The Maison & Objet show was an opportunity to see the new seating collections presented by the editors. If designing a chair is always a challenge – even a “must” – for designers, the styling exercise starts early. And the well-named manufacturer La Chaise Française decided last year to submit to this real challenge the students of the Ecole Bleue, under the direction of Guillaume Delvigne. As a wink to the event that has just ended, let’s look back at the projections of these future designers.
Wilson Shelker, first prize for the Albatross chair
Marine Bachelet, second prize for the Ese chair
Axelle Rafenne’s T2 chair and Laurena Keller’s AC10, third prize ex aequo
The second project that stood out was that of Laurena Keller, for the AC10, which corresponded more to one of the objectives of La Chaise Française, which was to reinvent interiors by creating objects that would be both precisely designed and useful. A chair that pleased the jury with its roundness and originality.