Green products, more responsible materials… Furniture
the national, which supports innovation and follows heritage, makes its ecological revolution.
It is an institution that has existed for four hundred years. Created by Louis XIV and Colbert, the Mobilier National certainly proves its durability. The former Crown Furniture Store has a heritage role while promoting contemporary creativity. This unique position makes it a watchdog for gestures and design, especially issues related to environmental responsibility. At the forefront, Mark Bayard, head of the Arts and Innovation Promotion Mission, develops tools to respond to emergencies with respect for the environment. Discussion regarding the launch of the Sustainable Practices Laboratory.
Madame Figaro . – What is this laboratory? ?
Mark Bayard. – The subject of an agreement between the Betancourt-Schüller Foundation and the National Workshops, it must meet the various challenges of the future, including color. Certain metals will be banned, such as cobalt, which is used to make Sèvres blue, one of the markers of the Sèvres factory. We will have to find solutions to create this blue in a different way. Thread dyeing and the question of mordant in tapestries (product that accentuates color stickiness, editor’s note) are another folder. We will have to invent materials that are more environmentally friendly.
Sustainable materials are also at the core of discussions…
Yes! We have to invent them, but also make them more desirable and produce them in quantity. The creation of a material library in collaboration with the University of Fashion, Art and Design Excellence and the National School of Decorative Arts will advance these ambitions and provide an opportunity to think about the object and the resources that will be needed to create it. development in order to make it more responsible.
Is the designer’s environmental awareness considered in acquisition campaigns? ?
A designer who does not mention an eco-responsible dimension is excluded. But his work should not be limited only to this reflection. It should also suggest radicality in forms and materials. Héloïse Blachier’s Loop mirror and Thierry Jeannot’s Transmutation number 14 lamp, made from plastic waste, clearly demonstrate these requirements. Just like the Torii table by Julien Gorrias, which becomes unique through wear, or the Riviera chair by Jean-Baptiste Senequier, with digitally milled beech and hand-woven anchor rope, questioning traditional know-how and new production the relationship between the methods…
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Source: Le Figaro
