Enter Maison Forestier where light penetrates everywhere and winds through the interior with its clarity. A unique place where each room is pondered to offer passionately illuminated emotions. These lights are the creations of our designers who play with wire and transparency, with the idea of respecting nature in all its forms and the human being by favoring craftsmanship …Welcome to a world full of poetry and the ultimate expectation of quality. At Forestier, we have a special editorial art line where passion, freedom and discovery unite as one. These three essential values to us are found in our lighting, from lamp suspensions and street lamps that project poetry and nature in perfect balance between Design and Craftwork.
True to the spirit of its founder Bernard Forestier, we design objects with a strong identity but which are still affordable for the greatest number of people. The design of our creations should be beautiful, useful, and accessible. To create our objects, we select recognized or emerging talents, with a single mandate: be daring and set a new trend: Arik Levy – Laurence Brabant – Emmanuel Gallina – Christian Ghion – Noé Duchaufour-Lawrence – Elise Fouin – Jette Scheib – Anon Pairot- Katarina Sokolova – Marc Venot.
Forestier, passionate about creating lighting
We are genuinely passionate. Passionate about the quality of the objects we design. Passionate about a trade that affects human beings and culture. Passionate about creating lighting that triggers new emotions. Without that passion, the Forestier adventure would never have been possible. We are truly illuminated. To be free is to be able to make choices independently, far from dictates. We choose to use raw and innovative materials. We choose to imagine and produce unique objects. We make the deliberate choice to give carte blanche to our designers to express themselves … in complete freedom. We are explorers. Curiosity is our hallmark. Since always, we have encouraged the pioneering spirit, we have cultivated the boldness to go always further, we have favored singularity of purpose and have invited discovery through all our creations. This spirit of openness is reflected in each of our creations.
Forestier History
Over time, Forestier has made a name for itself through its quest for perpetual originality and its mastery of the delicate balance between nature and design. The refinement of its clean lines, its bold choices of raw and authentic materials are optimized by the work of its artisans which has become its hallmark.
It all began with the passion of a man, Bernard Forestier. A big fan of French gardens, he was fascinated by the artistic Topiary sculptures which shaped them: the right proportions, the balance, the elegant alternating straight lines and curves. This creative spirit wished to shake the traditions of the world of lighting design, bringing the art of botany into the home. He wagered on woven wire, which would become one of the favorite subjects of the brand. He took a fancy to woven rusted metal, zinc or iron. He demonstrated poetry and humor to give life to objects.
Following the departure of Bernard Forestier, the company changed course, ten years after its creation. At the request of Hélène Forestier, Gilles Dallière took charge of artistic direction and stressed his desire to make each piece « something unique ». This change marked a turning point for the company that focuses its creations on luxury and all things natural with great sobriety. Form become sophisticated by highlighting light and color, without losing the inimitable cachet of craftsmanship.
Hélène Forestier passed the baton to Jean Dominique Leze, to whom we already owed the « 107 Rivoli » for the Decorative Arts and the company ENO (New Objects Edition) along with François Bernard.
With this appointment, Forestier reinvented itself and produced a creative and poetic brand, with design, nature and raw materials, in anchoring points. A brand that puts function and the consumer first, with a responsible approach, but always at affordable prices.
