Design Parade Toulon, 9th International Festival of Interior Design
from 27 to 29 June 2025Jean-Pierre Blanc is both the founder and the director of the festival which is presided over by Pascale Mussard.
Created in 2006, with Andrée Putman as a godmother, the Design Parade Hy.res festival aims to share with the public and the professionals the contemporary creation in the field of design. The climax of the festival, the competition presents ten young designers every year, offering them unique visibility and support. The festival is also a moment of sharing, encounters and discoveries. Ten years after its big brother, launched in 2016 with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as godfathers, Design Parade Toulon follows the same goals.
Devoted to interior design, it is the first competition and festival of its kind in France.
In 2019, the Centre Pompidou signs a pluriannual agreement with the M.tropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée to show the national collections of design in Toulon and is joined in 2023 by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Centre national des arts plastiques and theMobilier national…
Henceforth, each summer, the villa Noailles organises Design Parade in two events: the first in Toulon for interior design, and the second in Hyères for design. Design Parade will allow, over an extended weekend, for the fullest view of the decorative arts in contemporary design. The festival is also an opportunity to discover the heritage of these two neighbouring towns, which both offer an expression of the architectural and decorative wealth of the Métropole and Var region.
COMPETITIONS
Several prizes are awarded to the competing designers thanks to grants provided by the festival’s partners who commit, together with the festival, to provide long term support: Sèvres – Manufacture et Musée nationaux, Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques (Cirva) and Tectona for Hyères, Van Cleef & Arpels, CHANEL, le19M, Mobilier national for Toulon.
Practical assistance is provided right from the selection stage as well as during a period of two years in various different domains: financing, production, craft, materials, production, legal, media, exhibitions, workshops and residencies.
The festival presents 10 young international interior architects selected by a prestigious
jury, chaired in previous years by India Mahdavi, Vincent Darré, Pierre Yovanovitch, François Champsaur, Studio KO, Rodolphe Parente, Aline Asmar d’Amman, and Marion Mailaender.
Prize
GRAND PRIX DESIGN PARADE TOULON VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Throughout its history, Van Cleef & Arpels developed a strong affinity to the values of creation and transmission. This constant commitment finds expression in various educational partnerships, cultural programs and initiatives in fields such as dance, the decorative arts—including jewelry—, design, or the preservation of nature.
For the 9th consecutive year, the Maison is pleased to present the Grand Prix Design Parade Toulon Van Cleef & Arpels, awarded to one of the projects exhibited at the interior design festival.
The Grand Prix Design Parade Toulon Van Cleef & Arpels consists of:
- a grant of 5,000 euros offered by Van Cleef & Arpels.
- the opportunity to collaborate with Delisle and create an exceptional piece worth €10,000.
- the development of a Codimat creative project in the world of decorative flooring that will be included in the Maison’s collections.
- a support in image consulting and press relations by Perrier /Giroire Communication agency during one year to the winner of the 9th Design Parade Toulon.
- a two-week research residency to the value of 10,000 euros in Atelier Mériguet-Carrère Parisian workshops on the theme: Colors of the past & Colors of the future.
- the creation of a piece to the value of 10,000 euros with the Atelier François Pouenat.
- A research residency and the development and creation of a prototype in the workshop Relax Factory.
- the participation in the competition as jury member and a personal exhibition in Toulon, during Design Parade 10, in summer 2026.
VISUAL MERCHANDISING PRIZE AWARDED BY CHANEL
As a partner of the International Festival of Interior Design, Design Parade Toulon, since 2016, CHANEL is renewing its support to the festival for its 9th edition by awarding the Visual Merchandising Prize.
Established in 2019, this prize reflects CHANEL’s ongoing and unrelenting commitment to creation. The ten finalists of the interior design competition will make a model of a window display project linked to the theme of the Mediterranean. By presenting objects, a decorative motif and furnishings inspired by silhouettes selected from the CHANEL Fashion collections, the finalists will establish a creative dialogue between fashion and design within a contemporary scenography.
These models will be exhibited in Toulon’s Ancien Évêché (former Bishop’s Palace) until autumn 2025. The House of CHANEL will offer the winner of the Visual Merchandising Prize the opportunity to complete a creative project up to 20,000 euros, in collaboration with one or several Maisons d’art resident at le19M, to be exhibited at next year’s festival, in 2026.
PRIX MOBILIER NATIONAL
For the 9th edition of Design Parade Toulon, the Mobilier national joins the villa Noailles for the Prix Mobilier national. This prize offers to one of the 10 finalists the opportunity to develop a creative project within the ARC (Atelier de Recherche et de Création) of the institution. The prototype created with the Mobilier national will be exhibited the following year with an exhibition imagined by the finalist, with the help and the support of the Mobilier national which mobilizes for this purpose its unique collections in the world and the know-how of its workshops and factories.
HARRY NURIEV, President of the 2025 Design Parade Toulon jury
HARRY NURIEV*
Born in 1984
Lives & works in Paris
Harry Nuriev is a Paris-based artist, architect and furniture designer.
He is the founder and creative director of Crosby Studios, an interior and furniture design studio established in 2014.
Nuriev’s creative practice spans a broad range, including immersive environments, virtual installations, public spaces and design objects.
All are created through the lens of Transformism – a movement Nuriev invented
to describe practices that prioritize transformation and transformative experiences – the most accurate to describe his work and style. Nuriev pushes his passion for experimentation with innovative design for retail spaces and Web3 within the digital realm and draws his inspiration from the unexpected beauty of everyday objects we engage with. Through this process he aims to create extraordinary statements about today’s society based upon relevant, yet conventional items and moments.
Nuriev takes people out of their comfort zone and draws their attention to new feelings and important matters. His reconstructive style merges art, design, architecture and fashion, breaking the boundaries between these traditionally separated fields. In this way, Nuriev challenges broader ideas about how we live and work.
Harry Nuriev has been heralded as a pioneering voice in global minimalism by The New York Times Magazine, citing the influence of architecture and arts and crafts on his designs. He has given lectures and took part in several educational programs on design at among others Harvard University, the Pratt Institute and the Royal College of Art in London.
Nuriev has done creative collaborations and projects with leading global brands and artists including Balenciaga, Nike, Dover Street Market, OMA, Liam Gillick, Valentino and many more.