After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the international financial world for 5 years. Motivated by his first dream, he started studying industrial design.

He opened his own studio in late 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and scenography. He has since started to collaborate with several international editors such as Qui est Paul ?, Galerie Gosserez Paris, Magnitude, O’Sun, La Chance, Evolution, Buzzispace, Casamania and Bonaldo.

Several of his products have been awarded international prices, such as the Henry Van De Velde Label, the Design for Asia Golden Award, The “Red Dot Best of the Best” for the Welded table and the Good Design award for the Big Table.

In 2012, he was named “Designer of the Year” by the prestigious Courtray Design Biennale Interieur.

Anatole Royer is a french artist with a strong passion for music : he recently worked as a graphic designer on "Annulé", a book about cancelled musical events in 2020, prefaced by Laurent Garnier. He is also behind the musical blog Le Tournedisque as well as the webradio Prose, dedicated to rare vinyl records.

Anatole collaborates with brands and institutions such as Faction, Le Cabaret Sauvage, Gucci, and signed several covers of Society magazine.

For Cross, he drew his inspiration from the sailor's knots to create a rug made of giant crossing stripes whose dimensions and proportions can adapt to any interior.

Bashko Trybek is a Polish designer. He created a graphic design studio – Mundaka – and was art director for various magazines before he established his design studio in 2010. Bashko presents a playful and colorful design with smart and simple solutions.

Charles Kalpakian was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1982. After collaborating with prestigious agencies including Ora Ito and Christophe Pillet in 2011, he launched his design studio and has since then been developing his own projects. He draws his inspirations from his roots in France and Lebanon, as well as street-art culture. These influences take shape through the reinterpretation of patterns  issued from the decorative art that were in turn inherited from the history and geography of Lebanon. Charles' line of work is always sharp yet flexible; almost like the strokes created by a calligraphy brush. 

Charles collectible designs "Cinétisme", "Moon" and "Clé de sol" are shown exclusely by Galerie BSL in Paris. 

He also created the Rocky credenza for La Chance. Since then, he has also been working with companies and brands such as DCW, Habitat, Haymann Edition, Nemo lighting, Dupont Corian, Lelievre, PUIG, Fondation Luciano Benetton, JM design gallery in Beirut and also designs private commissions.

Dan Yeffet is Israeli, Lucie Koldova is from the Czech Republic. They met whilst collaborating with designer Arik Levi and began to work together in 2010. Since then, their creations have been shown in various galleries in Paris, New York, and Prague.

François Dumas is a French designer based in Amsterdam. After studying in France and working for a year at the Bouroullec brothers’ studio in Paris, he graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2009.

His work has been shown in various exhibitions since he won the prestigious Villa Noailles’s Design Parade grand prize in 2010 with his project Sealed chair. Following this award, he was also invited to collaborate with clients such as Camper and Sèvres Cité de la Céramique. In 2012, he co-created Krux Amsterdam, a large multidisciplinary workspace where he curates a group of creative residents and initiates design workshops with cultural institutions and industrial partners.

Frederik Werner and Emil Lagoni Valbak met at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where they graduated in 2013. 

Frederik Werner trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts currently works as a Designer & Partner at Norm Architects studio. He focuses on furniture and product design and works with a wide range of domestic and foreign clients. With a functional and minimalist approach, he creates coherent collections as well as unique showpieces in close collaboration with Norm Architects' clients - always striving to design distinctive and iconic products. Frederik has national and international experience, having worked in Japan and consulted for Georg Jensen for over two years.

As for Emil Lagoni Valbak, he works on both space and furniture and then on a smaller scale, as he believes that as an architect and designer, this is where you have the most freedom and opportunity to follow the process from the drawing board to the finished product. The small scale allows him to dive into the fascination with furniture and participate in the dialogue about how to create good design. An eye for proportion and how a piece of furniture can be combined in both function and form are important elements of the design process for him. The same can be said for the effect of materials on each other and the expression of the furniture. Only when you have explored all aspects can you fully exploit them and create furniture that is distinctive in both form and workmanship.

Hannes Peer Architecture is an architecture and design studio that specializes in luxury retail, hospitality and residential spaces, founded in 2009 and based in Milan.

