GALERIE DU COTÉFive minutes from the centre of Biarritz, this confidential address is both a gallery and a publishing house with creativity and craftsmanship as its watchwords.Marc-Alexandre Ducoté, FounderÉditions du Coté is a publishing house for furniture and art objects founded in 2016. What makes it special? Its roots in the Pays Basque, its approach, closer to that of a gallery, and its rather personal universe, far from the trends of the design world. Marc-Alexandre’s aim is to enable local craftsmen, who possess remarkable know-how, to work with artists from a dreamlike world. Coming from the world of fashion, he was tired of this ephemeral and frantic world and wanted to create a project that valued time, the territory and people. Thus, a collection can take more than a year to develop, but it doesn’t matter, the intention being more the pleasure of creation than the constraint of marketing. Each collection is designed as a limited edition, distinguishing the uniqueness of each creation, developing a local economy and reducing the ecological impact of each project. Importance is given to long-term themes, evoking the Landes. Thus “Artzain” – “Shepherd” in Basque – refers to the land, while “Ondulation” is more reminiscent of the ocean. The Ucka artist Ludovic Ilolo, for example, collaborated with Daniel Lizarralde, a furniture restorer, and Florent Canini, a metalworker, to design Ekano (image on the left), an object that dances between sculpture and furniture. Beautiful and useful.Elodie Maentler, Interior designerElodie and Marc-Alexandre form a duo, both in the city and in the office. As an interior designer, Elodie runs her own agency Maentler Architectes d’Intérieur. And quite naturally, a synergy was created with Marc-Alexandre’s publishing house, with Elodie proposing to her clients to integrate pieces into her projects. The idea of a shared space emerged, a space dedicated to creation: the Galerie du coté was born, a confidential place that can be visited by appointment or during summer exhibitions.At the crossroads of design, art and craft, the gallery presents both pieces from the publishing house and emerging local artists, bearing the same values of uniqueness, sustainability and local manufacturing. “We select each piece together,” explains Elodie.This space is the result of the renovation of an architect’s house dating from 1952, in which a great deal of streamlining was necessary in order to bring the activity of a gallery to life through the past of the place. Plural in essence, this living space brings together reading groups, exhibitions, dinners, curious people and creative personalities… an intention shared in our Archik Houses!PRACTICAL INFORMATIONGalerie du Coté15 allée des Trois Fontaines 64200 Biarritz Thursday and Friday 10am – 12pm / 3pm – 6pm By appointment from Monday to Wednesday@editionsducote @galerieducotePhotographer : © Claudia LedererDiscover also ...Our latest projectOur DesignOur events