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Karine Lewkowicz's portrait

15 February 2018

From February 10 to 15, PIASA presents the first Scandinavian design auction sale of 2018. More than 200 objects will be scattered in this exhibition. For this occasion, the interior designer Karine Lewkowicz sets the exhibition and recreates a simple and elegant interior.
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-Tell us more about you

I did an interior design training course at the Camando School. I started my career with Sylvain Dubuisson, for whom I worked for 3 years. Sylvain Dubuisson is an architect and designer who really pays attention to detail, I had the opportunity to work with him on projects for urban furniture or woodworking. In 2002, I became independent by setting up my own agency. For some time, I work a lot on projects for individuals and I'm also involved in offices and restaurants development.

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-How do you define your work?

To talk about my projects, we often use the words "simplicity" and "elegance". I love working on volumes, perspectives and playing with light. For five years I have been interested in what is commonly called "decoration". Before I used to care more about the organization of the spaces and the arrangement but since the last years I also like participating in the selection of the furniture, the lights and the objects. For me it's a real step forward because I now create a global project.

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-How do you select your projects?

There are two kinds of customers. For residential projects, it's a lot of word of mouth, feeling, it's more human. When we take care of arranging the interior of an apartment or a house for a person, we must have common points, so that the project goes well. For commercial projects it's different, we answer calls for tenders. It is necessary to remain creative despite very strict specifications.

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-What does Scandinavian design means to you?

I like the fact that they go to the point. These are unpretentious and proportionate volumes. These creations are simple and functional, made with raw materials.

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-How did you approach the exhibition spaces?

Like an apartment. There is a very nice carpet collection that I chose to use as a starting point. They are the links between the different spaces. The idea is to recreate living spaces.

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-What were your inspirations for the scenography of this exhibition ?

In this collection, we can easilly find two design families. The first is from the nineteenth century, and the second from the years 1950 - 1960, so we have very different works. The exercise is interesting because we discover that with the same universe, we can finally create completely eclectic sets.

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-What are your favorites for this sale?

I particularly like the lights presented here. I have a real crush on Vilhelm Lauritzen's pair of wall light and Idman's suspension. I also like furniture of the nineteenth century in wood little worked, they have a very sculptural appearance.

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Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894-1984)
Wall light
Sold 9 100 €
Idman
Suspension
Sold 14 300 €

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