Matiere Noire is a Paris-based creative studio leading new approaches to spacial design. Built on a network of parallel disciplines, our operation cultivates ambivalence, using observational methods to ground its intuitive impulses. Matière Noire is driven by an appetite for the undefined, the hypothetical, the intangible. Its process celebrates unexpected derivations, developing them into bespoke applications of cross-cultural collaboration.
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Spatial design studio
Light design
Scenography
Celebrating the rich history behind Dior J’adore, Matière Noire teamed with Bureau Betak to host the fragrance’s expansive retrospective at the Beaux Arts Academy of Paris. Obscured hallways with complex top-light systems lead to a succession of rooms that detail the layers of the perfume’s roots and creation. A bespoke laboratory with soft-box like lighting, a regal alcove with the gold-plated ripples iconised by the perfume’s ad campaign, a flower hall and fashion gallery with warm golden lighting create a genealogy of craftsmanship that is at the heart of the Dior House’s masterful and eclectic savoir-faire.