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French Design Says There’s No Taste for Bad Taste [VIDEO]

07.17.18 | By
French Design Says There’s No Taste for Bad Taste [VIDEO]

In collaboration with the Institut français, VIA presented a global exhibition at this year’s ICFF that looks at the elegance of French Design. The exhibition, called NO TASTE FOR BAD TASTE so Starck, so Bouroullec… so le French Design features 40 design pieces chosen by 40 designers, to celebrate 40 years of VIA’s support of modern design, assembled within fun, irreverent scenography designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. The exhibition also included a program of conversations about design with de Castelbajac, as well as representatives from Fermob, Ligne Roset USA and designers like ValĂ©rie Maltaverne, Julie Richoz, and NoĂ© Duchaufour-Lawrance. Editor-At-Large has the scoop:

For more about this exhibition and to see images of the pieces, follow Le French Design here.

Jaime Derringer, Founder + Executive Editor of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things—running, reading, making music, and drawing.