Our Partnerships with Artists, Designers and Brands

Born in France, Sam Baron has a degree in Design from the Fine Arts School of Saint Etienne and a post‐graduation from the Decorative Arts School of Paris. He currently works as a designer and is head of the Design department of Fabrica, a communication research centre in Treviso. By anchoring his creations on an artistic and functional inquiry, without omitting cultural and historical narrations, Sam Baron places his outlook in our everyday life and its contemporaneity. He won the Design category award of the Grand Prix de la Création de La Ville de Paris 2007, the Art de la Table award 2009 launched by Elle Decor France and the Créateur de l’Année 2010 promoted by Maison et Objets. For the Louvre Museum and the Rmn-GP, Sam Baron designed the Pei Pyramid collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the famous monument, as well as a comprehensive children’s range inspired by the hieroglyphs.

Antoine Corbineau is a French designer born in 1982. Graduated from the Camberwell College of Arts in London and the École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg, he has worked with major brands, newspapers and advertising agencies around the world. His colorful and often strikingly complex work has the rare and powerful ability to instantly communicate a simple key message.

Designer, interior architect and globetrotter, Marie Christine Dorner adds a multicultural "French touch” to her creations. Her meticulously executed works reflect a great passion for materials, traditional crafts and cutting-edge technology. In 1995, the city of Paris awarded her the "Grand Prix du Design" and in 2012 she was named "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres". For the Rmn-GP, Marie-Christine Dorner has dived into the treasures of the Louvre museum and rediscovered some masterpieces from a different perspective. This creative process has given birth to the "Wings of the Louvre" collection inspired by the wings of some of the Louvre's finest sculptures.

Her poetic works appeal to collectors looking for unique and singular pieces. Valentine Herrenschmidt closely works with cultural institutions, companies, department stores and boutiques in France. Handmade in her studio, each word sculpture is signed, numbered, and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.

French artist JR takes inspiration from the largest gallery in the world, the public space. Using the technique of photographic collage, he exhibits freely on walls around the world, attracting the attention of those who do not usually visit museums. For the musée du Louvre in 2016, JR made the famous Pei pyramid disappear with a surprising anamorphosis.

Author of books, graphic designer, illustrator, art director, scenographer at the Philharmonie de Paris, Radio France for temporary exhibitions. Gérard has teamed up with the Rmn-GP and the Musée d'Orsay to create a collection of wooden toys inspired by the wildlife sculptor François Pompon and made by the wooden toy brand Vilac.

Marin Montagut is a young illustrator with a refined and colorful graphic style, and an eternal lover of Paris and its French gardens. For the Palace of Versailles and the Rmn-GP, he has conducted a passionate iconographic research to give "his" version of the gardens of Versailles: poetic and luminous, populated with animals, flowers, orange trees, umbrellas in acidulous colors.

From drawing to sculpture to installation to photography to writing to performance, Jean-Michel Othoniel has invented an incomparable artistic style since the late 1980s. Initially exploring materials with reversible qualities such as sulfur or wax, he has used glass since 1993. Today, his works have taken on an architectural dimension and are often found in gardens or historical sites through public or private commissions throughout the world.

The designer Pascale Brun d'Arre was given carte blanche to design the Constitutional Council's collection. This collection twists the Constitution's principles and the institution's symbols with fun and audacity. In an effort to promote local know-how and economy, the products are 100% made in France.

Colored bangles, minimalist shapes and a crazy modernity! Lacquered in fine gold, bracelets, cuffs and bangles adorn your wrists for a bangle effect yet not bling! Our exclusive bangle up collection draws inspiration from the wonders of the musée d'Orsay and the Palace of Versailles.

From generation to generation, Barbapapa continues to seduce and make the little ones dream. This is another opportunity for parents and grandparents to rediscover the heroes of their childhood and share their memories with their own children. What does a meeting between the Barbapapa and the largest museum in the world look like?

Since 1996, Bioviva has designed, produced and marketed innovative and fun educational games involving Nature and children's development, exclusively made in France, following an approach that respects people and the environment. For the Rmn-GP, Bioviva has adapted three of its popular games for a highly playful introduction to art.

Founded in France in 1858, Clairefontaine has since become a leading international company in the paper industry. For environmental reasons, the company sources paper pulps from certified sustainable managed forests only. For the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon in 2021, Clairefontaine teamed up with the Rmn-GP to design a refined collection of office accessories and children's games.

In 2015, to revive this Parisian tradition, Nadège Gaultier and Laura Goninet founded Confiture Parisienne with the desire to create exceptional jams using products that are just as exceptional. For the Rmn-GP and the musée d'Orsay, Nadège and Laura have imagined a mouth-watering collection of jams with flavors inspired by some Impressionist masterpieces.

The French design studio Gangzaï stands out with bold, never-seen-before creative concepts. For the Rmn-GP, the studio has imagined several collections inspired by the Louvre's icons, Napoleon or the legendary Queen Marie-Antoinette.

