Luxury in search of rare materials
Monday 20 January —
14:00
- 14:45
The Talks — Hall 7
Description
Participants
Quentin HirsingerPresident - materiO'
Yamina BenaïFounder & Editor-in-Chief - GESTE/S & Editor-in-Chief of the international journal The SAVOIR-FAIRE
Quentin Hirsinger
President - materiO'
After studying financial economics, Quentin Hirsinger worked for many years in an internationally renowned architecture firm, as a documentation, materials and intelligence manager. In 2000, he created the matériO company, a material innovation intelligence service. Since then, he has traveled to the most diverse fairs around the world, tracking down innovations on the Internet, contacting manufacturers to obtain samples or additional information, and working tirelessly to foster new uses for thousands of unique materials. Quentin wants above all to provide designers with an independent materials library that is ‘as rich and inspiring as possible, beyond categories or divisions, but with curiosity as a driver, an intuitive database as a tool.
Yamina Benaï
Founder & Editor-in-Chief - GESTE/S & Editor-in-Chief of the international journal The SAVOIR-FAIRE
I founded and co-manage, with Emmanuel Rubin, GESTE/S: the first quarterly magazine (220 pages) dedicated to crafts, exceptional know-how, and contemporary creation. Issue #1 was released on March 26, 2022, and is available at newsstands, premium bookstores, museum shop bookstores, and in Fnac and Relay networks (stations and airports). Together with Emmanuel Rubin, I develop GESTE/S and its special editions within the Beaux Arts & Cie Group.