Background
Based at the heart of le19M, Studio MTX’s design and production studio brings embroidery technique to life, anchoring it in modernity through three-dimensional objects to accompany architectural projects. Under the artistic direction of Mathieu Bassée, the studio works with interior designers to create modular and decorative structures for hotels, private residences, boat outfitters and commissioned works for contemporary artists.
Signature Style
Using traditional craftsmanship and contemporary techniques such as 3D printing, the studio has a collection of ready-to-install creations, customizable half-measure proposals and regularly designs bespoke projects.
Given the size of these projects, they always start with 3D digital modelling. Throughout the production process, the team maintains a constant dialogue between the virtual design space and the workshop table where the manual work is carried out. Stretching over several meters, these large-scale projects call on both the meticulousness of traditional needlework and other assembly techniques that borrow from various fields of applied arts, including weaving, tapestry and leather goods. Just like fashion embroidery, the materials used can be diverse: partitions of ribbons encircling pieces of brushed brass, a screen that contrasts metal with silk, a series of trellised panels that appear to be composed of nothing more than shards of crystal…
Showstoppers
By deploying its ornamental savoir-faire in spaces, Studio MTX has opened a unique path in the arts and crafts, using digital and serial design and production tools to create works that are almost entirely handmade.
