ATELIER MUSSET IS THE FRUIT OF THE LIFE JOURNEY AND DESIRE FOR TRANSMISSION OF ITS FOUNDER, TIMOTHÉE MUSSET. AFTER SPENDING HIS CHILDHOOD OUTDOORS, IMMERSED IN NATURE, HE DECIDED TO EMBARK ON A TOUR OF FRANCE WITH THE COMPAGNONS DU DEVOIR, LEARNING CARPENTRY OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS WHILE WORKING WITH ANCESTRAL WOODS FROM HISTORICAL MONUMENTS.

AFTER THIS ENRICHING EXPERIENCE, TIMOTHÉE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A DESIGN OFFICE BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS FIRST PASSION — WOOD — AND FOUNDING ATELIER MUSSET TO SHARE HIS KNOW-HOW.

HIS WORK FOCUSES MAINLY ON VALUING THIS OFTEN OVERLOOKED MATERIAL, ELEVATING ANCIENT WOOD WHILE HIGHLIGHTING ITS IMPERFECTIONS, WHICH HE SEES AS PART OF ITS INTRINSIC BEAUTY. FOR HIM, SALVAGING THESE TIME-WORN WOODS IS ESSENTIAL — THEY HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH THE CENTURIES AND STILL HAVE STORIES TO TELL.

TRANSFORMING RAW, MASSIVE MATERIAL INTO SOMETHING POETIC, TIMOTHÉE DESIGNS A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE WITH SIMPLE, MINIMAL FORMS, ENTIRELY HANDCRAFTED FROM SOLID WOOD TO REVEAL NATURAL, LACE-LIKE TEXTURES.

HIS GOAL IS TO REVIVE WHAT MAY SEEM OUTDATED BY EMPHASIZING THAT TIME SCULPTS MATERIAL DOWN TO THE FINEST DETAIL — OFFERING UTILITARIAN PIECES WITH A SCULPTURAL SPIRIT, MERGING THE ANCIENT WITH THE CONTEMPORARY.