Carte blanche – Hervé Sauvage

At the end of the year 2022, the artist and scenographer Hervé Sauvage takes over the Instantanée galerie and presents an original setting around the flower designed by Thebe Magugu for Designing Hope association.
Several hundreds of “lucky charms” have been assembled to create this unique work to be discovered in preview on Tuesday, November 15th from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm.
The pieces of this scenography will be sold for the benefit of the Designing Hope association.

Hervé Sauvage

After studying art history and design, Hervé Sauvage began his career as a set designer for 6 years at Nina Ricci, where he had the opportunity to work with renowned artists such as Daniel Buren and Philippe Parreno.
Since 1995, he has collaborated with many fashion houses such as Balenciaga, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Christian Lacroix, for the elaboration of their showcases and fashion shows.

At the same time, he started to work as a set designer and was responsible for the design of numerous advertising campaigns for prestigious luxury houses such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Air France, etc.
He has worked with photographers such as Paolo Roversi, Solve Sundsbo, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Terry Richardson, Guido Mocafico, Mario Testino.
He is also in charge of the scenography of major events for several luxury brands, and regularly collaborates with magazines such as Numéro, Wallpaper, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia…

Below, a selection of scenographic universes by Hervé Sauvage. discover more


An installation to benefit the Designing Hope association.

The lucky flowers were created in collaboration with the Bon Marché Rive Gauche and the South African designer Thebe Magugu. They were made by more than 120 women supported by the association in southern Africa.
Their sale for the benefit of the Designing Hope association helped finance the “Garden of Skills” project in Eswatini, which was inaugurated during the summer of 2022. This project will eventually bring together, on a one hectare agroforestry plot, a centre for activities and training in the fields of agroecology, agroforestry, handicrafts and micro-project management, a community kitchen, educational activities for the youngest, a collective crèche, as well as accommodation units to develop voluntourism.

Below the presentation of the project:

Flowers can be purchased on the following link: www.porte-bonheurs.fr