Sempervirens: desirable objects for a sustainable world

The new exhibition of the Jardin des Métiers d'Art et du Design (JAD), to discover from January 18 to May 14, 2023

The Jardin des Métiers d'Art et du Design (JAD) is pleased to announce its new exhibition "Sempervirens: desirable objects for a sustainable world"!

This exhibition presents around twenty designers of objects and as many designers of materials engaged in a sustainable development approach. They have in common a taste for dialogue between design, art and natural materials.

Open to the public from January 18 to May 14 2023, this exhibition presents the challenges of the ecological transition through the prism of excellent know-how and contemporary creation. It compares contemporary design pieces with traditional, reinterpreted or innovative natural materials.

Curated by Grégoire Talon, curator of the exhibition and director of the JAD project, and scenographed by Martin Blanchard, JAD designer, the exhibition is also sober in its scenography made of compressed earth bricks from Cycle Terre, a partner in the project.

These objects and materials, made from marine sediments, tree bark, pine resin, excavated earth from the greater Paris area, Breton or Rouergue sand, bamboo, seaweed or hemp, testify to the singular role that art craftsmen and designers have to assume today: to create desirable objects for a sustainable world.

It invites us to question the fabrication of reality and the heritage we will leave to future generations !