Consider time as a material.
Do not seek to do more. Seek to do what is right.
Work with living material — existing, evolving, becoming.
Understand materials. Recognise their memory, their resistance, their direction.
Let material define a rhythm, a limit, a path.
Listen. Respond through gesture. Transform with measure.
Create without erasing the past. Extend rather than correct.
Refuse effect. Refuse demonstration. Refuse violence.
Let each piece emerge from a meeting: a singular material, a precise eye,
a minimal gesture, a long time.
Allow beauty to arise from balance. Between respect, intuition, and responsibility.
Protect what deserves to last: materials, gestures, knowledge, temporalities.
Accept rarity as a consequence.
Produce less. Produce slowly. Produce consciously.
Explore. Collect. Reveal.
Source as much as create.
manifesto
An eye trained to recognise what carries presence.
Working with what exists.
Transforming only where necessary.
Marie-Amélie Poisson develops a practice grounded in material,
time, and attention.
Her work begins with what already exists. A material,
an object, a fragment.
She observes, selects, engages only where necessary.
Transformation is minimal. The gesture is precise.
Trained through years of looking, travelling, and working alongside craftsmen, her eye recognises what carries presence.
Not as a matter of taste, but of perception shaped by experience,
memory, and contact with material.
Her trajectory, from Kenzo to Hermès and Liaigre, has formed
a position that moves across sourcing, direction, and creation.
A hybrid practice, resistant to fixed definitions.
At the centre: living material. Not as a concept, but as a condition.
It sets the rhythm, defines the limits, calls for the right gesture.
Marie-Amélie Poisson develops object universes rather
than isolated pieces.
Systems where sourcing and creation coexist, where objects are extended rather than replaced, and where time is considered as a material.
Her work is guided by restraint, responsibility, and continuity.
Nothing is forced. Nothing is overstated.
Practice
Marie-Amélie Poisson operates across
sourcing, direction, and creation.
Not as separate services, but as a continuous
way of working — guided by a trained eye, selecting, assembling, and developing object systems with precision.
Each axis can be engaged independently
or in dialogue, depending on the context.
Artistic Direction / Object & Interior Universes
Developing coherent object worlds for brands, spaces, and projects. Defining a language. Establishing relationships between materials, forms, and uses. Ensuring consistency across objects, environments, and time.
Sourcing / Materials & Objects
Identifying materials, objects, and craftsmen
with presence.
A process grounded in observation, travel,
and deep material knowledge, supported by
a trusted network of artisans and workshops.
Selection is guided by accuracy, not accumulation.
Creation / Design
MAP turns to designing when necessary
— or when called by the material.
Working from existing materials or developing new forms through minimal, controlled intervention, in close collaboration with
skilled makers. Transformation is measured.
The gesture remains essential.
Creating without erasing.
Extending rather than replacing.
Ethos
Marie-Amélie Poisson’s work is grounded
in a responsibility toward materials, gestures, and those who shape them.
Her practice is rooted in a close, ongoing dialogue with a network of craftsmen, artisans, and workshops selected
for the precision of their work
and the integrity of their knowledge.
Nothing is treated as neutral.
Each decision engages material, time,
and use. She works with what exists
— sourcing materials and objects
that carry history, favouring
transformation over replacement.
When possible, she reuses, reactivates,
and extends.
Each project is approached as a singular composition. Materials, gestures,
and uses are considered with care,
and developed with precision.
Ancient techniques, contemporary contexts.
These forms of knowledge are not preserved:
they remain active, evolving through
each collaboration.
To make less, but make it last.
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Living Material
Living material sits at the centre of everything: a starting point, a guide, a constraint, an opportunity. It holds memory, density, fatigue, light.
It is treated as a living presence, never as a neutral support. It sets its rhythm, calls for a gesture, defines the nature of its transformation.
It carries history: weight, resistance, patina, memory. It leads the hand. At times, it resists.
It is never forced, only invited into conversation.
Material speaks. MAP responds.
EDITION
inStinct
SELECTION
Marie-Amélie Poisson: Sourcing Beauty. Working with Living Material.
MAP has an eye. She knows.
Intuition is a working tool: precise, trained through the senses.
MAP recognizes what carries presence: an object, a material, a fragment. Not instinct as impulse,
but perception shaped by experience: seeing, touching, travelling, observing. A detail. A tension.
A light. An angle. No search. Recognition.
Here, intuition is a form of expertise — not an addition, not a mood.
A precise tool.
We also enjoy sourcing for you.
Don't hesitate to let us know what you're looking for.
Vintage Castiglioni style suspension.
Electrification redone.
Unique piece. Price upon request.
© Guillaume Delmas
Ceramic vase.
One of a kind piece. Price upon request.
© Yasha Butler
Ceramic object.
One of a kind piece. Price upon request.
© Toni de Jesus
Doorstop made from offcuts of marble and leather.
Inspired by the Faraglioni cliffs in Capri.
Limited edition – made to order. Price upon request.
© Guillaume Delmas
Propositions
Propositions
Propositions
The agency is primarily directed to fashion houses, studios and brands,
as well as interior designers and,
on limited occasions, to private clients.
It offers the following services:
Consulting / Artistic Direction for home accessories,
Sourcing for interior design projects,
and Design / Object Creation
The agency acts as a S O C I E T E A M I S S I O N (purpose driven business) whose Raison d’être (reason for being) is:
To search, experiment, select and offer — as well as to create — interior design materials, accessories and one-of-a-kind pieces
of the highest quality out of a concern for sustainability, all this in an independent, sincere and demanding manner;
To set them up and make them blend in the private or professional space by fostering human relations through encounters,
passion and the excellence of artisanal handiwork;
To give value to the craftsmanship of art trades and artisans, both traditional and contemporary, who work in a sustainable
way and care to preserve our environment and our natural resources.
The Missions to reach these goals are:
To favor the sourcing of fine, enduring, natural materials that have been procured locally.
To favor local sourcing for accessories and one-of-a-kind pieces.
To favor sustainable artisanal manufacturing that makes an optimal use of the material.
To favor designing from material scraps rather than from an original abstract concept.
To help carry on exceptional craft skills.
© Amaury Laparra
© Amaury Laparra
© Amaury Laparra
The studio is tucked away in a small courtyard, sheltered from the bustle of Place de la Madeleine.
A former workshop left abandoned, we have reimagined it as a discreet, peaceful and vibrant creative studio.
Working independently and occasionally in collaboration, we bring this space to life through our projects, research, drawings, and the visits of our clients and partner artisans,
Marie-Amélie Poisson (sourcing, design and creative direction)
Charlotte Besson-Oberlin Dix9mai (furniture and interior design)
Eve von Romberg (furniture and interior design)
