Overview
Matali Crasset is a French designer whose multidisciplinary practice spans industrial design, furniture, interior architecture, scenography and public spaces. A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI–Les Ateliers), she established her own studio in Paris in 1998 after working with Denis Santachiara and Philippe Starck. Her approach investigates everyday habits, social interaction and adaptable environments through modular design and participatory processes. In Tunisia, she developed Dar HI, an ecological hospitality project in Nefta, integrating architecture, local craftsmanship and the surrounding desert landscape. She also initiated Palm Lab, exploring the creative and environmental potential of palm-based materials and traditional skills. Her work is represented in international museum collections, including MoMA and the Centre Pompidou.
