Chahan Minassian is a collectionneur, a gallerist, a connoisseur of joie de vivre in the world of interior design. The sharp, precise, selective and refined design produced in his artform makes the artist one of the most celebrated around the globe. We show you some of his fantastic story as well as his exquisite chair collection!

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His work, as he says, is the pinnacle of his passion. The creativity of his ongoing work describes him better than any other words. He ranges from interior design to collection curating and furniture design. But besides working with important residential clients, he created his own gallery, allowing him to host yearly shows and fairs where his stands would transcribe his view and his seasonal thoughts, where he portrays both the designer and the client.

Throughout his career, Chanan accomplished quite a few achievements. From full interior design services to architecture design, yachts, a full range of residential-type projects and commercial/hospitality ones. The excellency of his work made him work on luxurious projects such as the Hotel de Crillon. Chahan actually accomplished his dream job by designing the Abbazia di San Gregorio, in Venice, for the Biennale.

Chahan deconstructs his style into nothing more than a style, in his line of thought. He means that it’s a compliment to his view of architectural construction, and it will heavily depend on the project’s location and surroundings. But if the designer had to further describe his signature style, it would fall on the monochromatic category, very textural where the richness of the design it’s more important than its commercial value.

More importantly, his works have drawn the attention of serious media channels where he got exposed to a broader audience.

All of the designs used by Chahan are 100% theirs. It comes from the brand in the early stages and it is followed closely by the team during the production process. Even when craftsmanship is involved, the artist comes submerged under the Chahan philosophy, becoming a 2-signature strong piece.

The French Designer doesn’t follow any trends. His inspiration comes from the moment, and that’s when he gets his vision and accomplishes his signature. For Chahan, his goal-client is a residential luxury-seeking client.

Every home and home location dictate his style, even if it’s for the same clients. Chahan feels lucky to have clients who have commissioned various and numerous homes for them in different destinations, which gives the studio a fan of possibilities. His ceramic artists’ pieces are a part of the architecture or furniture design.

Chahan’s design studio and himself work on an average of fifteen to twenty projects daily. They are always working on something new, and they keep on maintaining some projects or starting a new one. All projects are currently diversified. The studio has a penthouse in London, a 1920’s house in Zurich, they designed a building from scratch and two chalets in Gstaad, a house in the south of France, an apartment in Milan, and a townhouse in Geneva… Each house has, per their location, different focuses and design differences which challenges them and makes them very happily diversified.

Chahan is a Parisian designer, and nowadays, in his opinion, the most highlighted interior designers are French Parisian colleagues. The designer thinks that craftsmanship know-how is what it’s gathering attention to himself and to his peers. In other words, fabrics, metalwork, any kind of bronze, plaster or carpentry, stays tailor-made, with special attention to knowhow and exclusivity.

The Parisian designer thinks the world is changing and advancing constantly with technology and the development of the tools of communication. Chahan believes it’s obviously important to integrate all these elements in our homes because people want to live in homes that are completely tailored without ever losing its functional side. From then, he doesn’t think that an ultra-exclusively designed edgy interior is what the future is.

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