Famille Summerbelle News

I should do this more often. Go to London just to party. I had a fantastic weekend with 12 girlfriends and my sisters to celebrate my (male) cousin's engagement. It was a sort of 'stag weekend' with girls! Sorry I cannot share the photos of the party ;-) instead I'll show you some great photos of street art typo by...

Our new collection Un Dimanche à Paris including fine bone China mug, birch wood tray, cotton tea towel and wallpaper is now available on our website!

Looking back, 2012 has been an amazing year. We've launched 2 new collections The Perfomers and Morning in Manhattan, a book, paper cut maps, screen prints and I enjoyed working with Issey Miyake on the World Map collection. We also had plenty of relaxing holidays in France, Copenhagen and Japan. Ophelia learnt to read and write in Franglais (French &...

This is another fun side project I've been working on lately at my mum's ceramic studio in Paris. I have also made a series of little houses, mushrooms and a snail which I will show you very soon...Vive Noël!

This year we decided to make the decoration to go on the Christmas tree. The children and I started about a month ago to make stars from clay, it became our favourite activity of rainy Sundays! Ophelia helped to shape the stars and Lucien to paint them afterwards. We added a little bit of pink and glitter, just because we...

The exhibition (and the book launch) of Famille Summerbelle and Terre et Montagne opened yesterday at Doux Dimanche (Aoyama area). We had a wonderful evening organized by the girls at the gallery. It was such a pleasure to meet many lovely people who knew about my work. My mum was also delighted to show her work for the first time...

I first visited Tokyo four years ago during our world tour travels with Simon and Ophelia (do you remember this post?!) I fell in love with this vibrant City and how welcoming Japanese people are. Four years later I come back to the same area we stayed last time (Aoyama) and to my surprised nothing has changed much. Today Coco...

This morning we woke up in a cloudy and rainy Tokyo so we decided to visit Kyoto for a couple of days before we return to Tokyo on Tuesday for the exhibition. With the bullet train Shinkanzen, Kyoto is only 2h30 away from Tokyo. This train ride is very pleasant. It is fascinating to look out the window and observe...

Kon nichi wa, hello! I am in Tokyo and very much looking forward to my week in Japan! I am traveling with my mum while Simon is at home having fun with the children (thank you Simon!). We are over to launch our latest book Be Creative with Famille Summerbelle with Edition Paumes . They have invited us to do...

Sorry for not being very active on the blog at the moment. The beginning of the month has been pretty busy with the rentrée des classes (back to school) for the children and the trade show at Maison et Objet last week. We had a great time showing all our products and our new collection. A big thank you to...

I just wanted to share with you the latest images I received from Issey Miyake, Osaka store showcasing the World Map Collection.

I've had something of a love affair with Japan ever since we visited back in 2008, so it feels extra special to be able to share this with you. We have just launched this collaboration with Issey Miyake for their Pleats Please range. It's based on my World Map design and it includes a wonderful collection of clothing and accessories....

We're in the Alps near Chamonix for few days as Simon is taking part in L'Etape du Tour this Sunday (one stage of the Tour de France) cycling 150km including 5 peaks, some as high as 2000 meters. It will be one of his biggest sport challenge to date (after London and NYC marathons) but he has been training on...

Oh yes! and it has been a pretty good one last week as well. I am very much enjoying working with a couple of creative people who are doing a project on Famille Summerbelle. Can't say much for now, but I will keep you informed before the Summer. This is a photo of the mood board in my studio. I...

Chatou is a place to the west of Paris where the Impressionists used to come and paint on the charming banks of the river Seine. Twice a year (March and September) a huge flea market La Foire à La Brocante et aux Jambons is set on the Ile des Impressionnistes. I recommend to have lunch at the nearby Maison Fournaise...

We're tucked away in the heart of the French Alps with the precise cover of snow to make the most festive atmosphere. We just returned from the centre of town where we enjoyed a little vin chaud in front of the church. Perfect! Christmas here in France is already under way as the main celebration is on the 24th December....

Aahhh the City by the Bay! It was just three years ago (almost to the day!) that we finished our three month voyage in this beautiful city. We really fell in love with the place and if we had to choose another place to live it would surely be here. My brother and his family live just outside of the...

Cointreau, cranberry juice and Prosecco was the drink of the night; the opening night of our month long residence at The Collection boutique in Le Marais, Paris. This is the first time that we have had the opportunity to feature our entire collection in a single shop, and this is not just any shop! The Collection is a reference in...

This is what we've been working on for the past 6 weeks: re-designing our website I hope you like will it...