adrienmessie.com
Designer and Artistic Director
adrienmessie.com
Designer and Artistic Director
Based in
Paris, France
Creation year
2004
Nationality
France
About

BIO

Adrien Messié loves an Object, and its totemic dimension.
From its conception to the choice of the craftsmen; Adrien Messié designs under his own name and collaborates with brands, private clients, and Maisons d’Editions.

Trained in the creative industries and the world of luxury, Adrien bega

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n his creative career with Andrée Putman in 2004 and became the licensing director for the famous studio. There he developed prestigious collaborations with big international brands and refined craftmanship companies, among others: Emeco, La Forge de Laguiol, Nespresso, Christofle, Fermob…

In 2012, he comes up with the concept LE GRAMME, a creative project around wearable or functional objects named after their weight in grams. Precise and minimal in its aesthetics, the concept declines elementary forms in precious metals – gold 750 or silver 925.
Co-founder of the brand, Adrien headed all the creation, from the product to the presentation concept for 7 years. He has built the essential codes and the creative DNA of the brand, still in place today.

At the same time, Adrien co-founded in 2013 the agency H A ï K U, which organizes electronic music events with international famous DJ’s like Dixon Jennifer Cardini, Âme, Bedouin, Adriatique, Rampa, &Me, Adam Port…
H A ï K U provides also global artistic direction for venues and clubs. The last project they have created being Carbone Club, a new underground techno club in the 10th district of Paris, with a minimalistic aesthetic and communication.
H A ï K U also produces in France the events for important music labels such as Innervisions and Keinemusik, or fashion brands.

NEWS

In 2022, Adrien collaborates with THEOREME EDITIONS the “French Maison d’Edition” created by David Giroire and Jérôme Bazzocchi.

Inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, he designed a warm and friendly dining table sitting up to 8 people but also allows for smaller gatherings thanks to its shape. The «mastered curve» brings to the object, beyond the original form, an almost spiritual poetry.
The duality of the lacquered wood top and ceramic legs energizes the whole while preserving its sculptural principle.
Then he extruded Fibonacci sequence in 3 dimensions to create a side table which can be used as a stool. Made of cracked glazed ceramic a handle allows the piece to be moved easily.

SIGNATURE

Minimal and timeless, Adrien Messié’s style combines purity of shape, of the material and attention to detail and refinement. Thought like equations, each of his creations is the result of a particular combination. Homothetic variations and accumulation are the main principals of his artistic language.

INSPIRATION

Sources of inspiration and discoveries ; elementary forms, mathematic poetry, alliance of different materials, are essential to Adrien’s creative process. Born of an aesthete grand father and a carpenter father, the designer has a taste for beautiful objects, the ones that last, thought to get through time, perfectly manufactured and that speak for themselves. His constant exchanges between craftsmen and industrials constitute the foundation of all his pieces, taking the project beyond its original perimeter, in a perspective of continuous innovation.

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Freelance
adrienmessie.com Jan. 2020 - Present
Paris, France

Artistic Direction - Product Design - Creative Advising

Co-Founder / Artistic Director
Le Gramme Sep. 2012 - May. 2019
Paris, France

In charge of the product design and public relations

Winner
Créateur de l'année
2013
Paris, France

Who's Next Award - accessories

Licensing Director
Andrée Putman Jan. 2004 - Mar. 2011
France

In Charge of strategy and collaborations between Andrée Putman studio and brands such as Emeco, Poltrona Frau, Fermob, silversmith Christofle, Nespresso, la Forge de Laguiole, HINE cognac, Bisazza...

Industry sectors

Lifestyle

Languages

French

Native language

English

Fluent

Types of contracts
Freelance / Missions
Part time
Collaboration
Professional references

www.adrienmessie.com

Designer du mois - Adrien Messié - l’équation entre design et artisanat d’art

Faire simple, il n’y a pas plus compliqué. Adrien Messié en sait quelque chose. Toute sa carrière de designer, depuis la direction des licences et des partenariats au Studio Andrée Putman à la création de mobilier, en passant par la DA de Le Gramme, qu’il a cofondé, sans oublier les événements qu’il

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éditorialise via son agence H A ï K U, a été jusqu’ici vouée à la recherche de cette nue perfection.

