Selected by Business France, 13 designers, manufacturers and home décor brands will showcase their designs at the upcoming ICFF show, on May 18-20. Brought together in a French Art of Making corner, they will be located in the Bespoke section, dedicated to highlighting excellence in craftsmanship. This corner will highlight the skills of elite French craftsmen in matters of lighting, furniture and precious materials & savoir-faire. “Each one of the participating companies demonstrates unparalleled expertise”, says Sébastien Vicente, Managing Director of the Lifestyle Department at Business France North America. “Our French Art of Making event is a celebration of French craftsmanship, showcasing artisans whose traditional expertise is in demand, at a time when design projects call for unique styles to create inimitable atmospheres. As consumer interest in fine design products grows, the intricate work of our 13 designers offers professionals a wealth of fresh inspiration.”
Image Courtesy of Atelier Maury
Atelier Maury The Maury Workshop, specializing in gilded wood and polychrome decorations, works in both restoration and creation. His renowned expertise is based on mastery of all the traditional techniques of gilding and polychromism. Labeled a Living Heritage Company since 2009, Atelier Maury is authorized to work on remarkable sites, whether public or private.
Carmine-Crimson Architectural Visualization Studio, atelier de visualisation architecturale.
Atelier Pulsatil Atelier Pulsatil is founded by two passionate engineers, Maxence Paris and Christophe Negre, the modern Workshop Pulsatil is moving towards a new approach to art and publishing lighting by combining ultra-modern design and manufacturing technologies with prestigious craftsmanship.
Megève Pieds Vieux Bois by Billards Toulet
Billards Toulet
Since 1857, Billards Toulet has been making exceptional billiards, combining traditional craftsmanship with innovation. Located in the heart of the Hauts-de-France region, in the North of France, the family-run business has evolved over the generations while retaining the soul of its origins. These billiard tables are much more than just tables; they embody an art of living. Each model is tailor-made from carefully selected, noble materials to meet the highest standards. These can range from American, French or English billiards, or a convertible table for an elegant living space.
Image Courtesy of Caroline Besse Societe
Caroline Besse Societe Caroline Besse explores the sensitive vibration of colors, perceiving the intensity of a rare medium : crushed minerals. She has invented a new pictorial substance, mixing western and eastern techniques and using the fluidity of Chinese ink with crushed minerals on Japanese paper. Her work lies between pure research, the creation of series of paintings and custom orders from renowned architects and decorators : unique pieces designed for particular spaces, intended to open perception of colors.
Gemme2 by Cinabre Gallery
Cinabre Gallery
Since more than two decades, Cinabre Gallery creates and manufacture singular Art furnitures and lightings inspired by nature. Our collections safeguard the ancestral know how of bronze casting in the service of a contemporary creation. Cinabre’s designs are celebrated for their unparalleled uniqueness, meticulously crafted by hand in our workshops.
Table Rouen by Des Reves Faiencerie
Des Rêves Faiencerie
Des Rêves manufactures earthenware tableware and tiles by hand, using traditional methods, in Desvres in the Hauts-de-France region. These exceptional, professional-quality earthenware pieces are available based on existing collections, as well as being made-to-measure for private and professional customers looking for unique objects.
Engraving by Grav'Or
Grav’Or
Specialized in custom glass work since 1982, Grav’Or is a French company known for its expertise in the production of glass pieces and mirrors for all interior and exterior design. They transform the glass according to your request, cutting, sandblasting, engraving, lacquering, gilding, painting.
ASTRALE TOILE Coffee Tables by Line & Raphaël
Line & Raphaël
The Line & Raphaël Design Studio works directly with individuals, as well as interior designers and decorators, businesses, restaurants, and even boutiques. In all of their projects, they combine design and manufacturing, which allows expanding the range of creative possibilities and create more innovative projects. Discovering new assemblies, new manufacturing methods, and above all, knowing that anything is possible—that’s what drives them.
Galets by Maison Anne Carminati
Maison Anne Carminati
Maison Anne Carminati designs luxury home accents with the highest attention to detail to ensure their place within the heritage of French artistry. Their commitment to this heritage includes not only the celebration of traditional craftsmanship, but also the French’s endless pursuit of exquisite, innovative design. By combining fabrics both old and new, Maison Anne Carminati creates something completely unique that is timeless. Experience joy in the surprising ways the stories of the past interact with our present-day lives.
Image Courtesy of Mercoeur Edition
Mercoeur Edition
By exploring the unexpected potential of ancestral manufacturing techniques, by merging these with state-of-the-art methods and processes from other creative sectors, Mercoeur invites to discover a unique perspective of decorative arts that unveils the pure magic of materials. Mercoeur furnishings and accessories, embodying ancestral mastery whilst showcasing extraordinarily-contemporary creative vision, are gifted with this special narrative spirit that instills them with distinctive exquisiteness.
Image Courtesy of Procédés Chénel International
Procédés Chénel International
Procédés Chénel International is a young, creative and dynamic team helping designers with worldwide development, production and distribution of decorative solutions technologies and materials.
Voltige de Perles chandelier by Semeur d'Etoiles
Semeur d’Etoiles
Semeur d’étoiles designs and manufactures artistic lighting: sculptures, chandeliers, walls or luminous ceilings. Mainly working with metals and glass that are perfectly recyclable and systematically recycled. In addition, these sustainable materials allow you to use our creations indefinitely, in a logic that is the opposite of the consumer society. Their signature lays in the French Art of Living, with a modern approach centered on the human.Rather than a light fixture, choose a piece of art that will fill you up and increase in value.
Image Courtesy of Ulgador
Ulgador
Since 1996, the Ulgador workshop has been creating collections of wallpapers, wall panels, eglomise glass and objects gilded with beaten metal leaf. Ulgador uses unique processes for applying, oxidizing and corroding gold, brass, copper, silver and aluminium leaf.
