French designer Patrick Norguet easily moves from luxury to consumer goods and shows tangible results for Louis Vuitton, Cassina, Tacchini, Kristalia, Alias, Artifort, Cappellini, Bernhardt Design - brands without which modern design history is unthinkable.
Chairs Kobi, Alias. 2015 
Chair Nicolette, Ethimo. 2016 
Chairs call Kayak, Alias. 2015. The chair model for public areas has received numerous awards: Red Dot 2016, Compasso d'Oro. Nominee German Design Award 2017. 
Table Tori, Estel. Diam 130 cm. 2007. 
Chair call Gran Kobi, Alias. 2016 
Chairs call Kalm, Artifort. 2015 
Coll. Highline. Glas Italia. 2015. Glass 12 mm and shelves of ultralight cement. 
Coll. Khaima, Driade. Furniture is designed for home and street. 
The couch call. Atoll, Tacchini. 2014 
Naive Slimtech, Lea Ceramiche. 2016. Laminated porcelain stoneware, the maximum format is 3 x 1 m. An ornament appears on the surface, as if painted with a pencil. 
Naive Slimtech, Lea Ceramiche. 2016. 
The interiors of the hotel Okko. Cannes. 2016 
The interiors of the hotel Okko. Cannes 2016. His career is a fascinating journey of a locksmith who became an artist. “A well-designed object is a well-meaning object,” says Patrick, “Around which, in full, the designer and manufacturer cooperate. Such an object has a basis to be called timeless. ”
Wristwatches In the Pocket. Hermes 2013 “I was born in Tours in 1969, where I graduated from high school. But I had trouble with the system and I got into a vocational school. He mastered the profession of a turner, miller, mechanic ... But at sixteen it is difficult to live working, sometimes in three shifts. After a short break, I was accepted into an engineering school. They found that design draws me more and more. Through rational, a more creative perception of the subject began to emerge. ”
Interior solution for Okko Hotels Cannes. 2016 After graduating from engineering school, Patrick Norge moves to Paris. Begin four years at ESDI (Graduate School of Industrial Design) - the training that he pays for himself, opening the capital's culture, museums, swallowing such diverse courses: interior design, graphic design, industrial design. Plus, four years of working on prototypes and studying the corporate approach.
В 1999 году, благодаря поддержке VIA, Патрик Норге представляет свои лампы в рамках Talents à la Carte на выставке maison & objet. Его имя понемногу становится известным. «Однажды утром вы просыпаетесь и раздается звонок от Louis Vuitton: вам предлагают принять участие в конкурсе на разработку концепции витрин для глобальной сети магазинов LV. Я принимаю участие, побеждаю, и руководитель отдела коммуникаций предлагает выйти на следующий этап — производства... Два года я проработал в LV».
A career in Louis Vuitton is a kind of calling card that made it possible to collaborate with Dior, Guerlain, doing set design and exhibition projects. “This allowed me to position myself financially independent and boldly refuse to work that was not mine. In parallel, I began to develop my own projects and prototypes, for example, the Rainbow chair. It was recently sold for $ 36,000 at a Philips auction in New York. "
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Chair Call. Rainbow, Cappellini. 2000 It was Rainbow chair that interested Giulio Cappellini in the Millennium Year. In April 2000, the rainbow chair marked the beginning of a long partnership with the leading brand of Italian design - Cappellini. “For me it was an episode. But already in 2001, orders from Italian and non-Italian furniture makers, including the famous Artifort, literally fell on me.
Chair call Apollo, Artifort, 2002. “The Artifort brand, which has the same power as Vitra and Cappellini, allowed me to directly touch the ingenious heritage of Pierre Polen. My Apollo had to fit exactly into the Artifort story. ”
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Interior solution for Okko Hotels Cannes. 2016 Not only the European furniture suite has become the publisher of the work of Patrick Norge. The designer remains a famous author on the Champs Elysées, defining, in particular, the style of Lancel boutiques. “Working with Lancel was a very difficult project. Two years of adjustments and sharpening of ideas. Lancel is 3,500 stores and you need to get to the point for everyone. ”
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Interior solution for Okko Hotels Cannes. 2016 “I hate to work with the so-called art directors of companies that create an unnecessary barrier between the manufacturer and the designer. Work through an intermediary is not for me. A designer is not only a name, a signature. It is also a team that must live and keep afloat. "
