Matali Crasset

Matali Crasset, born on July 28, 1965, in Châlons-en-Champagne, is a French Industrial designer.

Biography Matali Crasset was born on July 28, 1965, in Chalons-en-Champagne into a family of farmers. She spent her childhood in the small village of Normée. In 1988, she decided to continue her studies in Paris at the ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle) and obtained her diploma as an industrial designer in 1991. She joined Denis Santachiara's studio in Milan in 1992 for a year, before joining Philippe Starck's studio in Paris in 1993, where she was appointed head of the Thomson Multimedia project, then Tim Thom, Thomson's design center. This collaboration lasted four years during which Matali Crasset developed under the direction of Philippe Starck "everyday objects at the service of people". Matali Crasset has defined Philippe Starck as a complex personality in whom she admires the ability to free himself from constraints. Nevertheless, 1998 saw her creating her own company with her husband Francis Fichot, to "protect herself from Starck".

Matali Crasset lives and works in Paris. She is the mother of two children, Popline and Arto.

In 2011 and 2016, she is a guest of honour at the Festival international du livre d'art et du film.

She was one of the artists selected by Brigitte Macron in 2017 for the redevelopment and decoration of the Elysée Palace.

Selected personal exhibitions AnnéeExpositions personnelles1999 Pol’arisations, Espace Paul Bert, Nontron Sunic, galerie Gandy, Prague Un pas de côté, Mudac, Lausanne Unpacking design, Victoria & Albert museum, Londres In vino veritas, Gandy gallery, Bratislava Permis de construire, cité de l’architecture, Paris Another logic of…, Rabih Hage gallery, Londres matali crasset : les capes, The Cultural gallery, Monaco2019 matali crasset : wood, Chesa Planta, the cultural gallery, St Moritz matali crasset : la table botanique, Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, the Muse gallery, Venise

Works Matali Crasset's creations are present in many public collections in France, Centre Pompidou, Musée des arts décoratifs of Paris National Centre for Plastic Arts, Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de la Ville de Paris, FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Consortium Museum, and in many international institutions, MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Mudac in Lausanne (Switzerland), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Grand Hornu (Belgium), MAK Vienna (Austria).

Research

MIXtree Salon d'interface musicale, 2005, Centre Georges Pompidou Easy China, Frac Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 2005

Scenography of contemporary art exhibitions

Superwarhol, curator : Germano Celant, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2003 Printemps de septembre, Chill out, Toulouse, 2003 Salon de Montrouge, curator : Stéphane Corréard, depuis 2009 Expositions fleuves, Cneai, Chatou, 2009

Scenography of concerts

Pierre Lapointe, Amours, délices et orgues, 2017

Architecture

Le Nichoir (2011) et La Noisette (2012), Woodland houses, public commission, Le Vent des forêts, Meuse. Le pigeonnier Capsule, Caudry leisure centre, 2003. Work carried out as part of the Fondation de France's Nouveaux commanditaires. Hi Hotel, Nice, 2003 SM's, musée d'arts décoratifs et d'art contemporain, s'Herogenbosch, 2005 HI beach, Hi hôtel, Nice Tout'ouvert, Nice), 2006 Les pastilles Restaurant , Cap 3000, Saint Laurent du Var, 2009 Nouvel Odéon, cinema, Paris, 2009 Ménagerie de Verre, Paris, 2009 Maison des Petits, Cent quatre, Paris, 2009 DAR HI, ecolodge, Nefta, Tunisia, 2010 Hi Matic Hôtel, Paris, 2011 Sledge house, Nice, 2011 Petit salon de la maison des Petits, Cent quatre, Paris, 2013

Objects Matali Crasset works with international publishers, Alessi, Campeggi, Danese, Domeau & Péres, Le Buisson, Ikea, Plust.

Din Set, 2005 Evolute, lamp, Danese, 2004 Sac Nido, bag, 2006 City brunch, 2004 Okaidi, children's clothing collection in 2013 and 2014 PS tray, Ikea, 2014 We trust in wood, 2015 Vino sospeso, Bordeaux, 2019

Furniture

Quand Jim monte à Paris, Photo, Domeau & Pérès, 1995 Permis de construire sofa, Domeau & Péres 2000 Téo de 2 à 3, Domeau & Pérès, 1998 Concentré de vie, sofa, Campeggi PS Wardrobe, Ikea, 2014

Décorations

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres: Commander, 31 août 2018 Ordre national du Mérite: Knight, 16 May 2008 Legion of Honour: Knight, 14 April 2017