Antoine Boudin, the Design PARADE 2009 Grand Prix is back in Hyeres during this next festival for an exhibition showing three different projects.

First, Antoine will exhibit his personnal project already introduced last year with the chair choosed by the jury: D’eici se vei l’Almanarre. This title refers to Antoine’s love and interest for Provence, where he grew up (near Avignon), and his fascination for the surroundings of the villa.

This year, Antoine has chosen to show different projects which question materials and techniques in a precise regional approach. Indeed, his projects address the notions of provencal landscape and ressources. To be more precise, Antoine Boudin works with briar wood (a provencal tree), he temper wood from the region in a rose wine from the South of France or works with techniques usually used in the petanque ball industry.

He also presents the result of the two residencies he won being awarded by the jury last year, the project of a shoe developed with Camper in Majorque during the 2009 summer and also his Sèvres project resulting of a one year residency at the Cité de la Céramique.

Antoine Boudin will be at the Villa Noailles during the three days of the festival so we hope that you will be there in great numbers to meet him in a place he particularly enjoys!