History

Centred on an international competition for young object designers, the Festival presents exhibitions and talks. Through this platform, villa Noailles aims to strengthen its support for emerging talent, promote a deeper understanding of this field, and encourage encounters and exchanges between designers, professionals, craftspeople, the public and journalists. The Festival is made up of two strands: a product design festival and an interior design festival.

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The competition has revealed talents who are now well established, including: Eloi Chafaï, Adrien Rovero, Frank Fontana & Sébastien Cordoleani, Nacho Carbonell, Michel Charlot, Julien Carretero, Antoine Boudin, François Dumas, Eléonore Nalet, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, Brynjar Sigurdarson, Julie Richoz, Mathieu Peyroulet-Ghilini, Laureline Galliot, Laura Couto Rosado, Samy Rio, Maarno, ODD Matter, Pernelle Poyet, Arthur Hoffner, Carolien Niebling, Sara de Campos, Gregory Granados, Cécile Canel and Jacques Averna, and Yassine Ben Abdallah, Valentine Tiraboschi and Sacha Parent, Simon Dupety.

The Festival’s greatest strength lies in the strong commitment shown by the professionals who, through active partnerships, sit on the jury, sponsor the event and award the prizes. The very first edition of the Festival in 2006 was sponsored by Andrée Putman.

For the past 20 years, some of the most influential designers have served on the jury, including Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa, Stefan Diez, François Azambourg, Bertjan Pot, Carole Baijings & Stefan Scholten, Pierre Charpin, Max Lamb, Inga Sempé, Philippe Malouin, Mathieu Lehanneur, Constance Guisset, Ineke Hans, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Fabien Cappello, and Jaime Hayon.