Milan<\/a> from Tuesday to April 26. Priced from 2,300 euros, the lamps will be available in four sizes, including table lamps and portable versions.<\/p>\n\n\tDuchaufour-Lawrance is known for his textural approach, whether engaging with wood, metal, ceramic or glass.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe\u2019s created furniture for renowned Italian companies such as Zanotta, Tacchini and Ceccotti, and objects including a full collection of crystalware for historic French glass manufacturer Saint-Louis.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong his interior design projects are the London restaurant Sketch, the Air France business lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, and Montblanc boutiques worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tBut since moving to Portugal in 2017, his main focus has been his project Made in Situ, a laboratory for exploring local crafts and skills, whether Barro Negro pottery from the Tondela region, or bronze candleholders produced by a foundry for boat propellers in the seaside town of Peniche.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tNo\u00e9 Duchaufour-Lawrance\u2019s Corolle lamp designs for Dior. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEduard Sanchez-Ribot\/Courtesy of Dior<\/p>\n
\n\tMade in Situ will be the subject of a comprehensive exhibition in October at the Galerie des Gobelins in Paris, to be accompanied by a book.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMy work is often inspired by nature, but more than that, it\u2019s really about what connects us, and what binds us to where we live,\u201d Duchaufour-Lawrance said. \u201cUltimately, I\u2019m always searching for a kind of balance in my work. I think Dior approached his in a similar way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWhen he initially designed the Corolle lamp in 2019, his ambition was to establish a common language with the French fashion house through a simple shape that mirrored Christian Dior\u2019s architectural approach to design.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhat I try to do as a designer is find that balance, to ensure an object stays clear and easy to connect with, but at the same time sparks curiosity,\u201d Duchaufour-Lawrance explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAnd, of course, it also needs to bring a sense of pleasure, or at least contemplation \u2014 something that lets you step back a little and move beyond just a direct, functional relationship with the object,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tThe making of a Dior Corolle Lamp.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Cornwall\/Courtesy of Dior<\/p>\n
\n\tFor the second chapter of the project, he wanted to push the craftsmanship further by going deeper into surface treatments.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe worked with the archives, looking for textures, materials and effects that I could reinterpret in the collection, always rooted in the house\u2019s origins and its history. From there, we tried to find the glassmaking techniques to match,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile the glass bells were made in Murano, Italy, the madake bamboo basket-weaving was entirely done in Kyoto, Japan. The cannage pattern was also chiseled into glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe explored different engraving techniques, as well as glass pleating, which involves using ridged molds and then creating a wave effect by twisting the glass while blowing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s also the sandblasted version, which is the simplest, and mano volante, which is a special technique where you shape the glass while it\u2019s still hot, just out of the mold, to create this effect as if wind were moving through the object, like it might stir a skirt,\u201d Duchaufour-Lawrance continued.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tNo\u00e9 Duchaufour-Lawrance\u2019s Corolle lamp designs for Dior. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEduard Sanchez-Ribot\/Courtesy of Dior<\/p>\n
\n\tFiligree effects were used to mimic the texture of tulle or lace. \u201cThere\u2019s often a very natural link with textiles, even though the materials themselves are completely different,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
\n\tAs with all his recent projects, the hand of the artisan is key.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt all relies on a very precise, delicate relationship with the craftspeople, to find that balance \u2014 again \u2014 between a drawing, an intention and the final product. It\u2019s also about drawing on their know-how to push the object somewhere new,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIn that respect, design and couture are very closely connected \u2014 we rely on craftsmanship to create. This project simply wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the artisans and the range of skills behind it. I couldn\u2019t have invented the techniques involved here; these are things that have been mastered and passed down for generations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tA No\u00e9 Duchaufour-Lawrance Corolle lamp design for Dior. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEduard Sanchez-Ribot\/Courtesy of Dior<\/p>\n
\n\tDuchaufour-Lawrance said he\u2019s curious to explore how clothing textures could translate into other materials, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI found the dresses extremely inspiring, in terms of texture and transparency, but also simply because of the way they move,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cAt one point, I started sketching a side project \u2014 a series of objects that attempt to freeze that movement, using different materials. That\u2019s something I\u2019d be interested to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS \u2014 For No\u00e9 Duchaufour-Lawrance, working with glass is like draping cloth for a fashion designer. For his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[39170,146,85,46,18858,6662,68297],"class_list":["post-401227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dior","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lighting","tag-milan","tag-salone-del-mobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}