Mobilier national

The Mobilier national, in collaboration with the Cité de la céramique Sèvres & On the occasion of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Limoges presents a new installation that explores the theme "Paris-Milan: mobile furniture" with a representative overview of the young talents of French design and savoir-faire.

The “Paris-Milan: Mobile furniture” exhibition that the Mobilier national is proposing in the heart of the 5VIE district of Milan on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile is an invitation to travel, starting from the intrinsically mobile nature of every piece of furniture, without neglect the tradition that sees the Mobilier national as the heir of the royal Garde Meuble responsible for centuries of transporting the royal collections of furnishings from castle to castle.

The exhibition recalls the era in which men moved not only with their luggage but with their favorite furniture and decorations.

For this event, the Mobilier national has selected some significant pieces created by the best French designers and artisans with the aim of illustrating their contemporary creativity firmly rooted in a centuries-old tradition of artisanal savoir-faire. In a scenographic installation curated by Madeleine Oltra and Angelo de Taisne (already awarded at the Toulon Design Parade in 2022), the spirit of
comes to life
historic Paris-Milan route recalling the timeless atmosphere of long-distance trains, symbols of elegance and innovation in which the "mobile", quick-change and versatile, had a central role.

Some pieces by young French designers

• Terence, a project by Clémence Plumelet and Geoffrey Pascal, prototype created by the Atelier de Recherche et Création of the Mobilier national and produced by Lit National. Inspired by the frequent comings and goings along the roads of France that Terence Conran described in his 1987 book France, here is a piece of furniture that brings together the functions of container and content in a single object, summarizing the peculiar spirit of travels in which elegance is race with comfort. Trunk but also sofa, heir to itinerant furnishings which it interprets with a contemporary character.

• Stool and desk, Éric Benqué
The Traits d'union collection is the result of an experience dominated by a simple rule: combine wood with another material and, based on the intrinsic qualities of each material used, create furniture. With just one constraint: every piece of furniture created must be perfectly compostable, that is - once its function has been completed - it must be able to be buried without disturbing the ecosystem with which it interacts.

• Manufacture de Sèvres
The prestigious manufacturer will present some contemporary pieces from its collections combined with pieces from the Mobilier national with the aim of enhancing the diversity and productive mastery of manufacturers beyond the Alps.

• Ateliers Pinton
The Pinton Ateliers will be present with some examples of fabrics made in the factory still active in Felletin, selected from the catalog of current production. These are tapestries and tapestries capable of recalling the ancient tradition of travel without hiding their impulse towards the contemporary world.

• Atelier Vime has created a tailor-made picnic trunk exclusively for Milan Design Week

Atelier Vime's collections focus on the centuries-old tradition of French artisan basketry and on collaboration with wicker manufacturers, who are also active in preserving ecosystems. There is no shortage of contributions from cabinetmakers, blacksmiths, ceramists, distillers, wax masters and fabric printers. Each collection is produced entirely by hand in France.

• Curry Mango, Hall Haus, folding chair
Interested in the concept of reinterpretation and reappropriation, the group designed this chair taking inspiration from two seats coming from apparently opposite worlds: on the one hand the super popular Quechua folding armchair, and on the other the exclusive and luxurious “Wassily” by Marcel Breuer, overlapped in an elegant wood and leather silhouette that also integrates a practical folding system. The prototype, based on principles of low-impact artistic and industrial creation, represents the desire to connect distant worlds by opening new design perspectives.

• OZ, Travel Companion, Lisa Riou, école Bleue
In this project the objective is to interpret the journey as a personal experience in which objects are true companions: nomadic, mobile and versatile, they contain allusions to ancient itineraries and light sources such as the torch, the candlestick and the lantern. OZ here combines glass with leather, in an independent, adventurous and free interpretation inspired by the sphere of art millare, navigation tool composed of a central globe surrounded by elliptical shapes.
OZ is a glass sphere suspended in a complex and sinuous leather handle. A versatile and multipurpose object that adapts to different moments of every trip.

• La Dérobade, multipurpose screen, Jeanne Hébert de Beauvoir, école Boulle
Mobile, modular and transportable furniture, designed to meet all the needs of actors during their shows. The designer imagined a light and versatile screen that integrates a seat, a chest of drawers, a dressing table and a coat stand. Convenient for preparations, it can also be used as a backdrop: it is an ideal quick-change piece of furniture for traveling shows. Open, it unfolds in sinuous shapes that recall a landscape, with exposed hinges rethought in both a functional and aesthetic way.