Region: Paris & Île de France

Paradis perdus I Margaux Keller

March – June 2021

``True paradises are the paradises we have lost`` said Marcel Proust in his book Le temps retrouvé.

This is the quote that inspired the Marseille-based designer Margaux Keller for the fourth collection of her eponymous furniture brand.

“This new series is a parade, an imaginary world that seems familiar: a country house in Provence, an orangery, an oasis of wonders, a magnified childhood memory. Open your eyes wide, remember the sweet scent of orange blossoms…”. These are the memories and precious feelings that guided Margaux Keller in the creation of each piece of this very personal collection.

The designer thus highlights her desire to work with artisans who are sensitive to materials and to the emotional dimension that everyday objects provide. A poetry of materials, senses, shapes and lights that allows a sensitive and unique escape.

Margaux Keller

After training at Olivier de Serres, she joined the Ecole Boulle in Paris, from which she graduated in 2010 with honors. Margaux Keller then trained at the Philippe Starck agency, alongside Eugeni Quitllet. In 2011, she was selected to be part of the design team of Fabrica, the Benetton group’s communication research center.
But strong of her attachment to her native city, Marseille, she feels the call of the South. And decided in 2012 to create her own global design agency there, developing a wide range of partnerships with Yves Saint-Laurent Beauté, Bibelo, Roche Bobois, Cartier, Made.com, La Redoute Intérieurs, Habitat, SIA Home Fashion and La Monnaie de Paris. In 2019, she founded her own publishing house Margaux Keller Collections, in association with Anaïs Fretigny.

A publishing house that offers series of furniture and objects in limited edition, made locally by craftsmen with exceptional know-how.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

Du 22 mars 2021 au 22 juin 2021
à la Maison ARCHIK Paris

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Carnations | Caroline Venet

2021

Carnations' is a research work mixing leather and recycled porcelain clay.

This is a limited series of objects and furniture for the home, unique pieces handmade in France, made in collaboration with the ceramist Fanny Richard, the leather worker Aurélie Chadaine, and the tile factory Normandy Ceramics.

The leather scraps, end of series or rejects from the fashion industry, are collected to be revalorized, sublimated by their asperities, irregularities of the skin, scars, natural wrinkles or veins, which make the uniqueness of each object. It is a meeting of materials and know-how, between the suppleness of a leather skin and the velvetiness of hard porcelain or enamelled stoneware.

In order to perpetuate Studiofoam’s enchanting universe, and still in the logic of offering a global product, we have co-published ONDE(S), a limited edition luminous suspension.

Caroline Venet

Caroline Venet created Studiofoam in 2017, which she conceives as a research laboratory. Through this design studio, Caroline proposes a unique interpretation of materials, questions manufacturing techniques and processes, between innovation and traditional know-how. The designer explores the boundaries between art, craft and design. She develops a multiple approach, from experimentation to installation, from material and surface design to product design, set design, scenography and art direction.

It is a meeting of materials and know-how, between the suppleness of a leather skin and the velvetiness of hard porcelain or glazed stoneware.

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INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

À partir de Novembre 2020 à
la Maison ARCHIK Paris

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Saïda VISSER

Negotiator

+33 (0) 6 24 57 10 56
saida.visser@archik.fr

After spending the early part of her career in education—where she enjoyed sparking her students’ curiosity and overseeing educational projects focused on culture for all—Saïda decided to follow her creative instincts and returned to school to study interior design and art history. It was a revelation: she was meant for a more artistic, more creative life—but one that still kept her in close contact with others.

She first tried her hand at small-scale publishing, creating a city guide to Pantin and Le Pré-Saint-Gervais with her friend Stéphanie Antoine, a chef and author of children’s cookbooks. Then she moved into real estate, naturally, driven by a desire to support her clients in this sector she knows so well, as well as with their renovation plans.

Born in Paris, where she grew up, and influenced by her Moroccan heritage, Saïda has a natural sensitivity to scents, textures, colors, and craftsmanship. She is particularly drawn to the art of ceramics and the curvilinear work of Valentine Rosi Mistou and Marion Graux, in which sensuality, the balance of colors, and organic forms fascinate her.

Curious by nature, she enjoys discovering new places with a strong architectural identity, observing even the smallest details, and drawing inspiration from them—much like the architect Fernand Pouillon, who noted that “in architecture, there are no details.”

And so she walked through the doors of the ARCHIK agency—which she discovered in Marseille—to join the adventure and bring to life all the facets of her passions: architecture, real estate, design, craftsmanship, and publishing. And for your enjoyment, thanks to her meticulous guidance !

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Maud HOUVER

Negotiator

+33 (0) 6 47 47 98 36
maud.houver@archik.fr

A native of Strasbourg, Maud grew up with a deep appreciation for vibrant cities. When she arrived in Paris fifteen years ago, she was immediately captivated by its energy: the streets undergoing renewal, the spots that become landmarks, and the encounters that gradually weave together neighborhood life.

