# Matali Crasset

Matali Crasset, born on July 28, 1965, in Châlons-en-Champagne, is a French Industrial designer.

## Biography

Matali Crasset was born on July 28, 1965, in Chalons-en-Champagne into a family of farmers. She spent her childhood in the small village of Normée. In 1988, she decided to continue her studies in Paris at the ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle) and obtained her diploma as an industrial designer in 1991. She joined Denis Santachiara's studio in Milan in 1992 for a year, before joining Philippe Starck's studio in Paris in 1993, where she was appointed head of the Thomson Multimedia project, then Tim Thom, Thomson's design center. This collaboration lasted four years during which Matali Crasset developed under the direction of Philippe Starck "everyday objects at the service of people". Matali Crasset has defined Philippe Starck as a complex personality in whom she admires the ability to free himself from constraints. Nevertheless, 1998 saw her creating her own company with her husband Francis Fichot, to "protect herself from Starck".
Matali Crasset lives and works in Paris. She is the mother of two children, Popline and Arto.
In 2011 and 2016, she is a guest of honour at the Festival international du livre d'art et du film.
She was one of the artists selected by Brigitte Macron in 2017 for the redevelopment and decoration of the Elysée Palace.

## Selected personal exhibitions

| Année | Expositions personnelles |
| 1999 | Pol’arisations, Espace Paul Bert, Nontron Minimax 0–99, Villa Noailles, Hyères |
| 2002 | Matali Crasset for Dornbracht : update/3 spaces in one, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne |
| 2003 | sliding living room, artconnexion, Lille Sunic, galerie Gandy, Prague Un pas de côté, Mudac, Lausanne Unpacking design, Victoria & Albert museum, Londres Homemade, Grand Hornu, Hornu |
| 2005 | Link, Otto gallery, Bologne |
| 2006 | Soundscapes, Cooper Hewit National museum of design, New York Springtherapy, SM's, s'Hertogenbosch |
| 2007 | A rebours avec Peter Halley, galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris |
| 2008 | matali crasset – Franck van Houtte : conversation, Design museum, Gand In vino veritas, Gandy gallery, Bratislava Permis de construire, cité de l’architecture, Paris Another logic of…, Rabih Hage gallery, Londres Living wood, galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris |
| 2009 | Hyperactif / New Territorie au centre des arts d'Enghien-les-Bains, Enghien-les-Bains |
| 2010 | In vino veritas, Mudac, Lausanne |
| 2011 | Le Blobterre de Matali, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 2012 | Le blobterre de matali, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
| 2013 | Le voyage en uchronie, galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin Le voyage en uchronie, Designblock, Prague |
| 2014 | Le blobterre de matali/interactions végétales, Forum Meyrin, Genève |
| 2016 | Reinventare un mondo commune, Pavillon Unicredit, Milan We trust in wood, Synagogue de Delme, Delme |
| 2017 | Le blobterre de matali, Centre Pompidou, Malaga |
| 2018 | saule et les Hooppies, Centre Pompidou, Paris matali crasset : les capes, The Cultural gallery, Monaco |
| 2019 | matali crasset : wood, Chesa Planta, the cultural gallery, St Moritz matali crasset : la table botanique, Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, the Muse gallery, Venise |

## Works

Matali Crasset's creations are present in many public collections in France, Centre Pompidou, Musée des arts décoratifs of Paris National Centre for Plastic Arts, Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de la Ville de Paris, FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Consortium Museum, and in many international institutions, MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Mudac in Lausanne (Switzerland), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Grand Hornu (Belgium), MAK Vienna (Austria).

### Research

* MIXtree Salon d'interface musicale, 2005, Centre Georges Pompidou
* Easy China, Frac Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 2005

### Scenography of contemporary art exhibitions

* Superwarhol, curator : Germano Celant, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco,2003
* Printemps de septembre, Chill out, Toulouse, 2003
* Salon de Montrouge, curator : Stéphane Corréard, depuis 2009
* Expositions fleuves, Cneai, Chatou, 2009

### Scenography of concerts

* Pierre Lapointe, Amours, délices et orgues, 2017

### Architecture

* Le Nichoir (2011) et La Noisette (2012), Woodland houses, public commission, Le Vent des forêts, Meuse.
* Le pigeonnier Capsule, Caudry leisure centre, 2003. Work carried out as part of the Fondation de France's Nouveaux commanditaires.
* Hi Hotel, Nice, 2003
* SM's, musée d'arts décoratifs et d'art contemporain, s'Herogenbosch, 2005
* HI beach, Hi hôtel, Nice
* Tout'ouvert, Nice), 2006
* Les pastilles Restaurant , Cap 3000, Saint Laurent du Var, 2009
* Nouvel Odéon, cinema, Paris, 2009
* Ménagerie de Verre, Paris, 2009
* Maison des Petits, Cent quatre, Paris, 2009
* DAR HI, ecolodge, Nefta, Tunisia, 2010
* Hi Matic Hôtel, Paris, 2011
* Sledge house, Nice, 2011
* Petit salon de la maison des Petits, Cent quatre, Paris, 2013

### Objects

Matali Crasset works with international publishers, Alessi, Campeggi, Danese, Domeau & Péres, Le Buisson, Ikea, Plust.
* Din Set, 2005
* Evolute, lamp, Danese, 2004
* Sac Nido, bag, 2006
* City brunch, 2004
* Okaidi, children's clothing collection in 2013 and 2014
* PS tray, Ikea, 2014
* We trust in wood, 2015
* Vino sospeso, Bordeaux, 2019

### Furniture

* Quand Jim monte à Paris, Photo, Domeau & Pérès, 1995
* Permis de construire sofa,Domeau & Péres 2000
* Téo de 2 à 3, Domeau & Pérès, 1998
* Concentré de vie, sofa, Campeggi
* PS Wardrobe, Ikea, 2014

## Décorations

* Ordre des Arts et des Lettres: Commander, 31 août 2018
* Ordre national du Mérite: Knight, 16 May 2008
* Legion of Honour: Knight, 14 April 2017