The family Thevenon has got the textile touch. And it's not new. In 1908, Victor Thevenon in the Puy en Velay, made lace into a historic reference. "Then my grandfather embarked on manufacturing curtains, my father stopped this activity in order to profit from furnishing textiles. And in 1999, we started making curtains that are custom-made. Today, the house creates furnishings and fabrics. For export we carry 30% of our business, we like the age of the brand. Our customers love the French know-how.They want France, an historic and high quality product," says Vincent Thevenon, 37, who took over the reins of the family...

Geoffroy Berthet has been dreaming of the lamp Pipistrello from Gae Aulenti or the modernist movement. The strategic planner in an advertising agency eventually made a leap: \"I wanted to build my business and combine my passion for design. I would like to find out what can make an impression in the contemporary world with creations that stick to our decade. We are in a period of repeated openings of desing manufacturers. In a context that can be scary, I wanted to take a real risk in terms of projects and stories to tell, seeking to reveal talents that will, hopefully, be future big names in design that are timeless,\"...

You can count on the imagination and poetic magic of Hilton McConnico to transform the place du Palais Royal in Paris into a vast field of flax. This "LINcredible harvest," staged by the multi recidivist creator, is an experience spectacular as it is ephemeral. "In a sea of carefully and graphically organized fiber", the public will discover the merits and the multiple transformations of eco-fiber. A creative initiative of the European Confederation of Flax and Hemp (CELC Masters of Linen) to publicize the ecological, ethical and innovative values of this singluar fiber originating on the European continent which...

Magali Maïza always had to make the heart of culture and creativity accessible to everyone. First in prestigious cultural institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Louvre or the Cité de la Musique in Paris. Then today launching Maïza Editions, this young house of of design. "I thought I was away from my artistic projects and I wanted to bring the creation to people. I chose an editorial line that puts forward a formal simplicity with different levels of reading the object. It should be simple and functional but with a strong creative dimension. It's like a window into the imagination," she says. This desire to go...

The charm of brownfield fascinates Charles Mas. It is in the workshops of an abandoned old factory that this brocanteur unearths the lights that illuminate the industrial style so popular in the inner boho chic."Over the years, I managed to develop a supply network and I pride myself to be the only one to offer a genuine factory catalog lamps, ancient safeguards.These robust luminaires, almost indestructible, like people," says the high-flying bargain hunter who has honed his method of purchasing scale by specializing in the purchase of old lots, factory stocks or funds that haberdashery it sells in its shops in the flea...

Some objects have a knack for being discreet and win in the landscape without noise or grand gestures but their accuracy falls within the time, even in popular culture. It is undoubtedly the case of chairs DSn 7. In 1965, in Saint-Etienne, the company produced the first Souvignet tubular folding chair. The Plichaise will be sold over a million copies. "At the time, the production of the company was the collective use. This base, easy to stack, robust and reliable inside and outside, was acquired by municipalities in all regions of France to equip halls and other community spaces. Thus it is part of the public...