Painter and founder of the Galerie Diurne, Marcel Zelmanovitch has devoted himself to textile design for thirty years. His creative process focuses on the fabric’s features and the abstract composition of colours, lines and volumes reflects this approach. Shifting his artistic perspective to rugs craftmanship, he has taken the fabrics and traditionnal techniques to create numerous collections.

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Born in 1964 in Madagascar, Luc was quickly drawn to painting and more particularly to the work of Pablo Picasso. He also experiments with other forms of expression that he refuses to prioritize and which feed his creative language. He was a museum curator assistant at the Picasso Museum in Antibes, then decorator and designer in the Laurent Bourgois architectural firm. Today, he expresses himself through various medias : wallpapers, tiles, rugs, gardens and decoration and interior design projects …

Studio Diurne is Galerie Diurne’s design studio. Under the artistic direction of Marcel Zelmanovitch, designers from France’s most prestigious textile design schools work daily on the creation of made-to-measure rugs. For each project, the studio creates unique models designed to inhabit a particular space, based on the graphic guidelines provided.In addition to this bespoke work, the Diurne studio draws on the experience acquired through its many collaborations with the great names in interior design, and is nourished by the creativity and culture of its members. The studio’s contemporary and classic collections are designed to bring custom-made rugs back to life, while respecting their tradition and remaining in tune with the times.