Born in Paris in 1965, Hélène Nepomiatzi studied at Studio Berçot. She built her career by designing accessories for the luxury and fashion world, for brands like Hermès, Céline, and Karl Lagerfeld. For eleven years, she created whimsical accessories for her brand 31 Février, through which she won the Andam Fashion Award. Some of her designs are featured in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. True to craftsmanship, she entrusts her pieces to the hands of master leatherworkers—French saddlers—blending expertise, tradition, and modern ideas.
Invisible Collection and Mobilier National partner to promote contemporary creation and present limited-edition designs. Mobilier National, a major institution for contemporary creation and the promotion of French decorative arts, has been dedicated since the seventeenth century to preserving, restoring, and managing unique state-owned collections of furniture, tapestries, and decorative objects. In recent years, Mobilier National has broadened its scope by launching an annual “Campagne d’Acquisition” to support creativity and integrate contemporary designs into the national collections. These works are then exhibited in prestigious institutional buildings.
Thanks to this unprecedented partnership, a curated selection of contemporary furniture from Mobilier National’s latest Campagne d’Acquisition is now available in a limited edition.
Through the Pompom lamp, Hélène Nepomiatzi wanted to highlight all the craftsmanship of leatherwork, particularly with double-faced calfskin fringes, edge dyeing, foot covering, and hand stitching. The pompom is an iconic accessory in leatherwork, and its transformation into a lighting fixture gives it a new function. The sensual movement of the fringes dresses the Pompom lamp like a gown. The shade, shaped like a disc, completes the lamp’s silhouette, akin to a hairstyle or a hat. The Corridor Franges is a spectacular and dreamlike unique piece, a passage that can serve as a divider or partition. It takes us from one place to another. The Corridor Franges is very light and airy to the eye. It required many hours of work and three artisans to complete it with hand stitches. The leather comes from stock from major French tanneries, and the piece was made in France, near Tours. It has a simple fixing system: six legs to allow for wall mounting or the possibility of installing it with a curtain rod.
