Know-how meetings (“Rencontres des Savoir-faire”)

Dedicated to a wide audience, the "Rencontres des savoir-faire" are weekly meetings where knowledge about research, innovation, design creation and crafts is shared. They also concern the history of art and decorative arts, as well as the activities of the National Manufactures, Sèvres (manufacture and museum of Sèvres and museum Adrien Dubouche in Limoges) and National Furniture (tapseries of the Gobelins and Beauvais, carpet of the Savonnerie and laces of Puy-en-Velay and Alençon) and its research and creation workshop (ARC).

On the agenda of this cycle of meetings: innovative practices in the art professions.

>Recovery/recycle: or how the constraint becomes a lever of creativity- Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 6.30 pm with Sophie Chénel (Procédés Chénel (external link)) and Gauthier Dietschi (Nosqua (external link))

>The actors of the doing: new integrative trades- Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 6.30 pm with Vincent Matheron (Cité du Faire (external link)), Monique Manoha (Cité du Faire (external link)) and Romain Gazzola (L'Orfèvrerie (external link))

>Nature as resource, what of new?- Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 6.30 pm with Lou Ramage (Ensad (external link)) and Leonard Bayeurte (Ensad (external link))

On the agenda for this series of meetings: new sustainable materials.

The Manufactures nationales has set up a Research and Innovation Department, in which the Sustainable Practices Laboratory is being developed. Several areas of applied research will be implemented. One of these involves support for the development and promotion of eco-responsible materials. These materials tend towards the same ideal of respect for the environment, and have several characteristics: they are renewable, biodegradable or recyclable, and non-toxic.
This "Rencontre" is an opportunity to present and better understand the issues surrounding these materials, which are both innovative and at the heart of the challenges facing the craft industry.  

> Materials from the sea: industries and value chains - Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 6:30 pm with Thomas Eberhard (Fish leather), David Rosenblum (Atelier Bettenfeld-Rosenblum (external link)), Maxime Roux (Ostrea Design (external link))  
> Recovering value: the challenge of deposits - Tuesday December 17, 2024 at 6:30pm with Nativité Rodriguez (Atelier des Matières (external link)) and Laurent Corio (Agence Les Nouvelles (external link))  
> Culture(s) materials - Tuesday January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm with Antonin Mongin (external link), craftman- textile designer, and Vincent Lartizien (Les Chanvres de l'Atlantique (external link))

On the program for this cycle: color.

Without color, the decorative arts would not be a complete art: color is the soul and substance of the arts. And ever since Jehan Gobelin set up shop on the banks of the Bièvre at the end of the Middle Ages, the Mobilier National has been the institution where color takes on a special tone, at the heart of its textile creations and collections. This cycle takes stock of the latest research and achievements in the use of color in the arts and crafts.  

> Color and senses: the state of the art - Tuesday November 28 at 7pm with  Jean-Gabriel Causse (external link), author in color, and Carole Calvez, olfactory designer  Iris&Morphée (external link)

> Space and color. Perception and three-dimensionality - Tuesday, December 19 at 7pm with Pierre Gonalons (external link), designer-decorator, and  Sandrine Rozier (external link) textile designer-costume designer

> Nature Rainbow: the materiality of color - Tuesday, January 30 at 7pm with  Guillaume Millot (external link), art weaver, and  Caroline Besse (external link), artist and painter-decorator

In this series of encounters, discover those who bring together a diversity of design professions and practices, between reflection, tradition and innovation, creation, materials and societal issues.

> Nature as source and inspiration - Tuesday March 14 at 6pm with Guillian Graves, designer,  Agence Big Bang Project (external link) and Violaine Buet, artisan-designer, La manufacture des algues (external link)

> Art and craft: theoretical issues - Tuesday April 11 at 6pm with Aurélien Fouillet, researcher, and Fabrice Pincin, designer-teacher-researcher

> Territories and development through arts and crafts - Tuesday, May 16 at 6pm with Tom Hébrard, designer, Tiers-lieu la Martinière (external link) ; Ariane Vitou, Fonds de dotation Terre & Fils (external link) and Anne-Claire Duprat, Fondation Martell (external link)