Paris Design Week : Astre Mobile

Hôtel de la Marine

On the occasion of Paris Design Week, the studio Maison Lacmé presents Astre Mobile at the Hôtel de la Marine, a transparent car transformed into a work of art, between craftsmanship, matter and imagination. PresentationOn the occasion of Paris Design Week and the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, the studio Maison Lacmé presents Astre Mobile, a transparent car transformed into a work of art, between craftsmanship, matter and imagination. Astre Mobile is a transparent car that hides its secrets well, whether moving or stationary. Conceived as a work in its own right, it follows in the line of Art Cars, where the automobile becomes a medium for artistic expression. Imagined and artistically directed by Antoine Tauvel, Directeur Artistique of Maison Lacmé, Astre Mobile emerges from an in-depth design process combining drawings, formal research, models and sculptural prototypes. The whole is a blend of luxury and simplicity, where noble and durable materials bear the trace of the ephemeral, of movement and of gestures. This work also celebrates encounter and collective creation. About ten French art craftsmen were thus invited to take part. Gold, onyx, shells, wood, leather, feathers, lacquer, porcelain: each material is worked like a language, each piece like an autonomous work. From the steering wheel to the dashboard, from the gear knob to the upholstery, everyday elements are transformed and reinterpreted from Antoine Tauvel's initial artistic intentions. Astre Mobile in the inner courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine; Credits: Hervé Voët Astre Mobile thus reveals itself as a mobile cabinet of curiosities. A work that can be grasped as a whole or fragmented, lingering over each detail. The separate parts can also be diverted from their original use, with numerous surprises such as the stone hubcaps that become a lamp and are replaced by their trompe-l'œil version, the car's logo that turns into a piece of jewelry, and so on. An invitation to slow down one's gaze, to explore matter, to make room for imagination. The project draws on recurring notions in Antoine Tauvel's work: movement, time, play, the connection to the elements and to the stars. Each intervention converses with these themes, from the artisanal gesture to the evocation of vaster phenomena, from touch to light. At once object, artwork and experience, Astre Mobile questions our relationship to objects and their use. It offers another reading of the automobile: no longer merely as a means of transport, but as a territory of creation and daydreaming. Astre Mobile brings together about ten French art craftsmen, including: Feather-marquetry dashboard — Maison Vermeulen Upholstery embroidered with shells — Aurélie Lanoiselée Porcelain gear lever — Ateliers Arquié Heater housing — heliogravure by Fanny Boucher gilded with gold leaf by Lise Richardot Driftwood steering wheel — Claude Prautois Urushi lacquer key — Alexandre Duboc Russian leather pieces — Élise Blouet-Ménard White onyx hubcaps — Hervé Obligi Trompe-l'œil white onyx hubcaps — Pierre-Yves Morel Metallic embroidery logo — Marie Archambaud ABOUT MAISON LACMÉMaison Lacmé is a creative studio founded by Cécile and Antoine Tauvel. Their approach combines art, design and art craftsmanship, with particular attention paid to collaborations and know-how. Astre Mobile marks the first work born of this shared exploration. Together, they notably support collectors, interior architects, institutions and luxury houses. Their goal: to bring dreamlike worlds and objects to life, to reawaken wonder, celebrate the beauty of the moment, and weave stories to be shared, where exchanges arise and time fades away. ABOUT PARIS DESIGN WEEKParis Design Week is a flagship event of contemporary design that transforms Paris every year into an open-air creative journey, bringing together designers, art craftsmen, galleries, publishing houses and cultural institutions. For ten days, the event highlights new forms of creation, know-how, and the dialogues between heritage, innovation and the crafts.

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