Vintage Craftsmanship Segues into Contemporary Refinement in an Artistically Cur

　　There’s something coyly sublime about this Parisian pied-à-terre that had us at hello. Given carte blanche by the owner, French interior and furniture designer Emmanuelle Simon approached the renovation of the 85-square-metre Haussmannian apartment in St. Germain as if composing a painting. Rather than using colour though, she relied instead on a tactile vocabulary of natural textures and a visual language of abstract forms, manifested by an eclectic collection of antique, vintage and contemporary furniture and artworks, including numerous pieces she designed herself. The result is a series of immaculately curated, resolutely modernist interiors that reflect the French designer’s heightened sense of refinement, keen eye for detail, and passion for craftsmanship.
　　Monumental sculpture in stoneware by Michel Lanos (1926 - 2005), 1990-2000.
　　Set of 3 hexagonal side tables in travertin by unknown designer, circa 1970-1980.
　　Pair of bowls in ceramic by Eugène Fidler, 1970.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Curved sofa in Pierre Frey mohair fabric by Pierre Augustin Rose, 2018.
　　Coffee table in lava stone and raku by Emmanuelle Simon, 2018.
　　Rattan chair, model 568 by Dirk Van Sliedregt, 1954.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Uchiwa wall sconce in rattan and rice paper by Ingo Maurer, 1973.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Coffee table in lava stone and raku (detail) by Emmanuelle Simon, 2018.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Painting (detail) by Hermentaire (Damien de Medeiros), 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 162 cm x 114 cm.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Opting for a light-touch renovation, Simon has complemented the apartment’s original parquet floor and decorative ceiling moldings with a subdued colour palette of white, cream and earthy tones such as sand, limestone and terracotta. What the interiors lack in colour, they more than make up in texture, courtesy of repertory of natural materials such as wood, rattan, lava stone and ceramic,while the muted colour scheme allows the eclectic collection of art and design to take centre stage.
　　The project includes several bespoke furniture pieces that Simon has designed, such as the round coffee table in the living room. Made from lava stone and Raku – a type of Japanese pottery whose firing process produces great variety of colours and surface effects – the coffee table functions as a focal point around which everything else unfolds. Gently “hugging” Simon’s table, a curved sofa in Pierre Frey mohair fabric by Pierre Augustin Rose, a collaborative brand founded by antique dealers Pierre Bénard and Augustin Deleuze, and designer Nina Rose, is juxtaposed with the hexagonal travertine and a series of mid-century pieces like a rattan chair by Dutch designer Dirk Van Sliedregt and a pine sideboard by Swedish designer Goran Malmvall, both from the 1950s.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Cabinet in pine by Goran Malmvall (1917–2001), 1950.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Architectural sculptural light in ceramic by Frédéric Bourdiec, 2017.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Sculptural lamp in ceramic by Les Dalo, 2014. Shade by Anne Sokolvsky. 
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Stool in stoneware by Martin Goerg, 2017.
　　Painting by Jacques Neslé (1907-1991), 1960. Black ink on paper.
　　Photography by Damien de Medeiros.
　　Above the sofa, a contemporary monochrome painting by multidisciplinary artist, photographer and composer Damien de Medeiros a.k.a. Hermentaire (whose watercolour and acrylic paintings can be found throughout the apartment) is paired with a pair of rattan and rice paper light sconces designed by Ingo Maurer in the 1970s in the shape of traditional Japanese fans. Overseeing the space,

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