Studio Parisien,

Laurène B. Tardrew, an interior architect, and Romain Jourdan, a scenographer and designer, met while working on an initial project for a luxury house. From the outset, their collaboration brought together two complementary practices: the design of spaces and the art of staging them. In 2013, they founded Studioparisien, an interior architecture and design studio. Its work spans boutiques, window displays, restaurants and scenography, and has since expanded to furniture and objects.

A dialogue with craftspeople is central to their approach. For lighting, they collaborate with the maison Charles.

The Fragment wall light, now part of the maison’s catalogue, grew out of a commission for Boghossian’s Geneva boutique. The jeweller asked the duo to translate an image by Gerhard Richter into material form, giving shape to what eludes capture in the painting. Their exploration brought together rock crystal, brass and alabaster. It led first to a light sculpture, then to the Fragment wall light and its smaller counterpart, Fragment Mini: brass blades set at staggered intervals on either side of a backlit alabaster panel.

Five further designs created with the maison Charles extend this exploration. Limelight frames a block of alabaster with a band of gilded brass, allowing light to escape above and below. In Honey B, a broad brass drum diffuses a soft glow through its pale panels; a polished, cup-shaped reflector closes its underside. For the Marie-Chantal floor lamp, Studioparisien brings together the savoir-faire of the maison Charles and Ateliers Gohard: its bronze column is finished with a cracked cream patina, while brushed and polished brass details define its lines. A cylindrical shade in Marronnierfabric by Pierre Frey completes the design. Finally, the Sphaira and Diamanti table lamps set spheres and lozenges atop bronze bases with a black fire patina.