{"id":106497,"date":"2019-02-07T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/herve-descottes-of-l-observatoire-talks-vision-with-interior-design-s-cindy-allen\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T13:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T18:17:58","slug":"herve-descottes-of-l-observatoire-talks-vision-with-interior-design-s-cindy-allen","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/herve-descottes-of-l-observatoire-talks-vision-with-interior-design-s-cindy-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Herv\u00e9 Descottes of L\u2019Observatoire Talks Vision with Interior Design&#8217;s Cindy Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Innovation-Conference-2019-Cindy-Allen-LObservatoire-Herve-Descottes_84A2637.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Innovation-Conference-2019-Cindy-Allen-LObservatoire-Herve-Descottes_84A2637.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Interior Design<\/em>&#8216;s Editor in Chief Cindy Allen talks with L&#8217;Obervatoire International&#8217;s Herv&eacute; Descottes. Photography by Erik Bardin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the afternoon of <em>Interior Design<\/em>&#8216;s inaugural <a href=\"events\/15997-innovation-conference-2019-full-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovation&nbsp;Conference<\/a>, attendees were treated to a candid talk with prolific lighting designer <a href=\"innovation-conference-2019\/herve-descottes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herv&eacute; Descottes<\/a>, moderated by Editor in Chief Cindy Allen. She&nbsp;spoke with Descottes about what has propelled his incredible career working on such&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lobsintl.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projects<\/a> as the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The talk began with an overview of Descottes&rsquo; work on the Louvre with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcf-p.com\/about\/i-m-pei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I.M. Pei<\/a>. Descottes implemented interior lighting solutions for the sculpture, tapestry, and art objects departments of the museum, but knew a major change was in store for him. That major change turned out to be his move to New York City, during the architecture industry&rsquo;s 1993 lull. Conveniently for Descottes, this meant he and other industry professionals&nbsp;had the time on their hands to make introductions and facilitate his entree into the New York design and architecture world. At one point, he even met renowned architect Philip Johnson in his office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For many years I was living &lsquo;under&rsquo; my desk, which was like a squeeze, in a small place, New York-style, but working on fabulous projects,&rdquo; Descottes said of his early years in the city.<\/p>\n<p>When Allen asked Descottes what he thought delineated his work from that of other designers who weren&rsquo;t being commissioned for the projects, he replied, &ldquo;I think what I brought with me, which was slightly different than other lighting designers that the team or the architect or designers were working with here, was [I was] talking about space.&rdquo; The approach to first thinking about the space was the foundation of his connection with architect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenholl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Holl<\/a>. &ldquo;He was talking about space first, even [the relation of] light to the space. Even before talking technology, having a great idea of what the building should be about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A final key element of Descottes&rsquo; expansive work? Collaborating with a strong team. &#8220;What I found fabulous about this country, is, you work on group projects and you do good work, then you work on two [more] group projects. And then you&#8217;re welcome to work on four, then eight and 16 and then it goes very fast,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It really is all about collaboration, which we&rsquo;ve heard so much about today,&rdquo;&nbsp;responded Allen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>On the afternoon of the Innovation Conference, attendees were treated to a candid talk with prolific lighting designer Herv&eacute; Descottes, moderated by&nbsp;<em>Interior Design<\/em> Editor in Chief Cindy Allen. 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