The Art of Design Issue 21 2016 | Page 37

37 Sophie Jacqmin is a prolific designer and interior designer. For the past 10 years, she has been creating exclusive sceneries for professionals and the public by redefining traditional hospitality. Jacqmin’s career path has been rich, unusual, and creative. Jacqmin started her studies in philosophy before making a natural progression towards architecture and design, rapidly becoming involved in the conception of unique sceneries. Throughout her encounters, Jacqmin took an interest in edition, design and scenography, working with trend forecasting agencies such as Melly Rodi. She founded the “Atelier Sophie Jacqmin” in 2001 and soon after began collaborating with partners such as cirque du Soleil, the MgM, the designer Hiroyuki yamakado, Saab, and the club filled group,„ This last collaboration led to Jacqmin creating a number of the groups properties. Since 2004, the hospitality sector has represented an important creative outlet to Sophie Jacqmin as it allows her to give free rein to her imagination by creating new and original sceneries. She is inhabited by the desire to create new surprising and rich environments_ A lover of hotel life, Sophie Jacqmin, is offering her savoir-faire and creativity as an architect and scenographer to hospitality groups seeking a new path and wanting to affirm their difference_ Her two latest projects are proof of this the children and teen area at the Oetker group’s courchevel Hotel Apogee and the Val-Thorens club Med. Some of the main players of the hospitality sector have put their trust in her work le club Med, Oetker, Pierre & Vacances, Villages natures, Sophie Jacqmin, invites us to discover a new hotel ( art de vire ) through her elegant architectural signature style. www.sophiejacqmin.com