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Pierre Yovanovitch (born 17 August 1965) is a French interior designer. He was born in Nice.
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Biography
Yovanovitch’s career started in 1990. He worked with Pierre Cardin on the men’s fashion lines of the couture house, first in Brussels then in Paris, until 2000. In 2001, he started his own Agency “Pierre Yovanovitch Architecture d’Intérieur”. He produced residential, institutional and commercial projects in France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Israel and the United States.
In 2016, the Pierre Yovanovitch House moved into a mansion built in the early 18th century, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, rue Beauregard. A team of more than 30 people occupies a mansion completely remodelled and restored, where architecture, interior architecture, design, decoration and contemporary art cohabitate.
In the spring of 2018, Yovanovitch opened his first address across the Atlantic on Madison Avenue in New York.
Work: style and inspirations
Through his projects, Pierre Yovanovitch introduces into the world of interior architecture and decoration what the magazine AD France designates as a new style "Made in France": the best of French craftsmanship know-how remaining open to influences and talents from elsewhere. The taut lines of the drawings make up a structured architecture. The press retains from Pierre Yovanovitch's work his contemporary vision of a luxury without ostentation, his taste for noble and authentic materials (marble, stone, bronze, metal, ceramics) that he makes work by experienced craftsmen.
Collector of design and contemporary art, Pierre Yovanovitch is particularly interested in the creators of the countries of the North (Frits Henningsen, Axel Einar Hjorth, Paavo Tynell, Flemming Lassen, Rasmus Fenhann, Harri Koskinnen), American (Paul Laszlo, Paul Frankl, Robsjohn-Gibbings, James Mont, Harvey Probber) and French (Robert Mallet-Stevens, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jean-Michel Frank) from the 1930s to 1960s. He also likes applied arts like ceramics and design. In terms of architecture, he likes to mention the 17th century French but also the contemporaries: Sanaa, Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, John Pawson, Herzog & De Meuron. Collector, Pierre Yovanovitch is passionate about design and contemporary art that he integrates into his projects. Artists like Georg Baselitz, Rosemarie Trockel, Johan Creten, Nendo, Thomas Schütte, Wilhelm Sasnal, Camille Henrot and Adel Abdessemed. He designs his own furniture in solid wood, metal, or ceramic. In constant evolution, Pierre Yovanovitch's style remains faithful to fundamentals: purity, balance, comfort and modernity.
Career and projects
Yovanovitch showcased his apartment at the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris, at the exhibition of the Eric Philippe Gallery dedicated to the Swedish designer Axel Einar Hjorth and the decorative movement of the 1920s called "Swedish Grace". In 2010, Pierre Yovanovitch was the only French to appear in the "AD100" ranking of the best interior designers and decorators in the world, published by the Architectural Digest.
Yovanovitch works in large master apartments or mansions in residential, institutional, hotel and commercial projects such as; an eighteenth century castle in Haute Provence, a penthouse in a chalet in Andermatt-Suisse, a mansion in Brussels. Yovanovitch created the interior design of the Hotel Marignan located in the Golden Triangle in Paris, which opened at the end of 2012. In early 2015, he finished the first Christian Louboutin Beauty flagship, Vero Dodat in Paris. In 2015 a scenography of the first exhibition in the Brussels Royal Skating Rink, a private museum dedicated to contemporary art, was entrusted to Yovanovitch. In 2016, the Kering Group commissioned Yovanovitch to design the offices of the Presidency in its head office. In 2018, Yovanovitch designed the architecture and decoration of the Quinta da Côrte, port and guest house in the heart of the Douro, Portugal.
Scenography and art
Yovanovitch creates exhibition scenographies: He took part in the AD Intérieurs events organized by the French magazine AD from 2010 to 2014, at Artcurial (2010, 2011, 2012), at the Clos des Bernardins (2013), then at the Decorative Arts (2014) in Paris each time creating a play around a given theme. He also designed the Puiforcat stand for the Hermès group at Maison & Objet in January 2011, the Galeries Aveline and Christophe de Quénetain stands at the TEFAF in Maastricht in 2014, and in 2016, and that of the Galerie Neuse at the last Biennale des Antiques then at TEFAF 2017, for the third year in a row.
In 2013, he staged the content of the sale "Scandinavian Design vs. Brazilian" for the house of sales Piasa Rive Gauche. Exercise he reiterates for the inaugural sale of Brazilian and Scandinavian design of Maison Piasa in Belgium within the Royal Ice Rink on 26 June 2018. In 2016, he was commissioned by the gallery owner Kamel Mennour to do the interior design of a first gallery located on avenue Matignon in Paris, opened in May of that same year. Then also for a second gallery in London in the Mayfair district, at 51 Brook Street, opened in October 2016.
In 2018, Yovanovitch created the scenography of the R & Company stand for the Design Fair / Miami Basel in Switzerland, and presented several new pieces of furniture from his creation.
Invited by Villa Noailles - Centre of Art of National Interest - Yovanovitch chaired the jury of the 3rd International Festival of Interior Architecture in Toulon as part of Design Parade 2018. On this occasion he creates an exhibition entitled "Miss OOPS" erotomania presented in the former bishopric of Toulon from 28 June to 30 September 2018.
Furniture creation
In September 2017, Yovanovitch unveiled to the public pieces of furniture at the New York design gallery R & Company. They were specially designed for the exhibition - which he named "OOPS".
Awards and recognition
Yovanovitch received the Talent of Elegance in 2007 at the Talents du Luxe ceremony organized by the Center for Luxury and Creation. He has given several lectures, including the Pavilion of Arts and Design on Swedish furniture and Maison & Objet on renovations in the hotel industry.
In 2010, Yovanovitch is the only French to appear in the "AD100" ranking of the best interior designers and decorators in the world, published by the American magazine Architectural Digest. In January 2017, and 2018 he is again hailed ranked by the magazinen.
Also in 2018, he joined the A-List ranking of the best architects according to ELLE Décor. architects, published by Architectural Digest USA.
