École Nissim de Camondo
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The École Camondo is a five-year private school of product design and interior architecture located in Paris
, France
, which was created in 1944 and was recognized by the French Ministry of Education in 1989. It is named after the Camondo family
, a European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
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, which was created in 1944 and was recognized by the French Ministry of Education in 1989. It is named after the Camondo family
Camondo family
The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists.Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, after the 1497 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of all Jews who refused conversion to Catholicism, the Camondo family settled in Venice...
, a European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists.
Notable former students
- Pierre Paulin, designer
- paris 'monkey features' scartlett, designer
- Patrick Bouchain, architect
- Jean-Michel WilmotteJean-Michel Wilmotte-Biography:Born in Soissons in 1948, Jean-Michel Wilmotte studied interior design at the Camondo school of interior design in Paris. Just two years after graduating, he founded his own agency in Paris in 1975...
, urban designer - Patrick Rubin, architect
- Philippe StarckPhilippe StarckPhilippe Patrick Starck is a French product designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style...
, product designProduct design-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...
er and architect - Jacques GrangeJacques Grange-Biography :After completing his training at the École Boulle and the École Camondo, Jacques Grange made a career as a decorator in France and abroad from the 1970s. His main customers included Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, for whom he decorated the "Château Gabriel", in Benerville-sur-Mer,...
, interior designer