Region: Marseille & Provence

PIECE A PART

Art Curator

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Graduated from University of Paris-Dauphine in Luxury Management, then curator for art galleries, Emmanuelle Oddo, founder of Piece A Part, approaches the art world and projects with a great artistic sensitivity and a strong understanding of marketing issues.

Since 2017, she has conceived and organized more than 15 exhibitions and events for collectors and companies. Her passion for art and design has led her to devote herself to accompanying these different actors through collaborations conducted hand in hand with international artists.

With ARCHIK, Emmanuelle opens her know-how to private places: she guides you for the acquisition of works of art and objects of art in order to decorate or to scenograph your interiors. But also to build or expand your collection. The accompaniment includes the management of your projects in their entirety, from the conception to the production of works, through sourcing, purchasing, shipping and installation.

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RELAX FACTORY

Upholsterer in furniture

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Jean-Baptiste Moutte is the founder of the Relax Factory furniture restoration and upholstery workshop in Marseille. Fond of design from the 40’s-50’s-60’s, he puts his culture and his requirement as well as the talent and the technicality of his team to the rebirth of antique, modern and contemporary furniture.

 

With the taste and pleasure of a job well done, which he has defended since his beginnings, Jean-Baptiste restores and enhances furniture in a clever mix of textures, colors and materials, down to the smallest detail, with a focus on quality and durability.
The dialogue of materials is expressed with delicacy and reveals the lines of design restored to their original beauty.

 

Surrounded by a team of meticulous and perfectionist workers, he has been giving a second life to furniture since 2007 in the Relax Factory. “I practice my profession with respect for what these pieces of furniture deserve. My work reaches a public that is aware of the merits of restoring quality furniture, made to last and which flies over the trends.” While respecting the existing, he values materials such as fabrics from publishers-Kvadrat, Frey, Nobilis, Metaphores or Rubelli … leathers and skins from French or Italian tanneries. He orchestrates his projects with his team of enthusiasts: Head of the workshop, upholsterers, upholsterers and seamstresses make and restore pieces by great designers such as Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Gio Ponti, Adnet, Perriand, Mies van der Rohe, Paulin… Antique dealers, collectors, amateurs and institutions call on their know-how and precision to take care of their furniture, or for an accompaniment to their project, such as the Hôtel de Caumont Museum and Château La Coste in Aix-en-Provence, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris or the Magen H. Gallery in New-York, Eric Touchaleaume’s Gallery 54 in Paris, L’Atelier 55 in St Tropez, Megève and St-Bart.

The custom-made manufacture occupies an important place, he collaborates with interior architects, designers and furniture editors in the study, the realization, the conception and the production of furniture. In his boutique-showroom, he exhibits a selection of creations, art as well as furniture, from masterpieces to the highlighting of young designers.

 

Partner of ARCHIK since the beginning, his work punctuates our ARCHIK houses in Marseille and Paris. You can call upon her fairy fingers for custom-made creations or to entrust her with your design pieces.

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ENSUES-LA-REDONNE

Located between the garrigues, pine trees and the sea, Ensues-la-Redonne is a typical village of the Côte Bleue, along the Estaque mountain range, with a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean.

Set back from the coast and sheltered from the sea winds by the wooded Graffian plateau, the historic village lies at the bottom of the rocky hills where vines and olive trees also grow. It has village houses and a few shops, as well as a market every wednesday morning. Ensues-la-Redonne is also home to some beautiful coves and creeks that stretch along the coast. La Madrague de Gignac, La Redonne, Les Figuières, Le Petit Méjean, Grand Méjean, all offer a view of the crystal clear waters.

For the walkers, a very beautiful stroll is to be made along the path of the customs officers where 5 km of paths were arranged and inserted between the ochre rocks and the pines plunging towards the deep reflections of the sea.

Charm and change of scenery are guaranteed for this authentic village with a Provencal feel.

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