Inspirations


	La Guirlande de Julie The collaboration between Interior Architect Hubert de Givenchy (son of the fashion designer) and POUENAT Ferronnier illustrates well how linking the past to the present can be made easier. For instance, you are given an assignment: your client asks you to re-design a restaurant in one of the most exquisite and visited squares in your city, asking you to add your touch while respecting the tradition of the location. Givenchy recently completed such a project on the XVIIth Century Place des Vosges in Paris. La “Guirlande de Julie” located under the arcades surrounding Place des Vosges, happens to be a “child” restaurant to the mother ship La Tour d’Argent –once a 3 Michelin Stars holder. In addition,
	Where do you go to find inspiration? Our previous newsletter recommended you visit manufacturers during tradeshows. New York based design firms are in luck! Starting on Monday the 21st and till the 25th of June, 30 French manufacturers are taking residency at the Felissimo Design House located at 10 West 56 Street, New York, NY 10019, during “Maison France.” Actually, the event should be considered like a boutique tradeshow for members of the Trade.
	In a move to simply celebrate, J&B the famous scotch brand, puts a strictly limited edition packaging on the market. With only 7 pieces all numbered, J&B displays itself in a highly secured and visible position within some of the most luxurious Parisian retail stores: the Ch
	Radisson Blu recently opened a new hotel in Paris located within walking distance from the Trocadéro and close to the Champs Elysées. The Metropolitan’s interiors display modern lines in a cosy environment. But more exclusively, the hotel bears a signature suite with an amazing view of the Eiffel Tower.
	During the holiday season and till the 15^th of January, the City of Lights organizes ‘Paris lights up Paris.’ The event is directed by designer Fabrice Peltier and funded by the Coca-Cola Enterprise. The event’s purpose is to promote recycling during a time of particularly high production of wastes from packaging.
	In January, you participated in a phone survey regarding high-end iron lighting fixtures and furniture manufactured in France. As owner of POUENAT Ferronnier, I would like to thank you. Your input was valuable to us and we hope the brochure of our latest collections will be of inspiration to you and of support in your business. For the full contemporary catalogue and to discover our traditional designs, please visit our website at: www.pouenat.fr. Sincerely yours, Jacques Rayet, President POUENAT Ferronnier
	In addition to the show, OFF M&O events are taking place. Those are reasons to spend more time within Paris. One of those events – www.parisdeco-off.com, proposes a free shuttle service and will take you into 4 different neighbourhoods, where showrooms will greet you from 10:00AM to 8:00PM, and on Saturday evenings till midnight.
	Internationally Maison & Objet is one of the most recognised events in the trade. The bi-annual Parisian tradeshow concentrates on a vast array of manufacturers and creators. Throughout the week that it takes place (22 – 26 Jan) Paris is bubbling with coordinated events and designs on view.
	Over the past two years in the States one of the most commonly murmured statements – by decoration power spenders and moguls alike – has been “it doesn’t feel right to spend so much money! Keep decorative budgets in control!” This was probably the bell tolling for many well respected high-brow design firms. The French say: “What hurts someone, might serve another.” Indeed, the word is spreading that lesser known boutique firms have benefited from the crisis.
	Had Dan Brown wrote his Da Vinci Code today, his hero Robert Langdon, would probably be distracted from his quest by what is outside on the top of the church’s North tower. Sitting up there, at 60 meters (approx. 200ft) above the ground are the new stone replicas of the four evangelists. The statues by Boizot and Mouchy, had contemplated the madness below since the late XVIIIth Century. With no respect to the Beaux Arts Professor titles Boizot and Mouzy each had, those statues were faced with

Inspirations

La Guirlande de Julie