A house, not a brand.
OBJET NOIR is a private design house operating between two cities. Each piece is drawn, finished, and signed by the atelier before it leaves. We do not sell off the shelf — every acquisition begins with a conversation.
Drawn, before it is made.
Every piece begins as a graphite study — silhouette, proportion, weight, the gesture of the object before it ever becomes volume. Nothing is cast until the form has resolved itself on paper.
Finished, by a single hand.
Surfaces are decided in the atelier. Bronze, chrome, mineral pigment — never composite. Each finish is hand-applied, hand- polished, and signed on the base before the piece is released.
Paris & Milan.
Paris
Drawing, formal review, creative direction. Where every piece begins as a sketch and every proportion is debated until it resolves itself.
Milan
Material testing, surface development, final inspection. Where form meets matter and every surface is decided.
Nothing ships unless it has passed through both.