Joseph Dirand

Joseph Dirand (born 26 March 1974) is a French architect and interior designer based in Paris.

Biography Dirand was born in Paris; his father, Jacques Dirand, was a photographer specialising in interiors and his mother was a fashion designer. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville. he lived in his own restored flat in the 7th arrondissement with his partner and their two daughters from previous marriages. After receiving the commission while still a student to do the interior design for Junko Shimada's Paris shop, Later that year he held his first exhibition of his furniture, which is manufactured by craftsmen at the Ateliers Saint-Jacques and which he describes as a homage to modernist architects who are "heroes" to him, such as Carlo Scarpa, Alvar Aalto, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier.

Selected projects Shop interiors for Balmain (Paris), Rick Owens (London), Balenciaga (Paris), Givenchy (Paris), Chloé (Paris and Shanghai), Pucci (New York), Flat overlooking Place de la Concorde, Paris Monsieur Bleu (Paris, in the Palais de Tokyo), Hotels Hábitat (Monterrey), L’Apogée (Courchevel, with India Mahdavi, 2014: Wallpaper Design Award for the best new restaurant (Monsieur Bleu, Paris)