Atelier BdM — Bruno de Maistre

Ébénisterie d'Art & Sacred Art Furniture

About

Born in 1979 in Île-de-France, Bruno de Maistre is a Maître Artisan d'art ébéniste whose path to furniture-making took a decisive detour through the world of advertising. After studying applied arts at the Parisian school Penninghen and later at Intuit/Lab, he spent several years working in communication — an experience that sharpened his eye for design but left him longing for a deeper engagement with materials and making.

At the age of thirty, de Maistre answered that calling by enrolling in the cabinetmaking programme at the prestigious École Boulle (2009–2011). In 2011, he founded Ateliers BdM, establishing his workshop in the heart of the Rambouillet forest, in the Vallée de Chevreuse near Paris.

'Façonner des objets et travailler des matériaux exceptionnels est une joie que j'expérimente chaque jour. Créer et collaborer avec le client, avec les designers, avec les architectes, avec d'autres artisans d'Art en partant de la matière et des contraintes qu'elle nous impose, est mon terrain de jeu favori au quotidien pour imaginer ces pièces uniques.' — Bruno de Maistre, Homo Faber Guide interview, Michelangelo Foundation, January 2021

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