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Atributetoexcellenceintheknow-howofleadingFrenchfirms.Thematerialtransformationofanintentioninanobjectistheresultofameetingbetweenadesignerandacraftsman,betweenknow-howandproject.TheFrenchknow-howsocietieswerebornfromColbertismandcloselyassociatedwiththeevolutionofFrenchsociety,accompanyingthemajorsociologicalchanges.Inthe19thcentury,theywereadoptedbyamiddleclassthatdemandedtogainastatushithertoreservedforthearistocracy.Theirheritageandarchivesareimmense,asistheirknow-how.Theycontributedtothecenturytotheextentthattheyregeneratedtheirforcesandraisondêtre:atransmissionimplementedbytodayscreators.Thisbookwillnotbeamerecataloguebutisinsteadintendedasatributetoexcellenceintheknow-howofleadingFrenchfirmswhichhavesucceededinreinventingthemselvesincontactwithdesignersandtheunceasingchallengestheyface.RetracingthehistoryofthemostprestigiousoftheseandhighlightingtheircapacitytoreinventthemselvesbytacklingtheproposalsformulatedbythemeltingpotofFrenchdesigners,thisvolumewillalsoaimtorevealandstresstheuniquequalitiesofcraftsmanship.Transmission,Know-howandFrenchdesignwillbeamustforgraphicandfashiondesigners,marketingprofessionals,collectorsandstudents.
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AlainLardetispresidentoftheDesigner’sDaysassociation,whichorganizedtheParisiandesignweekofthesamename.Anexpertindesign,AnneBonyhaswrittennumerousbooksonthesubject.Shehasalsocontributedtomanybooksonfashion,includingtheDictionnaireInternationaldelaMode.
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