Laurent Jaffrennou is a man of many wonders: besides designing exceptional pieces of furniture, he is also a known presence at the famed Puces, the Parisian flea market, where for years, he ran a sought-after antique store. In this treasure trove he showcases the most wonderful eighteenth century’s popular textiles alongside furniture, curiosities and other fragments of vanished worlds. Sometimes, for his artist friends he creates small frames that are like box sets for an imaginary theater. For MAYARO, he created Obazine, a set of modular bookcases designed to stage and relish one’s own favourite artworks and cultural mementoes. Obazine is a modular construction made of folded metal and wood, punctuated by arches to display curiosities and artworks alongside books. It is inspired by the “conditoria”, the most ancient armoire in France, found in medieval churches to safeguard precious liturgical objects. Hand-made in France, the modular units can be assembled into one single bookcase (4 m long) or as two separate parts (2 m long each).
