Special Editions by Luca Marchetti – José Lévy

For the third installment of Special Editions, Luca Marchetti invites designer and artist José Lévy for a discussion on his transdisciplinary approach to objects. While fashion was the matrix of his practice starting in 1990, his work then took flight towards a 360° design approach, encompassing furniture, crystal creation, interior design, fountains, tatami sculpture, Japanese paper, and even a limited collection for Monoprix… culminating in his appointment as Creative Director of the French Pavilion for the Osaka 2025 exhibition.

Special Editions is a series of events dedicated to objects and books. At the intersection of design and publishing, Special Editions questions the status of works and objects that occupy a special place in the lives of creatives, authors.

Is there a story behind the object? What is the personal narrative, the emotion, the feeling behind the words, the lines, the forms? What does the book say about its author? What does the object say about the person who created it? And what, in turn, do the creator say about their object and the author about their book? What else do they say about those who collect them, appreciate them?

To find out, Luca Marchetti proposes through Special Editions a series of meetings for those who love slow time and intimate correspondences. The object is at the service of meaning in a conversation of another kind, at once escape, experience, entertainment and communion.