AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
About
Born in 1979 in Paris and trained in graphic design at Central Saint Martins in London, designer Victoria Magniant has been developing since 2015 within her eponymous publishing house pieces of furniture and lighting with a minimalist design, which she showcases in her Parisian setting at the Galerie Vivienne, in the Palais Royal.
At the heart of her approach lies the desire to bring forth collections destined to stand the test of time and her wish to reveal noble materials in their true identity. Driven by her sense of ethics and ecological awareness, Victoria Magniant seeks "a perfect equation." She thus listens to the materials to make them speak and translate their truth through drawing. Before entrusting them to the expert hands of talented French artisans with whom she collaborates to create a creative ecosystem with shared values. Thanks to the subtle dialog she establishes between its contemporary design, high-tech culture, and the precious craftsmanship of her artisans, solid wood, fused glass, and bronze are sublimated through consoles, armchairs, tables, and wall sconces with a powerful and minimalistic design.
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Her very first success is called Cosmogonies and takes the form of Japanese paper wall sconces made up of polygons illuminated by LEDs, to be assembled as desired. Lauded in 2015 with the Les Découvertes award at the Maison & Objet fair, this creation also received the VIA label (valorization of innovation in furniture). Drawn in a single stroke like a calligraphy, the Daiku console synthesizes her writing: the grain of the solid wood in deep black embraces the harmony of the form between purity and sensuality. This quintessentially metonymic creation - in Japanese, daiku refers both to the carpenter and, his tool, the hammer - took shape upon returning from a trip to Japan where the designer crossed the sacred mountains to the rhythm of the torii gates. The Daiku console is now among her bestsellers. In 2025, its Tripode Ki table, for its part, joined the collections of the Mobilier National, and its KI console received the French Design label.
Each of her creations pushes the transformation of materials even further, whether it is the transparency of glass or the subtle assembly of solid wood pieces sourced from French forests. Challenges that only the technique and passion of artisans, cabinetmakers or glassblowers, can meet. Committed to supporting French craftsmanship and the rarity of its skills, Victoria Magniant dedicates all her creative energy and entrepreneurial vision to defending French-made creation. She is currently benefiting from the support of ICC
Immersion, a program led by the Institut Français and Business France aimed at cultural entrepreneurs who have an innovative project and wish to develop it internationally.
Victoria Magniant cultivates the art of the invisible. "Everything that is beautiful, she says, is found in the details, in what is not seen." The designer works on the color, veining, texture, and structure of her pieces like an artist to create fluid and sensual forms inspired by Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth, or Isamo Noguchi. The secret of her creations lies as much in their gentle presence as in the harmony they offer in the space with other works. She regularly invites visual artists, photographers, or ceramists to her showroom at the Galerie Vivienne to engage in dialog with her collections. Her way of continuing to share her poetic and sensitive approach to nature and the world.
Marion Vignal
2000
Prix Kodak Student Award, Photography of the Year.
2001
Prix D&AD, Photography of the Year.
2002
Prix Kodak Student Award, Film of the Year.
2015
Prix Les Découvertes du Salon Maison & Objet, pour les appliques Cosmogonies.
2015
Label VIA (Valorisation de l’Innovation dans l’Ameublement), pour Cosmogonies.
2025
La table Tripode Ki entre dans les collections du Mobilier National.
2026
Lauréate du FD100 4ème édition - Catégorie Console
2018
Miami Art Basel — exposition Cosmogonies.
2019
PAD Londres — luminaires en verre, avec la Galerie Sarah Meyer Cough.
2020
Collectible, Bruxelles — console Daiku.
2020 - 2026
Paris Design Week, chaque année, dans son showroom de la Galerie Vivienne.
2026
Los Angeles Design Center — Exposition ICC
French Design — Exposition Hospitalité Lyrique
39-41 Galerie Vivienne, Paris 2e