Craftsmanship & Storytelling: repositioning know-how back into the heart of the Luxury experience

Lison de Caunes

Marquetry specialist & Founder - Ateliers Lison de Caunes

Lison de Caunes studied at Union centrale des Arts décoratifs in Paris. She then decided to perpetuate her grandfather Andre Groult’s tradition. She started working with straw marquetry in the 1970s and quickly became a specialist. She spent years restoring antiques and Art Deco furniture. Today, she dedicates her craft to creating made to order furniture, wall panels or objects for interior designers and decorators. In 2015 she launched Lison de Caunes Création, her own design line. Over the years she has curated several exhibitions. She also published books on straw marquetry.

Thomas Dariel

Interior Designer & Founder - Campus MaNa, Maison Dada & Dariel Studio

As a great grandson of a French furniture designer, grandson of a jazz musician and son of an architect, he has always drawn his strength and inspiration from his family heritage. French Designer by training and tireless traveler, he came to China in 2006 to launch his own interior design studio at the age of 24. Dariel has since earned the praise of the interior design industry. He has received several awards, among them selection for Best International Interior Designer – 2012 Andrew Martin Awards/ awarded Top 100 talents in Architecture and Design for AD Magazine in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2013/ Top 40 Young Design Talents under 40 – 2013 Perspective 40 Under 40/ Top 10 Best Designer in China – Vantage Magazine 2016. In 2017, Thomas Dariel has been elected Best Young Designer of the Year by EDIDA China Awards and Best Designer of the Year by Trends and Trends Home magazines. Dariel draws his creativity from the different worlds of design, fashion, gastronomy, visual arts and luxury. His design philosophy is driven by his passion for breaking traditional codes and clichés which creates a new language for each design. By confronting heritage and cutting-edge innovations, combining French design heritage with Eastern cultural influence, Thomas Dariel’s open approach unfolds original perspectives. Thomas Dariel , a singular signature that he has extended with success to product design, signing with – among others – Cappellini, Lelièvre; Cire Trudon, Leblon Delienne. In 2016 and while pursuing his interior design activity, Thomas decided to revive a childhood’s dream by launching his own brand of furniture, lighting, rugs and accessories, Maison Dada. In 2020, Thomas was appointed co-president of the French Design Editor Federation. This new role allows him to reunite the French editors and speak as one voice as well as to promote the French Design and its singularity. Some of his design have entered the very prestigious French Mobilier National, writing history of the French creation. In 2021, Thomas Dariel is also leading the ambitious project of Campus Mana (Les Manufactures Nationales), a Design and Crafts International Campus located in French Burgundy where Design & Crafts workshops will be interacting with Design & Crafts Training at the highest level. In 2022, Thomas Dariel was awarded by Le FRENCH DESIGN 100 for his projects at Dariel Studio and Maison Dada.

Corinne Dutrou

Owner - La Métairie Bruyère

Christian Mameron has devoted his life to supporting artists and authors in this passionate profession. In 1988 at the age of 19, he joined the team at La Métairie Bruyère where he was trained in engraving and art printing by Robert and Lydie Dutrou. Two years later Christian left his native Burgundy to learn the trade of manual typographer with Jean Quelever, the last typographer in the RLD Parisian workshop who had to retire a year later. At the same time, he took GRETA courses at the Corvisart vocational high school in the Model Making section and consolidated his training as an intaglio carver alongside Dominique Guibert. In 1993, Christian returned to Puisaye with the Stanhope and Phoenix presses and the company’s 18 tons of type. Robert Dutrou passed on his passion for artists’ books to him. Together they guide publishers, illustrators and poets in the design of their works of art. In 1996 the Dutrou saved the “Voirin” lithographic presses built at the end of the 19th century from being broken. The lithographer Stéphane Guilbot puts them back on track and introduces Christian to how they work. Since Robert’s death in 1999, Christian has taken over management of the Métairie workshops and continues the publishing and printing work undertaken by Lydie and Robert.

Nathalie Degardin

Journalist