Parisian creative studio Happy Remix Productions invites the Court of Versailles to your festive table. Celebrate the special occasions in the splendorous style of King Louis XIV with this original, uncomplicated tableware set.

IXXI has developed a patented system with frames and crosses, which gives the freedom to create and display all kinds of images in any size. For the Orsay and Orangerie museums, IXXI has designed three wall decorations inspired by the beloved Waterlilies series.

Les Cleias is the alliance of the passion for jewelry of Chloé, the founder, and a know-how of more than 20 years acquired in contact with many professionals over the years. An alliance at the origin of solar, elegant and light collections. In partnership with the Rmn-GP, les Cleias has designed a creative range of jewels inspired by the Palace of Versailles' glamorous baroque style and the Orsay Museum's colorful Waterlilies.

The French fantasy jewelry house Les Néréides Paris has teamed up with the Rmn-GP to design a line of jewels inspired by Queen Marie-Antoinette, picking up the stylistic characteristics that the queen chose in 1787 to redecorate her boudoir at the Petit Trianon in Versailles.

Maison Baluchon is a local and artisanal production made in France. With the "King's Herbarium" collection, the House pays tribute to King Louis XIV's passion for botany, and the famous « Recueil des plantes du Roy », an impressive Herbarium crafted under his reign.

After twenty years of success in the 70s-90s, the mako moulages brand was relaunched in 2014 by Agnès Beuchet. For the delight of children, parents and grand-parents alike! French specialist of craft kits, mako moulages has teamed up with the Rmn-GP to design four exclusive kits inspired by famous art works and historical figures.

A child of the Canal Saint-Martin, Medecine Douce was born in 2000 under the impulse of Marie Montaud. After numerous collaborations with big names in fashion, the brand is now located on rue de Marseille in Paris, in a space that includes a workshop and a boutique. Exclusively for the Musée d'Orsay, Medecine Douce has designed two collections inspired by architectural patterns emblematic of the building and its history.

Play with inspiration, revisit, create innovative and exclusive collections; this passion has become reality and summarizes the concept of Merci Louis since its creation in 2013. Merci~Louis, the choice of these two words sets the tone and summarizes the intentions of a collection very much influenced by the rigorous, demanding, perfect but also exuberant achievements of the 17 and 18th centuries. Merci Louis collections suit current usages but keep, in their finishings, well-worn stigma and patina of time. For the Palace of Versailles and the Rmn-GP, Merci Louis has designed an exquisite collection of jewellery boxes.

Miffy is a little rabbit famous all over the world since the 60's. Her father, the Dutch illustrator Dick Bruna, has seduced children and parents alike with toy plushes with simplified shapes and large primary colors. For the musée d'Orsay, Miffy spruces herself up with dresses inspired by The Starry Night and the Waterlilies!

As a small creative company, Mon Petit Art arouses the children's curiosity and imagination. This French company gathers creators, designers and illustrators who together imagine objects, games and toys with a funny twist. For the Palace of Versailles, Mon Petit Art has come up with a full collection inspired by the architecture and historical figures.

OMY creates and designs joyful, graphic and smart products for the entire family. Decorating becomes a game, a moment where friends and family can create and share together. Each product can be easily recognized by the surprising sizes - from tiny to giant, bright colors and fun sense of humor. For the Rmn-GP, OMY has designed three posters inspired by the Orsay and Orangerie Museums, or Napoleon's First Empire.

Papier Tigre, "hellion" of contemporary stationery, has imagined some creative and poetic stationery lines inspired by the masterpieces belonging to the Louvre, Orangerie and Orsay museums.

A French brand created in 1977 by Thomas Lettman, Petit Jour Paris calls upon many illustrators to develop its collections. For the Rmn-GP, Soledad had fun drawing the Sun King and Queen Marie-Antoinette in their daily lives.

Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that help people phone better. PopSockets has sold over 245 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.

Since 1985, the French company Pylones creates and distributes everyday objects with a funny twist to its network of stores in France and abroad. The company has partnered with the Rmn-GP to design the "Ladies of the Court" accessory line for the Palace of Versailles.

For several years this creative studio has aroused children's imagination through cardboard constructions. They have teamed up with the Rmn-GP to bring back to life the King's Menagerie, the first major project of Louis XIV when he arrived at the Palace of Versailles. To minimize the products' environmental footprint, Studio Roof sources recycled cardboard and vegetable inks exclusively.

Top Trumps is the UK's #1 card game and has been a family favorite for over 40 years.
 Top Trumps is sold in over 30 countries and produced in more than 10 different languages, with hundreds of titles including « Women of the Louvre » and «Egypt » ones for the Louvre Museum and the Rmn-GP.

Vilac is the French specialist of wooden toys and games for children. Natural and durable, wood is a material of character pleasant to the touch. Vilac is the exclusive producer of the Pompon Toys collection designed by Gérard Lo Monaco.