Should fine craft be afraid of artificial intelligence?

Marc Aurel

Designer & Artistic director - Studio Aurel Design Urbain

Marc Aurel, designer - artistic director: Aurel Design Urbain studio His refined sensibility, cultivated at the School of Fine Arts and Architecture in Marseille, combines with his expertise in design, urban space, and project management. An innovative approach to design, rooted in research and material work. Marc AUREL was the laureate of the Dialogue prize from the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation in 2014, for the ceramic furniture project in the Souks of Beirut. In 2023, he is a resident at the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici. Since 2020, he has been the president of the "Les Lauréats de l'intelligence de la Main" association. Achievements: furniture collection for Emmaus, bus shelters and new metro entrances in Paris, trams in Luxembourg and Liège, and the lighting of the Grand Pont in Lausanne.

Emmanuelle Dupont

Textile Designer, Artist & Embroiderer

Emmanuelle Dupont, designer and artist, was born in 1983 in Le Havre. With a BTS in fashion design and a Diplôme des Métiers d'art in embroidery, she was awarded the Grand Prix de la Création de Paris in 2006 and the Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l'Intelligence de la main in 2008. She works with haute couture, jewelry and object design, and applies her expertise to teaching and to missions to preserve know-how in France and abroad... In just a few years, her career has been marked by excellence, the promotion of art crafts and the transmission of know-how. Since 2015, she has been based in Sauve, a small medieval village in the south of France.

Laurent Nogues

Embosser & Founder - Créanog

After graduating from the prestigious ENSAAMA applied arts school in 1991, Laurent Nogues decided to dedicate his career to preserving the heritage of Créations Fournier, a printing house his father ran for many years. In 1994, he founded his own company—Créanog—based in Rue de Rennes in Paris. In 1998, rapid development led the workshop to be set up in the new Parisian hot spot for craftsmanship and the applied arts: the Viaduc des Arts. Laurent Nogues is on a constant quest to explore new horizons. The Sensitinéraires collection of tactile books developed for the publishing house Editions du Patrimoine is a great example of this. Raised images created by the master craftsman allowed visually impaired readers to enjoy the beauty of France’s cultural and natural heritage, imbuing the technique of embossing with new meaning. Laurent Nogues was awarded the Liliane Bettencourt craftsmanship prize—the “Prix pour l’Intelligence de la Main” for his efforts in this area. In 2011, Laurent Nogues was awarded the title of “ Maître d’Art” (Master Craftsman) by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. He has also been a member of the “Cercle des Entreprises du Patrimoine Vivant” (Living Heritage Companies) since 2008 and a member of “ Grands Ateliers de France” (Great French Workshops) since 2010.

Patricia Racine

Consultant - Creative Direction and Business development Luxury & Art de vivre sector