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Matière 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

Nike / 1017 ALYX 9SM’s Hong Kong event is a unique example of solution-driven collaboration and nomadic functionality. Merging the global scale of Nike and the Americana roots of Alyx, the scenography is a brutalist nod to the Mall-Rat, Blockbuster aesthetic of the nineties. Its multi-purpose wall system is engineered to facilitate every step of the process, while creating a distinct atmosphere in the space it is bound to occupy. Made exclusively from lightweight aluminium, its simplified structure can be produced in a reductive chain, from supply, to shipping and on-site assembling. The architecture of the display is fashioned by the parameters of the space, the halls of gilded walls evoking the backstage of an amusement park that the public is invited to lose itself in. LED screens loom over a succession of rooms, reflecting the visual excess of the entertainment industry and the chapters of this layered collaboration.

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