Sophie Mallebranche

Sophie Mallebranche (born 30 March 1976, in Honfleur, Calvados) is a French artist and textile designer known for her woven metal[1] materials that mix fibers and industrial materials.

Sophie Mallebranche

She is the creative director of Material Design Group, which produces and distributes her work.[2]

Architects and designers of international renown, such as Peter Marino, Robert A. M. Stern, Tony Chi, Jacques Grange, Gensler, Rena Dumas,[3] Yabu Pushelberg and Flanagan Lawrence have used her designs.[4] She has collaborated with brands such as Hermès,[5] Christian Dior,[6] Chanel,[7] Louis Vuitton, Richard Mille,[8] Chaumet,[9] Piaget, Mikimoto, and Guerlain. Her metal weaves have been awarded multiple times by design professionals for their innovative nature, and her creations adorn numerous flagships, hotels,[10] and restaurants worldwide.

Biography

Mallebranche graduated in 1998 from the École supérieure des arts appliqués Duperré in Paris. Mallebranche invented new methods of weaving to give the malleability and suppleness of textiles to the industrial materials she used. Her first woven metal materials attracted the attention of the interior designer, Andrée Putman,[11] and the architect, Peter Marino.[12] Mallebranche's went on to adorn Chanel's historic address on Rue Cambon in Paris along with the brand's building in Tokyo's Ginza neighborhood. She also created exclusive materials for Arcelor, Balenciaga, Laurent-Perrier, and the French crystal brand, Daum.[13]

In 2004, selected by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Association française d’action artistique (AFAA), an artistic and cultural association, Mallebranche exhibited at Tokyo Designers Block, one of Japan's largest design events.[14] In 2005, she conceived an exclusive material for Guerlain to decorate their flagship store at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann in Paris. She also created a 100% stainless steel material in large dimensions for the curtains at the Alain Ducasse restaurant at the Plaza Athénée in Paris.[15] This creation was awarded with an Étoile from the Observeur du Design in 2006. That same year, she received a Design Award in the Innovative Materials category at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York.

To promote her work internationally, Mallebranche created the company Eh Oui with Evelyne Skorochod[16] —a company she left in 2009—then registered the trademark Sophie Mallebranche®. She created Material Design Group with Guillaume Danset in 2010 to industrialize the production process and respond to increasing demand from interior architects.[17] Backed by the Centre Francilien de l’Innovation, Oséo and Paris Pionnières,[18] they developed a new industrial process, capable of weaving Mallebranche's designs while preserving the look of her handwoven work.[19] They entered a partnership with Toiles de Mayenne,[20] a 200-year-old textile manufacturer located in Fontaine-Daniel in France's Mayenne region to put this new process in place. Today, Material Design Group possesses its own independent production site.

Exhibitions

2004 : Contemplation, Tokyo Designers Block exhibition, Hanezawa Garden, Tokyo, Japan.

2010 : Contemplation II, musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs, Lyon, France.[21]

2015 : Contemplation III, Hommage to Pierre Soulages, Fontaine-Daniel, France.

Awards and recognition

Pedagogy
  • 2003–09 : Professor of « Color-Material » at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design (ESAD) in Reims, Art and Space section.
  • 2007–09 : Pedagogical director at the École Bleue in Paris, France.

References
  1. Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices, p. 2729, Ed. des femmes, 2013 (ISBN 978-2721006318).
  2. "Paris Pionnières : 4 créatrices lauréates, 4 entreprises prometteuses" (in French). Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  3. "Interview with Denis Montel - Hermès UK Store Architect". www.bykoket.com. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  4. « Architects and designers such as Peter Marino and Patrick Jouin have commissioned […] wall covering for commercial clients such as Chanel, Guerlain, and the Plaza Athénée » : House & Garden, septembre 2007.
  5. "Interview with Denis Montel - Hermès UK Store Architect". www.bykoket.com. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  6. "LA VIGNETTE : Sophie Mallebranche" (in French). Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  7. "Paris Pionnières : 4 créatrices lauréates, 4 entreprises prometteuses" (in French). Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  8. Doerr, Elizabeth (June 2016). "Richard Mille's Luxurious Paris Boutique, Complete With Handpicked Champagnes, Cigars . . . And Full Of Rare Wristwatches". Quill & Pad. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  9. "TENDANCE ECRIN/10 jours Chaumet". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  10. "Déco hôtel : Le Marianne vu par l'archi Charles Zana". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  11. « Des pièces si originales qu’elles séduisirent Andrée Putman » : AD France (Architectural Digest), décembre 2011.
  12. "Métiers d'art". Magazine (in French) (225). January 2006.
  13. Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque, Mireille Calle-Gruber (2013). Ed. des Femmes (ed.). Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). p. 2729. ISBN 978-2721006318.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. Matières & Matériaux, p. 48, Ed. Eyrolles, 2013 (ISBN 9782212129717).
  15. Elle Décoration, September 2007.
  16. "House & Garden". Magazine. September 2007: 30. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. Ed. des Femmes, ed. (2013). Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). p. 2729. ISBN 978-2721006318.
  18. Matières, détournement hybridation - Magazine Intramuros no 148
  19. "Les tissages métalliques de Sophie Mallebranche". La Revue du Design.
  20. Interiors Créations, mai-juin 2012
  21. Xe Biennale de Lyon, 2de Biennale de créations textiles contemporaines, du 20 novembre 2009 au dimanche 21 février 2010, Lyon
  22. Marie-Claire Maison, janvier 2000.
  23. "Observeur du Design 06". www.pixelcreation.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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