Marc Berthier

Designer and architect Marc Berthier was one of the first designers to collaborate with Magis, designing numerous objects and collections for the company: in fact he has been collaborating with us for over thirty years.

His work mainly revolves around industrial product design, and is spiced with international flavours.He works in France with Lexon, in Italy with MAGIS, in Germany with Black Design, in Hong Kong with Hedworth, and in Japan with D Signe.

He has received the following awards: Grand Prix National de la Cration Industrielle, Ren Gabriel Award, Compasso d'Oro ADI 1991 and 1994, Forum Design Awards 1995, 1997, 1998, Design Plus 1999, American Design Award 1999.

His creations have been selected for the permanent collections of the Muse National d'Art Moderne, the Arts-Dcoratifs Museum and the Fond National d'Art Contemporain in France, and the MoMA in New York.

Marc Berthier is Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and has also received the Mdaille de l'Art et de l'Industrie.

He was the French representative at the EC for the Maison Europenne commission.In 2002 he founded Eliumstudio in Paris, together with his daughter lise, Pierre Garner and Frdric Lintz, joined later by Anne Klepper.