A graduate of ESEC with a degree in audiovisual production, Maud spent ten years as a production manager in film and then in advertising. During that time, she developed a keen eye for aesthetics: the precision of a shot, the poetry of lighting, and the coherence of a set. Over the years, she discovered a particular passion for scouting filming locations: finding just the right place, imbued with an atmosphere capable of bringing a story to life.

The line between interior design and home life is a fine one. For her, feeling at home takes on its full meaning. Buying her first apartment revealed her attraction to unique spaces. Very quickly, her friends and family—and then their friends and family—began seeking her design advice. Drawn to the warm modernism of the ’60s and the pop-art lines of the ’70s, she carefully hunts for vintage pieces, which she happily pairs with contemporary designs: curves by Axel Chay, and the colorful silhouettes of India Mahdavi. In this way, she creates interiors where different eras interact and complement one another.

It was only natural, then, that she joined ARCHIK, where everything that inspires her comes together: real estate as a field of exploration, architecture as a language, design as emotion, and above all, the connections that give meaning to spaces.

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ÉPICÈNE

Architecte d'intérieur

architectes@archik.fr

After a career in publishing, Isabelle Heilmann desire to blossom through creation led her to train in space design at the École Boulle. She then created her agency, Épicène, in 2018, for the double grammatical sense of the term, and creates public and residential projects with a timeless aesthetic. She develops interior architecture sensitive to the history of places, with soft and fluid geometry, in a spirit of lightness that aims to achieve simplicity, elegance, harmony. An open-mindedness due to her multicultural heritage, from Italy to China through India, where Beauty has no borders and is plural.

Its remarkable architecture? The Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice, Louis Kahn’s Exeter Library and Peter Zumthor’s Thermes de Vals : strong creations that have been able to magnify the limitations of the site, and propose a “total” work that is attentive to volumes, uses, choice of materials and even furniture details.

Isabelle finds her inspiration in art, design and travel. She admires the sobriety of Japanese architecture : “everything is beautiful and well thought out, an aesthetic research that integrates the most everyday object. In terms of materials, she prefers raw wood, handmade ceramics, concrete and stainless steel, with which she likes to create compositional sets and unusual associations.

With ARCHIK, she has found an ecosystem composed of aesthetes from different backgrounds united around a common vision of the art of living, to which she fully endorses.

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Marion GRIMAUD

Negotiator

+ 33 (0) 6 88 75 26 23
marion.grimaud@archik.fr

Marion is a true Parisian, a native of the 19th arrondissement, where she completed her entire architecture degree at the École de La Villette. After six years of training, she earned her Habilitation à la Maîtrise d’Œuvre en Nom Propre (HMONP), marking the start of her career. She worked for several years as a freelancer at various firms before founding her own architecture studio, COMASTUDIO Paris, in 2017.

She is particularly drawn to spatial planning and the transformation of existing spaces. Issues related to housing and “living” are at the heart of her thinking: how a place supports everyday activities, and how it reveals itself through the people who inhabit it. Rethinking circulation, redistributing spaces, and unlocking a space’s potential : Marion strives to transform spaces to make them more balanced, more fluid, and more welcoming. Drawn to the curved lines and ornamental details of Art Nouveau, as well as to the expressive power of certain Brutalist buildings, her influences give rise to a style that is both structured and embodied.

Throughout her career, one thing has become clear: beyond design, it is the human connection that drives her. Curious about the ways people live, she enjoys discovering new interiors, observing how each person makes a space their own, transforms it, and tells its story. Understanding how spaces are used, people’s desires, and their visions for the future. Building connections, providing support, and offering advice: these are all aspects that naturally extend her perspective as an architect.

Outside of architecture, Marion volunteers to support new mothers. She enjoys running—with a strong taste for a challenge—loves to travel and go on road trips, and has a well-known passion for good food. Always on the lookout for new places to explore, she remains deeply attached to neighborhood life in the 19th arrondissement.

From architecture to client support, the transition came about quite naturally. ARCHIK stands out as the obvious choice, at the intersection of its two core focuses: designing spaces and supporting the people who inhabit them.

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Jessica PAYET

Interior Designer

architectes@archik.fr

A Parisian with a sunny personality, Jessica began her career in an advertising agency and worked for ten years as a group leader. Passionate about decoration, she undertook a training in interior design and created Jessica Payet Interior Designer in March 2021.

Her work is influenced by the Haussmannian style, which she likes to break away from while retaining its charm. “All styles can work harmoniously if you have the keys and tips to do so. Jessica likes to make spaces timeless and unique by adapting to the personality and desires of its inhabitants. Her specialty? The creation of 3D perspectives allowing her to appropriate the places she invests. In love with nature, she favors natural materials such as wood, stone, rattan and plants such as Moonflower or Jasmine to purify the air in her projects.

Sensitive to the works of Sofia Lind for their romanticism and the curiosity they arouse, art is an integral part of her work: photographs, art reproductions, framed or panoramic to captivate the eyes. The opportunity for her clients to tell their stories in a unique way.

Seduced by the “art of living” according to ARCHIK, Jessica adheres to our 360° vision of real estate and becomes one of our Parisian partners. She accompanies you in your renovation projects, combining both beauty and well-being.

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