Presentation
Exhibition of 10 young interior designers, finalists in the Design Parade Toulon Festival, a major annual event organized by Villa Noailles. The designers' task is to create the room of their dreams, on the theme of the Mediterranean.
The Design Parade Festival presents 10 young interior designers competing for the Grand Prix Design Parade Toulon Van Cleef & Arpels, the Prix Visual Merchandising de CHANEL, the Prix du Mobilier national and the Prix du public, city of Toulon.
The exhibitions of the 10 competing interior designers, finalists 2025, are at the heart of the festival, gathered in the historic city center, within the former bishop's palace of Toulon, at 69 cours Lafayette, and are open to visitors (free of charge) all summer until November 1, 2025.
The 2025 finalists:
> Pierre Bourré and Margaux Dinam (France)
> Raphaël Boursier Desvignes (France)
> Malo Gagliardini (France)
> Marie Gastini (France)
> Pauline Labarthe (France)
> Magali Lamoureux and Johanne Riachi (France)
> Raphaëlle Lhullier and Margaux Padrutt (France)
> Ania Martchenko and Antonin Simon Giraudet (France)
> Joseph Melka and Balthazar Auguste-Dormeuil (France - United States)
> Thomas Takada (France).
++++ 2025 competition results:
> Grand Prix Design Parade Toulon Van Cleef & Arpels awarded to Thomas Takada.
> CHANEL Visual Merchandising Prize awarded to Thomas Takada.
> Mobilier national prize awarded to Malo Gagliardini.
> Toulon Public Prize awarded to Magali Lamoureux and Johanne Riachi.
+ > Villa Swagatam Endowment Partnership X Aequo: Marie Gastini. ++++
Other exhibitions at the Ancien Evêché:
> Harry Nuriev, President of the Design Parade Toulon 2025 jury - "The Transformist Apartment".
> Willie Morlon, Grand Jury Prize Van Cleef & Arpels 2024 - "Wunder Haus".
> Romain Joly and Lisa Bravi, Visual Merchandising Prize awarded by Chanel 2024 - "État des Lieux" (State of the Places)
> Anaïs Fernon, Prix du Mobilier National 2024 - "Matières sensibles, résonances publiques" (Sensitive materials, public resonance)
> Maison Delisle - "Delisle 130 ans: L'excellence en héritage, la lumière en signature" (Delisle 130 years: Excellence as heritage, light as signature)
> le19M, Ornementa
> Jean-Baptiste Fastrez x Monoprix x villa Noailles - "Chroma
Guided tours of exhibitions at the Ancien Evêché: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am and 3pm. Free admission. No reservation required.
Other exhibitions linked to Design Parade 2025:
> HÔTEL DES ARTS TPM, Bd Leclerc
Petits mondes. A century of design for children". The exhibition, co-organized by the Centre Pompidou, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques and the Mobilier National, explores the world of childhood, where furniture, toys, decorative objects and illustrated books stimulate imagination and creativity, fostering children's personal development.
> ESADTPM, Galerie de l'École, 18 rue Chevalier Paul
"Panser, Repenser..." duo exhibition of work by Phyllis Januel and Lilou Qvistgaard, 2025 graduates of the DNA (Licence) Design program.