The constant theme is the search for eclecticism as well as high quality in the design at all scales through the study of the close relationship between architecture, historical context and new technologies mediating between craftsmanship and industrial production. The language used in the design is stratified and eclectic, uniting poetic vision and rigorous design. The studio’s projects are recognizable by their strong iconographic identity, based upon continuous research on colours and materials and the contamination between the various contemporary languages. The style is a mix of traditional and contemporary, the overlapping of different styles, highlighting the respect for historical elements, including and superimposing contemporary elements, giving the whole project a sense of eclecticism and uniqueness. The projects are sophisticated also in terms of materials. This has much to do with the richness of the palette of elements that are used, such as silk rugs, oxidised metals, aged timbers, surfaces with different transparencies, textural surfaces, etc. The opulence of these textures mixed with the drama of the natural lighting imbue the space with a sense of theatre. The lusciousness of the textures and the theatrical nature of the space undoubtedly carry the stamp of a deeply Italian architectural and decorative research.

Current work of the studio encompasses a wide range of projects varying in scale including residential, commercial, office and retail sectors, Italy wide as well as beyond italian borders. Since the beginning of his career he has constantly designed unique design pieces for private clients and handcrafted prototypes in his atelier for his continuous formal and conceptual design research.

German-born Hayo Gebauer is a Berlin-based industrial designer specialized in furniture, lighting and objects. He founded his studio after obtaining a master’s degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2016.

Hayo Gebauer envisions functionality and aesthetics around modern ways of living by using industrial design as a means to create imaginative, long-lasting objects.

Jean-Baptiste is the co-founder and art director of La Chance since 2012.

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.” 10 years after, the passion was still intact when Jean-Baptiste decided to leave the investment found he was working for and revert to his first love.

Finnish-born designer Jonas Lutz creates objects of bold simplicity which are inviting to the touch. The foundation of his form language lies in a deep understanding of the inherent qualities of materials and process. Elegant solutions are visible in the way that parts intersect to form a unity, projecting both subtlety and strength. Jonas finds inspiration in Nordic furniture traditions as well as in the lively design culture of his adopted country of the Netherlands.

Jonas Lutz studio is located in Rotterdam and he has studied at the Carl Malmsten furniture school in Stockholm, Sweden and has a bachelor in design from the Design Academy in Eindhoven.

Luca Nichetto was born in 1976 in Venice. He studied at the city’s Istituto statale d’arte, before undertaking a degree in industrial design at the Università Iuav di Venezia, from which he graduated in 1998. In 1999, Nichetto began his professional career with Murano-based glass maker Salviati, later becoming a product designer and consultant for lighting company Foscarini. In 2006, he founded his eponymous practice in Venice. In 2011 he moved to Stockholm, Sweden, to open a second studio and he continues to live in and work from this city. Over the course of his career, Nichetto has served as art director for many international design brands and he has developed an in-depth knowledge of the design industry.
This practice was founded in response to an ever growing number of requests for collaboration from international companies, with the studio’s work also broadening out from its initial focus on designed objects. Nichetto Studio has since expanded into areas such as interior design and architecture.
​Today, Nichetto Studio works with a variety of brands and clients from all around the world, and its expertise is sought out across all design disciplines. A deep passion for, and knowledge of, industrial and craft manufacturing processes runs through every aspect of the studio’s work. Nichetto Studio’s projects abound in carefully selected cultural references and a keen attention to detail. The practice’s unique position within both Scandinavian and Italian design culture has given Nichetto Studio worldwide recognition. Appreciation of its work extends far beyond the confines of the design industry.

Marta Bakowski’s designs are a celebration of colours and materials, two major elements which are often the starting point of her projects. Her objects follow simple and graphical shapes with an elementary functionality, thus leaving room for tactility & expressive qualities while encouraging imagination et interpretation.

By working with dualities and de-contextualisations, her designs are a game of oppositions, contrasts and hijacks. Natural materials meet technological ones, crafts flirt with industry and primitive inspirations transform into pop and modern translations.

For the designer, it is a matter of developing a language that allows  objects to go beyond practicality. By creating links and strong evocations through the development of aesthetical values, her aim is to arouse emotions and encourage relationships between users and objects.

Mathieu Girard graduated from the blue school in 2010. In 2011, he co-founded the company cocorico Paris with Gauthier Pouillart. As a director of Creation and Strategy at cocorico, he develops unique stories which make the reputation of the studio.

By its desire for consistency on a global scale, he works in a wide spectrum of Creation, from interior architecture to visual identity through design or even music, video, art and any other useful medium to develop his projects.

As a designer, it is through the simplicity, originality and ingenuity of his ideas that he articulates his work. Always guided by the will to think the substance before the form.

La Chance, Haymann editions, Kann Design and Cider Editions and collaborate with him on different types of furniture without concessions to contemporary issues.
The winner of several competitions including: Colbert & Baccarat Committee Prize, Cinna Jury and Public Prize, VIA Project Aid, Grand-Prix SIMI ‘’Renovated building or particularly innovative redevelopment’’.

