The majority of the remaining shortlisted designers are French: Sibylle Delclaux, Fanette Pesch, Fanny Dora, Maxence Loisson de Guinaumont, Lili Gayman and Michel Giesbrecht. Finalist Henny van Nistelrooy comes from the Netherlands, and Giorgia Zanellato from Italy.
The jury for the Grand Prix this year reunited François Azambourg, Fernando Amat, Lionel Blaisse, Giulio Cappellini, Paloma Canizares, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, Galerie kreo's Didier Krzentowski, Inga Sempé, and past winners Raymond Guidot and Brynjar Sigurdarson.
Through 30 September 2012
Design Parade 7. Festival International de Design
From 14:00 to 19:00
Fridays from 16:00 to 22:00
Villa Noailles, France










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