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AD COLLECTOR - THE PRIME GUIDE 2023

Fibonacci dining table and stool both edited by Theoreme Edition are selected in the Collector 2023 AD mag.

Noël 2022 - la wishlist de la rédaction de Vogue France

Une table d'appoint Theoreme Editions
"J'adore les objets et pièces de mobilier que propose Theoreme Editions, la maison d’édition fondée par David Giroire et Jérôme Bazzocchi. À chaque collection, ils font collaborer des designers contemporains français et des artisans d'exception sur des œuvres en

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éditions numérotées et signées. Parmi mes coups de cœur, les centres de table en cristal de Garnier & Linker (on peut même personnaliser la couleur) ou la table d'appoint Fibonacci en céramique d'Adrien Messié qui peut également être utilisée en tabouret. So chic !"
Thomas Delage, Fashion & jewellery senior market editor de Vogue France

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Les nouvelles adresses où sortir à Paris cet automne 2022

Entre club underground, bar secret expert en Negroni et speakeasy au décor d’opiumerie, Vogue dévoile les nouvelles adresses confidentielles où jouer les oiseaux de nuit à Paris.

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Carbone, le nouveau club techno qui va réveiller la capitale

Carbone, le nouveau club techno qui va réveiller la capitale

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Jewellery designers are ringing the changes for men’s wedding bands

"Opulent wedding rings have long been the bride’s preserve, but jewellery designers are now responding to singular requests from men"

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Le Gramme Reinterprets the Classic Ball Chain With Luxurious Elegance

"When it comes to jewelry for men, understated elegance is key, and French jewelry label Le Gramme understands this well with its latest Beads Collection..."

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Crystal Clear

Discover the Joy of Discipline - the healing set by Le Gramme & Lobmeyr.

Air France Magazine

5g + 19g - 750 red gold guilloché pyramid polished rings.

Rencontre exclusive avec Adrien Messié...

"Rencontre exclusive avec Adrien Messié..."

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5 nouveaux bracelets en argent pour faire sensation cette saison

"Forgé dans l'argent, le jonc fait son retour en force et s'accumule au poignet sous toutes ses formes. Gravé, torsadé, poli ou brossé… Petite leçon de style avec ces 5 nouveaux indispensables."

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CEREAL

Accumulation of 925 Sterling silver pyramid guilloché bracelets.

L'Officiel Homme

43g + 209g - 925 Sterling silver rulers.

Design Élémentaire

33g + 15g + 21g - 925 Sterling silver polished bracelets.

Clean cut: white metal designs add a glint of refinement

43g - 925 Sterling silver ruler.
23g - 925 Sterling silver vertical guilloché bracelet.
41g - 925 Sterling silver slick polished bracelet.

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fashion shoot

23g - 925 Sterling silver pyramid guilloché polished bracelet.
33g - 925 Sterling silver slick polished bracelet.

Le Gramme, unité précieuse

"Le Gramme is about a well-known unit of measurement, and figures more or less meaningful. But Le Gramme is also jewels. The first goal of the brand was to create timeless essentials you choose according to their weights..."

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How Le Gramme’s Metal Cuffs Became a New Signal for Minimalist Cool

"The French jeweler tweaked and shaped and buffed and refined the cuff until it became an object of international obsession..."

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Special Jewelry

Isild Le Besco & Vincent Rottiers.
925 Sterling silver - rings and bracelets.

Le Gramme - Jewel in the crown

"Ring the changes ? Just keep it simple"

Design - for the beach and beyond

Illustration of Le Gramme bracelets.

fashion shoot

Accumulation of 750 yellow gold (18K) bracelets.

Men's jewelry jingles

"Retailers around the world are embracing accessories..."
Accumulation of 750 red gold (18k) bracelets.

Le duo d'or signé Le Gramme

"Un choc des contraires alliant les finitions en or poli et brossé, pour une combinaison unique en son genre. Nouvelle variation venant compléter les joncs Le Gramme, déjà déclinés en argent, or noir ou rouge, ce nouveau duo choisit la carte du tout or jaune..."

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fashion shoot

41g - 750 (18k) yellow gold slick polish
7g - 750 (18k) yellow gold slick polish

edito

41g + 33g +7g - 925 Sterling Silver slick polished and brushed bracelets.