Ref: Art & Industrie, 1951 by Waldemar George SUMMARY: Madame Charlotte Perriand, one of the leaders of the U.A.M. Group and the French Department at the Milan Triennial Exhibition, stated during a press conference that our furniture section was largely entrusted to a decorator who is a “specialist in storage
February 2022
Without even knowing it, many have walked the floors of places conceived by this decorating genius from the 60s to the 80s.
Journey of a visionary.
December 2021
Born in 1920, Wiatscheslav Vassiliev, known as Slavik, was entrusted with the aesthetic direction of the Publicis group by its CEO Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1954. A Russian émigré who studied at the School of Decorative Arts and IDHEC, Slavik designed the Champs-Élysées and then the Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with their
November 2021
Far from being merely the iconic fashion photographer of the 1960s and 1970s, he is also a painter, graphic designer and art director, and has just contributed to a book on Slavik, a portrait of a 90-year-old young man
December 2021
Nostalgia is not what it used to be! Where have the Drugstore Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the one on the Champs-Élysées, and the Pub Renault gone, whose spaces designed by Slavik are revered by all design fans?
December 2021
TO RESCUE HIM FROM OBLIVION.
This is how the project for this monograph dedicated to decorator Slavik came to life, shortly after his death in 2014
December 2021
An enthralling work that pays a well-deserved tribute to Wiatscheslav Vassiliev, known as Slavik (1920-2014), a decorator of genius. His poetic and commercial creations left their mark on Parisian life, from Galeries Lafayette to Publicis drugstores, as well as numerous restaurants, pubs, and nightclubs.
December 2021
Who said that Decorative Arts were not truly art? Through Slavik’s personal and professional life, it is in fact the history of design in 1970s Paris that is subtly revealed.
December 2021
Slavik? A distant, curious, dated name. His Wikipedia entry exists—brief, unadorned. Born Wiatscheslav Vassiliev in 1920 in Tallinn, this distinguished-looking gentleman nevertheless imagined countless places and objects that transformed our habits
