Dependent in France, Louis Denavaut begun his skilled route in the present-day artwork globe ahead of turning out to be an interior architect and designer. Qualified at École Camondo in Paris, he then intended luxurious cosmetics retailers in Asia, grew to become a advisor for Louis Vuitton and developed furniture for the renowned HEC Paris company school, between some others. In 2018, Denavaut released his eponymous studio, operating on professional and residential projects. Inspired by Alvar Aalto, Business office Kersten Geers David Van Severen and De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Denavaut considers the structure of objects and the process of drawing two critical factors to comprehend the rhythm of a area and obtain equilibrium between strategy and aesthetics. Denavaut’s current assignments mirror how he transforms inside architecture into an artistic gesture.


Interior Layout: What was your total design and style intention for the new offices on Avenue Matignon?

Louis Denavaut: Higher than all, the aim was to offer serious comfort and make purposeful spaces, which would also be aesthetically enjoyable.

ID: What environment did you want to create in the new workplaces on Avenue Matignon and how did you realize it?

LD: The atmosphere was made many thanks to the designed-to-evaluate parts of household furniture. It is challenging to put an ambience into words but I experience it seriously functions visually. Sometimes you have the feeling you will satisfy Sean Connery down the corridor.



ID: What is the story driving your the latest venture “Passage Thiéré”?

LD: For this challenge, we demolished anything to get started from scratch and rethink anything with the customers, who are also my friends and young collectors of present-day art. So the concept was to do some thing that would evoke a Parisian gallery. The two curved partitions, which divide the non-public house from the residing region, permitted to create a potent identification in this apartment.

ID: What about the places of work Chauchat?

LD: For this job, I experienced to redesign the transitional spaces, which includes the porch, modest courtyard and staircase. The aim was to use normal factors of common Parisian buildings although offering them a delicate twist to give tribute to Andrée Putmann who as soon as had her place of work right here.



ID: What is your 1st memory of design?

LD: My initial recollections of structure are additional connected to the previous objects and houses that belonged to my grandparents. For case in point, I don’t forget a concrete tank that my grandmother experienced mounted in the rest room of her residence in the south of France. It was like a tiny indoor pool–very poetic.

ID: What designed you want to grow to be a designer?

LD: Originally, I was more captivated to modern day art but then I immediately started out to like a large amount the prospects of layout (both equally for objects and interiors), which can also convey an significant message, often about what wellness is.



ID: Can you explain your former knowledge in the present-day artwork earth? How does it influence your work currently?

LD: When I was more youthful, I didn’t seriously know what to do. I performed rugby a large amount and did a number of small work opportunities. Just one of them was to be a waiter in an artwork gallery where by I ran into lots of young artists. Meanwhile the brother of 1 of my buddies was an artist who introduced us to various other young visual artists. We expended time with them, partied with each other, and often we assisted them to install their reveals. This is when I began to like staying associated in this world.

ID: Can you name some folks in the sector who encourage you and inform us why?

LD: I am amazed by my friends of Festen Architecture (we studied alongside one another) and I adore the perform of Laurent Deroo who designed all the boutiques of fashion model A.P.C. I am also fascinated by all the youthful technology of Belgium architects absolutely nothing appears to be sophisticated for them and they have this talent of reinventing ruins with smaller budgets and with type.



ID: What are some of your impending jobs for 2021?

LD: There are, among the other folks, a Parisian condominium [in the works] for a painter and a writer, and a countryside house in brick situated in the Baie de Somme (in the French location of Picardie), which will be a radical manifesto.

ID: What is your dream project?

LD: I would like to structure a restaurant, if a chef reads us…









