DS Automobiles builds bridges between the finest french artisans and its own designs

DS Automobiles a créé l’appel à création DS x MÉTIERS D’ART dès 2021, afin de poursuivre son implication dans les métiers d’art et la valorisation des artisans d’art. Pour sa seconde édition, DS x MÉTIERS D’ART invite les artisans d’art à imaginer des effets de lumière à travers la matière, avec une application sur la calandre de Nouvelle DS 3 E-TENSE, modèle 100 % électrique.

Travail du cuir et des tissus, des coutures, des matières inattendues comme la plume ou la marqueterie de paille, traitement singulier des décors et surfaces à travers le guillochage motif clous de Paris…  DS Automobiles s’est fait une spécialité de l’intégration de savoir-faire inédits dans ses modèles de série et ses concept-cars.

In 2021, DS Automobiles launched the DS x MÉTIERS D'ART call for creations to further its ongoing support for arts and crafts and to highlight the value of craftsmanship. For its second edition, DS x MÉTIERS D'ART challenged artisans to explore the effects of light through materials, by applying their concept on the New DS 3 E-TENSE, a 100% electric model.

Working with leather and fabrics, stitching, unexpected materials such as feathers or straw marquetry, unique treatments of details and finishes using clous de Paris guilloché patterns... DS Automobiles has made a specialist of incorporating unprecedented expertise into its production models and concept-cars.

Dozens of projects were submitted for the second edition of DS x MÉTIERS D'ART. Nine projects were shortlisted and displayed during Révélations, the biennial showcase of creative arts and crafts at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris.

These artworks were designed by Michela Aragni and Ludivine Loursel; Morgane Baroghel Crucq; Noue Atelier Charlotte Winné and Ludovic Buron; Paulina Okurowska, Atelier Douarn Sandrine Ramona; Justine Durand; Line & Raphael; Lyse Drouaine Luxdawn_LD Création; and Maison Pavane Anne Leroux.

The jury was composed of Hervé Lemoine, Chairman of the Mobilier National, Chairman of the DS x MÉTIERS D'ART 2 - DS LUMEN jury; Anne Lopez, Creator of Artistic Universes and winner of the first edition of DS x MÉTIERS D'ART; Cécile Feilchenfeldt, textile designer specialising in knitwear and founder of Knitwearstudio Paris; Coperni, with co-founders Arnaud Vaillant & Sébastien Meyerl Julien Dumas, Michelin-starred chef at the Restaurant Bellefeuille in the Hôtel Saint James in Paris and DS Automobiles gastronomy ambassador; Béatrice Foucher, Managing Director of DS Automobiles; Thierry Metroz, DS Automobiles Style Director; and Jean-Phillipe Vanhulle, Head of the DS Automobiles Upholstery Workshop. Together, they selected three finalists who were invited to showcase their creations on a New DS 3 E-TENSE model in three dimensions.

The three finalists for 2023:

•          Charlotte Winné and Ludovic Buron, Noue Atelier 

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•          Justine Durand

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Linkedin: Justine Durand 

Website: www.justinedurand.fr

•          Lyse Drouaine, Luxdawn_LD Création

Website: luxdawn.fr 

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Photo credit: @ Stéphane DONDICOL

The jury and the public will vote for the winner of this second edition ahead of the announcement, which is scheduled for autumn.