Farooq
Farooq, 31, was born in Afghanistan. He learned machine embroidery at the age of 14. He first worked in a factory and then in Kabul at a tailor's shop where he made traditional clothes. At the age of 18 he was recruited to work in a military base. He had to make the crests of the British uniforms. This work immediately puts him in danger. He is threatened by the Taliban and forced to leave Afghanistan.
Nina
Nina Chalot is a designer. Her practice lies at the border of design, performance and sociology. She navigates between scales and issues, a transversality that allows her to take a cross-sectional look, each time enriched with new ways of transforming reality. She currently combines the development of artistic projects and collaborations with different structures in the field of scenography, fashion, architecture and dance, addressing the themes of the transformation of matter, work and migration. She also teaches ceramics and design.
Flora
La Falaise is a design studio specializing in pattern founded in 2019 by Flora Langlois. Aimed at the fields of fashion, furniture and decoration, the studio offers collections of placed patterns; Each is designed and composed specifically for a particular format, material and technique. According to the projects, La Falaise explores the expressive potential of the techniques (flat frame printing, engraving, sandblasting and chiseling on glass, silk-screening, jacquard weaving, enameling, embroidery, leather goods...). Flora Langlois lives and works in Montreuil.