Free of charge
About the speaker
Ionna Vautrin is a French designer known for creations that combine soft forms and precise lines in the service of public and private spaces. A 2002 graduate of the École de design Nantes Atlantique, she has successively worked for Camper in Spain, George J. Sowden in Italy, and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec in France. She founded her own studio in 2011, after winning the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris. She currently collaborates with various brands and institutions, including Foscarini, the SNCF, JCDecaux, Monoprix, Schneider Electric and the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.
Ionna designed the TGV lamp at the request of France’s national railway service SNCF, which installed it in its high-speed trains in 2017. In response to the lamp’s popularity, a domestic version was quickly co-produced with Moustache, making it the first object designed for a French train to be made available for use in the home. In 2023, Ionna was commissioned to design, in collaboration with the Bosc furniture company, the new chairs for the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, which was reopened to visitors and worshippers in December 2024.
About the series
In its Special Guest series, the MMFA invites leading specialists to offer their cutting-edge view on the arts and museums.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A, Sherbrooke Street West
Reservation terms: Please note that seat reservations are held until the beginning of the event. Once the activity has started, any unoccupied seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The presentation of the decorative arts and design collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was made possible in part thanks to the financial support of the Gouvernement du Québec and the Macdonald Stewart Foundation.
Major Patrons
Fondation de la Chenelière and Fondation Ariane Riou et Réal Plourde
Patron
The Molson Foundation
Public Partners
Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des arts de Montréal
