Designer's Days - designer days in Paris (2-14.05.2017) - spring design festival, which young industrial designers, graphic artists and architects are waiting for. The festival of start-ups and new trends, among which more and more offers for the game are the theme of this year Let's play.
Related: D'Days: Paris Design Festival
“Designer's Days” -2017 are democratic - there are almost no closed events, many brands obviously skimp on the event. A minimum of big names, a maximum of invitations to opening days and nocturnes. Instead of the month - the first two weeks of May. Of course, there are important awards, like the Audi Talent Awards (70,000 euros), the Russian debut at the Biennale Révélations, or the loud sale - Grande Braderie du Design - more than 1,000 registered items sold at great discounts on May 11-13 with the support of Philippe Starck. But, in general, the opening of D'Days coincided with the avant-premiere of the Venice Biennale and the most important for European dealers of collectible design events - Frieze Art Fair, Tefaf and NYCxDesign in New York. There were those who gladly preferred the Giorgio Pace and Nicolas Bellawans-Leconte to the Parisian Parkour D'Days - a luxury limited edition exhibition at the Villa of Karl Lagerfeld in Monaco.
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Natalia Timasheva, Editor-in-Chief of INTERIOR + DESIGN, chose seven best projects - important teams and brands, among which are Russian design - Ilia Potemine.
1. Ilia Potemine / Ilya Potemin: Russian Jules Verne
Lamp ISP, Ilya Potemin, Galerie Bensimon. Brass body and tube with the latest generation LEDs. “I started designing by chance,” says Illya. - Made a lamp, took some photos and sent it to one blogger. He published. After that, I started writing magazines, galleries and companies. ” Ilya Potemin is self-taught, but already teaches design at Instituto Europeo di Design (IED). Born in Krasnodar, grew up in the north of Italy in the industrial Turin. Potemin's works are published by the DCW editions, sold by Gallery S. Bensimon and the famous Dilmos Milano. In Russia, the company is represented by the Collection Alternative. The ISP wall lamp (acronym for the designer's name) has a desktop version on a marble base.
2. POOL Studio: rethinking Memphis
POOL Studio. Tambour console and Vasusa chair. Galerie Bensimon at the Biennale of Révélations. The POOL Union was created in 2010. Léa Padovani and Sébastien Kieffer say that the mid-century and the aesthetics of the 70s are equally similar to them. The French-Italian duo names Joe Ponty, the Memphis group and the modern mod Ron Gilad as the main teachers. The latest POOL items are distinguished by catchy geometry and mix of materials. POOL Studio is promoting the Paris dealer Serge Bensimon.
3. Grethe Sørensen: 3D Textiles
Water mirror. Grethe Sørensen. Жаккард, 3D. Galerie Maria Wettergren. Textiles with a three-dimensional effect - an unconditional trend. On D'Days, Danish digital impressionism Grete Sorensen accompanied the Liquid Marble installation by Mathieu Leanner at the Museum of Decorative and Applied Art in Paris. Magic surfaces, water surface carpets (Water mirror, Jacquard, 3D) - sells myths and legends of the ocean, along with other masterpieces of Sorensen Galerie Maria Wettergren. All of them are woven by hand.
4. François Azambourg: luxurious simplicity
Francois Azambur Leather and glass, rudimentary forms and variable sizes - this is the new collection of Francois Azambour for Hermès. Refined simplicity. However, Azambur is known to the French primarily as an innovator. For example, he was famous for his improvement ... of the saxophone: he was really looking for ways to improve the instrument and "improve its performance." For this, Azambur the inventor created his own equipment and prototype. And later received several patents.
5. Studio BrichetZiegler: геридоны
Stools Vent Contraire "Headwind". Studio BrichetZiegler, Hand-painted. Caroline and Pierre, Studio BrichetZiegler, are regular members of D'Days. “We pay great attention to the poetic and sensitive side of our work. This is reflected in the whole figure of our objects, and in their form, which imply different perceptions. ” They design sofas, tables, light and, of course, fashionable tables-geridons. Limited editions and to order, speaking under the brand By Hands. “Our experience is a constant“ journey ”between drawing, modeling, rendering and prototyping.”
6. Les Résilientes: social design
Светильники The Resilientes, Emmaus Alternatives. “There is a growing interest in board games and private clubs. They balance the lonely life that we lead behind laptop screens, and help us to switch, because the rules of the game are easy to master ... ”, says Vincent Gregoire, Nelly Rodi. The game was dedicated to an eclectic exhibition in the Gallerie Joseph space on Ryu Turenn. The main event is the young initiative of Les Résilientes and the center of Emmaüs Alternatives. The activities of Emmaüs received multi-million recognition. The organization accepts as a gift unwanted clothes, furniture, any household items, and then sells at symbolic prices, helping those in need. Les Résilientes created decorative objects (lamps, lampshades, textiles), recycling unclaimed items. And they did it elegantly, at the highest level.
7. Philippe Apeloig: Graphic Art and Sevres Porcelain
Tourbillon, Philippe Apeloig, Galerie de Sèvres. Sevres porcelain. Graphic designer Philip Apeloig invited by the famous Sevres manufactory. Three decorative plates - Galaxie, Tourbillon and Paille - are “the accumulation, repetition, overlay of dots and dashes, the movement of form in space; constellations, waves, spirals - compositions on white or blue porcelain ". The exhibits in Galerie de Sèvres are accompanied by Apeloig drawings on Awagami Japanese paper.
