Eric: An Art Director’s Vision in the Textile Industry
Graphic designer and creative director, Eric is a pivotal figure in the world of visual communication. With a career spanning several decades, he has worked with prestigious brands like Salomon, Adidas Cycling, Mavic, Solvay, Eiffage, and Vinci, offering his expertise to high-profile international creative projects. His work is consistently distinguished by a unique aesthetic vision that combines innovation with functionality. After successfully leading his agency PopMachine, Eric Clapot embarked on a new venture in 2024 by launching Chapelle Sixty, a brand of t-shirts featuring clean, creative, and timeless designs. This initiative perfectly mirrors his drive to blend his passion for design with his commitment to responsible production. Eric has created more than just a clothing brand; he offers an artistic vision of fashion, where each garment tells a story of an era and an identity without compromise.
L7: The Experience and Passion of a Seasoned Textile Designer
Lucette’s graphic world is fueled by pop culture: cinema, music, fashion, with a particular fondness for comics, especially the erotic genre. Trained in textiles, she has been a designer for over 35 years and enjoys branching out into more personal projects when the opportunity arises: illustrating a children’s book or a deck of cards, creating logos, collaborating with a performance company on their costumes. Above all, Lucette has always loved to imagine, create, and wear her own t-shirts. So, with great enthusiasm, she accepted Eric’s offer to participate in the exciting Chapelle-Sixty project.
Maxime: A Bold Career Shift for a Distinctive and Original Style
An audiovisual journalist for twenty years, Maxime Biosse Duplan recently ventured into the art world. A complete turnaround? Not quite. Searching, selecting, and assembling to build a narrative: the parallels between a journalist’s tasks and those of a collage artist are evident. With simple, traditional tools—scissors, scalpel, glue—Hyperchrome crafts surreal and poetic images in a studio near Sathonay Square. His cherished iconography comes from vintage books and magazines, from which he extracts fragments and textures. Lost remnants of the past are rediscovered, weaving a new story. Manual collage is a technique he has been practicing for several years, and hunting for new papers as raw material is one of his favorite activities. Hyperchrome favors vintage printed materials—magazines from the 1950s, even older heliogravures and autochromes. His aim is to create images that inspire dreams, travel, and sometimes a smile, bridging art and design.
