Lionel Jadot is a Belgian designer, interior architect, artist and filmmaker. His work is characterised by its variety, its playfulness and was a forerunner in the reuse of materials. Lionel Jadot embodies the upcycling spirit and pushes its boundaries. His latest pieces of furniture are made of old VHS, gigantic stones or discarded fabrics.
Recently, the designer and his team, Atelier Lionel Jadot, have been praised for the renovation of the Royale Belge former headquarter, now called the “Mix”, in Brussels. They notably designed its hotel and food market, in collaboration with many Belgian designers and craftspeople.
Lionel Jadot is also the founder of Zaventem Atelier. Located in an old factory, the place brings together artists’ studios and enables them to work in a spirit of emulation and collaboration. Its members regularly take part in group exhibitions and design fairs together.
Lionel Jadot is showcasing his Inventaire chair at Augusta. Originally designed for a play, it has recently been re-edited by Sonian. This chair, made from local fallen wood, is in line with the designer’s penchant for recycling and transforming materials.
Designed by Lionel Jadot, the Inventaire chair is one of the emblematic elements of Fox, the food market located at the heart of Mix, the mega renovation project coordinated by Lionel Jadot in Brussels. For this re-edition of his chair, the designer chose to use wood from the Forêt de Soignes sourced by Sonian. The woodworking studio now produces a limited series of 299 copies of the chair in its Brussels workshop.
It’s a collaboration that’s close to Lionel Jadot’s heart: his work, in both design and interior architecture, is linked to the re-use and diversion of materials. Sonian’s philosophy was a perfect match for the Mix project, which is located on the edge of the Forêt de Soignes and has mobilised a large number of local designers and craftsmen.
The Inventaire chair has a geometric, raw and minimal appearance that matches the effect sought by Lionel Jadot when he created it for a revival of the play Inventaires by French playwright Philippe Minyana. The set design for the play, in which three women take stock of their lives, revolves around three chairs in a minimalist decor.