Nathalie du Pasquier was born in Bordeaux (France) in 1957, she has lived in Milano since 1979. 

Until 1986, she worked as a designer and was a founder member of Memphis. She designed numerous "decorated surfaces" : textiles, carpets, plastic laminates, and some furniture and objects.

In 1987, painting became her main activity. 

Note Design Studio is a studio founded in 2008. Based in Stockholm, they are involved in various fields such as architecture, interiors, products, graphic design and design strategy.

" To note something, to get noted: we are named after what we try to achieve. We like to pay attention to our surroundings, and try to create things that make others do the same. By looking at what is unique in every project and emphasizing that, we transform non-material values into tactile objects and spaces. "

Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance is a French designer working across a wide range of disciplines and materials to create a unified body of work with a narrative deeply rooted in nature. 

Born in the south of France in 1974, he followed the footsteps of his father, with an academic training in sculpture from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art, followed by a degree in furniture design from the renowned Les Arts Décoratifs.

Fueled by a rich creative background, Noé approaches design with an instinct and a sensibility that gives form to projects ranging from architecture to furniture, interiors to bespoke, limited edition collections. His sculptural work showcases a respect for the past, combined with a simplicity of line and an honest desire to create pieces that last. 

Settled in Portugal since 2018, Noé splits his time in developing collectible design furniture, and launched a personal project in Lisbon named Made in Situ, in 2020.

Pierre Favresse was born in France in 1979 but soon moved to Paris.  He studied cabinet making at the prestigious French Ecole Boulle before enrolling in the École Nationale Supérieure for Decorative Arts, specialising in Design.

After his graduation, Pierre began to work with designer Mathieu Lehanneur and became studio director, before founding his own studio in 2010.Pierre’s creations are characterized by their simplicity and balance that marry craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology. Pierre was for 6 years head of design for Habitat International and then for 2 years, head of designfor Lladro, a prestigious spanish porcelain maker.

Pierre’s other work can be found around the world with products developed for companies such as Cinna, Petite Friture, Specimen Edition or La Chance. He now has his own design studio since 2020.

Rudy Guénaire interprets his dreams with a pencil. A budding adventurer, he first established himself as a successful restaurateur with the PNY brand and designed the decor for several of his own establishments before launching his own agency Night Flight, a reference to Saint-Exupéry's eponymous novel. Rudy Guénaire designs personal, intimate and lively architectural projects. Inspired by poet-architects, by exceptional craftsmanship and cinema, he revisits restaurants and residential projects with a new approach to modernity.

Sebastian Herkner was born in 1981 in Bad Mergentheim. He studied product design at the HfG Offenbach am Main (Offenbach University of Art and Design), already focusing during his studies on designing objects and furniture merging various cultural contexts, combining new technologies with traditional craftsmanship in order to highlight the multifaceted beauty of the materials.
Whilst still a student, Herkner did an internship with Stella McCartney in London, which helped to hone his feeling for materials, colours, structures and textures. Since founding his own design studio, he has designed products for manufacturers such as ClassiCon, Dedon, Fontana Arte, La Chance, Moroso, Pulpo, Rosenthal and Very Wood, as well as working on interior design projects and for exhibitions and museums.. His designs have received multiple prizes, for example the 2011 German Design Award in the Newcomer category, 2015 the EDIDA Award for Best International Newcomer and Guest of Honor at imm cologne 2016. 

Bling is a french design studio created in 2018 by Anaïs Maillard and Charles Corthier.

Starting from daily observations, their productions are focused on translating a reality marked by memories, sensations, past moments. They arouse emotions and reflections through contemplative objects, as witnesses to a certain temporality.

Their production goes from the DNA of the object to its illustration, graphics, typography, communication, packaging. As much as contemporary objects, they are inspired by forgotten objects, as a reflector history of art.

Gaston Tolila and Nicholas Gilliland began working together in 2003 through a humanitarian architecture competition for which they were laureates. This nomadic dispensary project was then exhibited at the Pompidou Center in 2005. Since then, they have continued to collaborate on architecture, urbanism and design projects, using their knowledge of public and private work acquired in renowned international architecture offices. 

In 2011, they created the Tolila+Gilliland atelier d'architecture. In 2012, their work received the "Prix d'architecture du Moniteur 2012 pour la première oeuvre" (French National prize for the first built work). Today, the atelier develops a broad range of architecture programs (housing, public works, offices, ...) with a particular attention to integration of each project into its own historic, geographic and environmental context.