Louise had a first career as an international architect. She began her career in Beijing before completing villa projects in France and Haiti. She relocated her practice back in Paris in 2009 and developed her comfy and optimistic style (with a hint to 80s aesthetics) in residential projects. This is when Louise felt the desire to go further and create the pieces, she could not find for her projects by collaborating with the new wave of French designers.
Jean-Baptiste was a design geek from a young age : “ On my bedside table when I was 15, you could find books on Ruhlmann or Eames and I spent my Saturdays in Saint-Germain district furniture or at the flea markets.” Ten years after, the passion was still intact when Jean-Baptiste decided to leave the investment fund he was working for and revert to his first love.
Chance – and common friends – made Louise and Jean-Baptiste meet. Long discussions follow to define the outlines of the project: a furniture company with bold personality, collaborating with the most creative designers and artists, but referencing the French tradition for ornamental furniture and the Art Deco Heritage. The design should be sculptural but the comfort and use keep staying on the top line. “ We shared a taste for geometric pieces, with an architectural construction and presence”.