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Situated somewhere between analyses, a study on
functionality, a laboratory for ideas, and a piece of momentary
poetry, Marc Hertrich & Nicolas Adnet tell stories from around
the world in homes, hotels, spas and restaurants and other
places which they invent. The reason why Marc is naturally
passionate about design is because craftsmanship, research
and refinement are a "family affair". Five generations
of cabinet makers have led him to know how to look at,
appreciate, compile and choose among the effects of
materials, starting with wood varieties, their different colours,
their rhythms or the design of a cross-section.
A graduate of the famous Ecole Boulle, after having studied
design at the School of Decorative Arts at the same time as
cabinet making in Strasbourg, he “practised” in two offices
before joining Michel Boyer’s famous architecture agency.
Curious and creative, he was spotted and chosen to decorate
the Hotel Richemond in Geneva: his first contract and “a
fabulous memory which was to launch my career”. He worked
there for over five years, discovering the world of luxury, “the
extraordinary” then unveiled its true meaning for the young
Interior Designer.
He voyaged extensively and regularly to the great capitals (for
the world of fine jewellery, opening of boutiques, fitting-out of
establishments or for the decoration of parties).