I invite you to discover my story through a series of episodes - from 1 to 13. They retrace fragments of experiences, encounters and creations that have shaped my approach and nourish my universe today.
MY BEGINNINGS - Episode 1
After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne and ENSAD in Paris, I had an early desire to cross disciplines: furniture design, scenography, interior architecture... I chose ENSAD with this in mind; its director, Richard Peduzzi, valued multidisciplinarity.
I've always sought to explore design differently: as a space for encounters between disciplines, cultures and materials. My early experiences led me to work with Ron Arad in London, and in the agencies of Jean Nouvel, Kristian Gavoille, Christophe Pillet and Nelly Rodi.
Each of these encounters has broadened my outlook and shaped the way I think about space and creation.
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FIRST PROJECTS - Episode 2
Very early on, I felt the need to assert my own path: to experiment and create. Here are some of my first creations.
Alongside my role as project manager in various interior design agencies, I designed lighting fixtures for Habitat, imagined scenographies for the VIA, collaborated with Shu Uemura, and designed furniture for the SNCF VIP lounges.
Since my early days, a fascination has accompanied me: innovative materials or materials diverted from their function, reacting to light, capable of arousing emotion. Thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture, the City of Paris and VIA, I've been able to develop creations that explore the relationship between body and space, in a hybrid approach, between art and design.
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CHARNIÈRE EXHIBITION - Episode 3
My first solo show, at Galerie Public> in Paris in 1999, was a seminal event. In this emerging, high-profile art venue, I sealed my desire to build bridges between disciplines.
I present furniture pieces conceived as scenographic installations, capable of evolving and dialoguing with other art forms as the exhibition progresses. To give substance to this dialogue, I invite several artists to a collaboration where performance interacts with my pieces: musician Joana Preiss and Vincent Epplay, choreographer Christian Rizzo, stylist Shinichiro Arakawa, ... and Françoise Darmon for a design encounter. A high point where disciplines cross and confront each other without borders.
"... Fashion, art, architecture, design, music, dance, set design and video are all different disciplines, but at the same time, and sometimes in the same space, they invent identical modes of enunciation. Exposure, confrontation, confrontation, marking a stage, as if to better explore new ways of envisioning and practicing modernity..."- Gilles de Bure, excerpt from the exhibition catalog.
VOIR - Public gallery exhibition
FIRST STEP IN JAPAN - Episode 4
Shock and revelation - In 2000, I left for Tokyo for my first project, driven by a deep passion for Japan. It was a total immersion, a vertigo, and a transformation that left a deep impression on me.
I designed the architecture for a hairdressing salon in the heart of Aoyama; this trip was a real revelation. On my return to France, all I could think about was REPARTIRING. So I dared. I set off alone, without any contacts, without speaking the language, without any concrete plans... but with the firm determination to carry out projects in Japan.
Immersion is a real culture shock. In Tokyo, the names of subway stations were still written only in Japanese, tourism was almost non-existent, and very few foreigners lived in Japan.
I felt dizzy in the face of this new world, but also immensely excited: that of the quest for the unknown.
Japan transformed me. It taught me to look differently, to perceive the delicacy of gestures, shapes and materials, to apprehend time and space differently... to welcome beauty in every detail.
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EXPOSITION"ABSENCE" - Episode 5
Explore space differently: an exhibition where movement generates sound, and visitors become actors in the work.
I pursue my quest for space by imagining scenographic objects and installations that convey meaning, always in dialogue with artists from different horizons.
In 2002, I presented this exhibition at the Rocket Gallery in Tokyo. I conceive an experience that explores the relationship between design, space and sound. The structures architect the space, suggesting the environment, and the visitor's movement triggers interactive sound compositions. I then invited Slipped Disc, the duo of Japanese composer Keiichiro Shibuya, to imagine this sonic immersion. Visitors find themselves immersed in a new perception of space, where their bodies become actors in the work.
SEE - Galerie Rocket exhibition
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EXHIBITION Poetic Landscape - Episode 6
When light and technology become poetic. My FRAME award-winning installation Poetic Landscape.
In the same quest as my previous exhibitions, in 2004 I explored new technologies through an installation presented at Tokyo Designers Block.
I design hybrid block-objects/sculptures on the border between art and design, incorporating LED video technology. Their horizontal and vertical surfaces become animated screens, combining abstract and figurative images in motion.
This LED-lit scenography showcases clothing and accessories from the Frapbois fashion brand.
In collaboration with video artist Virginie Lavey, this installation takes on a poetic, sensory dimension, where light, image and material interact in a single work.
The project was awarded the prize for best installation by the international magazine FRAME.
We look forward to welcoming you to discover the new Laur Meyrieux collection of wallpapers, presented by the decorating brand Masamé.
We invite you to discover the collection and new wallpaper designs from the Laur Meyrieux collection, showcased by the decoration brand Masamé
MAISON & OBJET
Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center
HALL 5 A - Stand N 94 - MASAMÉ
JAN. 16-20 2025