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Michael WILSON

PARIS

En résumé

Moving to Paris in 1989, he worked, for five years as an Interior Design Project Manager for Polo Ralph Lauren where he helped to plan and open more than 60 Polo stores and showrooms across Europe. This background gave him a unique experience designing store interiors, designing custom furniture and purchasing art and antiques in every European market.

With these qualifications, he founded Wilson & Associates to provide exclusive services for clients looking design custom timeless contemporary furniture and interiors for retail and residential projects and help his clients to source decorative furnishings and antiques. He is an expert in antiques, and also helps his clients source art and other rare objects.

Known for his broad knowledge in Decorative Arts and his sense of style and "eye", he has attracted a prestigious international clientele of noted business and entertainment figures as well as some of the word’s most important collectors and interior designers. In addition to working with individual clients, Michael Wilson has worked on design projects for companies including: Hermes and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Michael has also taught courses, "Project Management, The Evolution of Design and Decorative Arts furniture." at the IESA (Institute Arts Superior) in Paris and has helped develop and design expositions in Europe, the US and Asia.

Contact : mawparis@aol.com

Specialties
Design management & project management. Working with other Interior designers and clients searching for, negotiating and purchasing art, antiques, 20th century design, store design, residential design, real-estate sourcing & development, and commissioning art, custom furniture and interiors.

Our goal is to help our clients make informed purchase decisions, offering personalized services that include: design, project management and organizing personally guided buying trips throughout Europe.

Entreprises

  • Wilson & Associes s.a.s. - Art, Antique & Design Advisor

    1995 - maintenant Exhibition Development Consultant - Damian Gaurido Silversmith 2010 to 2011
    Designed and installed expositions for Pavilion des Art et Design for Spain’s most innovative silversmith.

    Development consultant “Holly Hunt Ltd.” 2006 to 2009
    Furniture design & managed exhibitions for one of a kind and limited edition production of decorative arts home furnishing products for 17 Galleries across the US.

    Exhibition Development Consultant & Artist Management
    2005 to 2006 Developed and installed exhibitions for Chinese Artist Yin Xin at the Shanghai Art Museum and the Hong Kong China Club.

    Professor, Institut d’Etudes Superieures des Arts, & Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts 2004 to 2005
    Taught weekly course and gave seminars on Project Management, The Evolution of Design and Decorative Arts furniture.

    Visual Design & Project Manager - Van Cleef & Arpel / Archtype s.a.r.l. 1999 to 2000
    Team Members: Michael Andrew Wilson, Benard Blot
    Designed and installed exhibition space for the Biennale des Antiquaires

    Visual Design & Project Manager - Hermes / Archetype s.a.r.l. 1997 to 2002
    Team Members: Michael Andrew Wilson, Benard Blot
    Designed and installed store window changeovers in France for Hermes shops and corners.

    Retail Store Design - Capet Joaillerie - 64 Rue Pierre Charron 75008 1996 to 2009
    Team Members: Michael Andrew Wilson, Benard Blot
    Designed and installed exterior & interior for Jeweler.

    Exhibition Development Consultant, Curator & Selection Committee 2008 to Present
    Team Members: Michael Andrew Wilson, Vittorio Serio
    Le Biennale de Creation des Arts Decorative, held at Eglise Saint Louis de Salpeterire, Paris. Exposition of 33 French Master Craftsmen & Designers.

    100 years, 24 hours, 10 Minutes, & 1 second. 2010
    Produced & Directed documentary film ;100 years, 24 hours, 10 Minutes, & 1 second. For the 100th Anniversary of The National Magazine Company/Hearst UK - A Hearst Magazine Company

    Exposition Development Consultant - Napoleon Exposition - An Intimate Portrait 2003 to 2004
    Written, Produced & Directed promotional video to convince US museums to participate in the traveling exposition.
  • Polo Ralph Lauren - Director of European Store Development

    Paris 1989 - 1995 Interior Design Project Manager where he helped to design, plan and open more than 60 Polo stores and showrooms in France, England, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgum, Austria, Portugal and Turkey

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