great sense of colour, the artist has developed, for the past fifteen years, a graphic painting style that continuously interrogates origins and uses of shapes.

When a French designer, David Dubois, is given a wild card for the complete furnishing of ” room n° 3”, in the Villa Noailles at Hyeres ( South of France).

The exhibition evokes a phantasmagorical mental landscape through the work of eleven women artists. The techniques are many and varied, announcing a mysterious journey ahead.

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

Roland Daraspe, as a recognized Master of Art and goldsmith, shows us here his contemporary work of art inspired by submarine and vegetal life.

Published during the eponymous exhibition at the Galerie des Galeries (Galeries Lafayette, Paris), this book presents 164 pieces created by 59 famous designers.

To celebrate 20 years of creations by the House of Christian Lacroix, twenty items of clothing from the collections of the Paris based couturier were exhibited by D. Dubois and C. Rizzo.

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.

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

This book presents a ten year collaboration in furniture creation between the French creators Domeau and Pérès, and some well-known designers.

This catalog about Nathalie Talec's last works (photographes, ceramics, installations, sculptures and drawings) is released for the exhibition at the musée des Beaux-Arts d'Amiens, museum of Picardie.

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

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).

This volume of  “Les Cahiers” collection presents the history of the Anneau siège, Pierre Paulin’s final creation for Ligne Roset, shortly before his death in June 2009.

Three bold projects for a lamp called Liseuse, by three young European designers : David Dubois, Adrien Rovero, Big-Game.

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.

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

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...

In the Donahue bar-set, a creation by designer Claude Bouchard, the Puiforcat silversmiths have renewed their lines.

An exhaustive appraisal of designer Christian Ghion's work. This book examines his numerous fields of intervention (design of objets, furniture, architecture and interior design...).

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.

In the Donahue bar-set, a creation by designer Claude Bouchard, the Puiforcat silversmiths have renewed their lines.

With Grand magasin (“department store”, in French) Philippe Jarrigeon has created a series of images inspired by this place and people’s experiences of it.

Vera Szekely - Traces by Daniel Léger