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. Coming from 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 then 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 lasts four years during which Matali Crasset developed under the direction of Philippe Starck "everyday objects at the service of people". Despite Matali Crasset defined Philippe Starck as a complex personality whose she admired the ability to free himself from constraints, in 1998 she created 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.
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).
Objects.
Matali Crasset works with international publishers, Alessi, Campeggi, Danese, Domeau & Péres, Le Buisson, Ikea, Plust.