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A Château on the French Riviera – Book

Flammarion Editions

Discover a luxurious wine château and private residence in the south of France designed by the innovative architecture firm OITOEMPONTO.

Near the glittering coast of the French Riviera, surrounded by a luscious cru classé vineyard, OITOEMPONTO architects oversaw the renaissance of Château Saint-Maur de Cogolin through an assiduous, four-year renovation. Using refined materials, they created a sumptuous and relaxing oasis that combines art, signature design pieces, and a sense of harmony both inside and outside the château.

This volume traces the renovation, from initial watercolor sketches and photographs--reproduced here on offset paper--through to the finished private family residence. This exquisitely illustrated volume takes readers on an intimate tour of the immense reception rooms, bedrooms and suites, entertainment areas, and secret chambers in the vast 17,000-square-foot château. This reinvention into a splendid reception space of incomparable charm is the residence's most luxurious incarnation to date.

The Garam Masala Collection – Fine&Candy

Exclusively, OITOEMPONTO’s duo of decorators and Fine&Candy team up to create a spicy collection of upscale stationery and beautiful office objects. Know-how, noble materials and warm colors are the keywords of this highly accomplished collection signed by OITOEMPONTO x Fine&Candy. The warmth of the ebony wood, the spicy colors, the brass touches, the grain of the paper, the finishing of the handmade paper pencils, the leather covers and the lines of the desk lamp translate a real desire to bring elegance back into the workspaces. Garam Masala, a collection with warm colors, echoing the Indian sun, functional and aesthetic.

The Garam Masala Collection - OITOEMPONTO x Fine&Candy is available at www.fineandcandy.com

“Hippolyta’s Forest” Panoramic – De Gournay

Paris

Third créative collaboration with De Gournay, designed by OITOMEPONTO.
"Hippolyta's Forest" a handpainted panoramic wallpaper.

Booth at Design Shanghai 2018 – De Gournay

Shanghai

During the edition of Shanghai Design 2018, OITOEMPONTO was responsible for designing De Gournay’s booth in the VIP lobby.
In the middle of an exquisite choice of the most precious handmade wallpapers of the brand, Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec presented for the first time in Asia, “NAMBAN”, the last collaboration of OITOEMPONTO with the brand. Around each wallpaper was created a set by the decorators, combining a refined mix of vintage pieces and their owns designs. Shanghai Design 2018 took place from 14th to 17th March at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.
The leading event of its kind in Asia is a rapidly expanding platform that offers design brands from around the world an opportunity to showcase their creations to the continent’s leading architects, interior designs, collectors and developers from that continent.
Bois de Verre; Gingko; Coco Coromandel; Symphony; Ryukyu Hills; Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, as well as the “NAMBAN”, were some of the wallpapers presented during the event.
A second collaboration with De Gournay company, OITOEMPONTO conceived and decorated their booth at Design Shanghai 2018.

“Namban” Wallpaper – De Gournay

Paris

At the exclusive invitation of de Gournay, Porto based interior design studio OITOEMPONTO are to present their first creative collaboration: ‘NAMBAN’ – a hand painted wallpaper made with de Gournay’s bespoke excellence.
Inspired by panoramic wallpapers referencing historic oriental artworks, Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec proposed a contemporary interpretation of this decorative paintwork for which de Gournay are renowned.
Titled "NAMBAN", the design evokes art of imperial Japan depicting early commercial contact with Europeans, notably the seafaring Portuguese: tales illustrated with patterns of abstract gold and dark figurative elements.
The ‘Barbarians of the South’ – the traditional term used by Japanese to describe these outsiders – are represented in this instance by flocks of soaring Cranes, a motif frequently seen in the work of celebrated Art Deco designer Jean Dunand, another creative source of the pair.
De Gournay will display the project in the window of their Paris showroom, with the wallpaper upholstered onto a five paneled ‘Metropolis’ folding screen, designed specially for the occasion in lacquered ivory and brass upon a Tibetan goatskin rug.
The scene will include another two pieces of furniture designed by Oitoemponto – the ‘Miramar’ meridienne sofa, covered in a silk satin to correspond with the Onyx surface of the Rosewood ‘Hampton’s table, composed amidst the various hand painted wallpapers installed within the showroom.