For AD100 architect Chloé Nègre, the secret to a beautiful home lies in thoughtful layers, unexpected details, and a lively sense of soul. This spirit of generosity and ease defines Laclaux, the joyful, organic Maison d’Édition she co-founded with François Xavier Fonbonnat. Together, they author colourful pieces in which the patient hand of the artisan lives on. Now, their poetic signature is on the new À La Tombée du Jour collection, available exclusively through us. À la tombée du jour is a poetic title inspired by the atmosphere of Grand-Bassam at dusk. As night falls, everything seems suspended between light and shadow; colours stretch before fading, and textures seem to thicken with the air. Every design is meant for those who live joyfully — with colour, beauty, and above all, intention. Alongside the vibrant novelties, several signature creations return in new iterations — all part of the irresistible aesthetic Laclaux continues to shape through their instinctive, crafted vision.
Within the collection, the full design vocabulary of Laclaux reveals itself in its most exquisite registers: elegant, enduring, sincere, and elevated. The Magnolia chandelier is a love letter to Italian craftsmanship, entirely hand-forged in Naples. Fifteen blown-glass bulbs dance among sixty-six hand-painted ceramic flowers — a suspended bouquet caught between light and silence. The Louisa table returns in a new marquetry variation, where the soft grain of sandblasted pine, birch, olive, and lemonwood create a hushed, harmonious composition — like a whispered score. Armchairs and sofas unfold in pure comfort, sculptural forms that envelop the body, shaped with precise, authentic gestures. A nod to a time both distant and near — when reading meant printed pages, not screens — the Afterclub sofa is draped in washable linen, thoughtfully detailed with side pockets for books and magazines. In this world of tactile color and emotional resonance, a singular creation emerges: the Calarossa headboard, custom-designed for a villa in Corsica. It embodies a modern, inviting elegance, with a striped motif that echoes across eras, from the joyful nautical patterns of the 1940s, to Daniel Buren’s architectural interventions of the 1980s, to the rich legacy of haute couture. A layered fusion of texture and visual reference, it achieves a balance that feels both timeless and unapologetically contemporary.
The Laclaux À La Tombée du Jour collection is available exclusively at Invisible Collection. Each piece is a fragment of concrete poetry. A celebration of intuition and craftsmanship. A way of inhabiting the world. A vision of life, expressed through form, texture, and light.
