This year, SILMO Paris has entrusted the presidency of the SILMO d’Or jury to French designer Olivier Lapidus. He will bring to this edition a fresh and boundary-pushing perspective, where contemporary design, craftsmanship, and innovation intersect with the world of optics. His presidency symbolises a desire to open up to new territories in contemporary design. A President with his eyes set on the future.

A journey in creation & innovation

Olivier Lapidus began his career at BALMAIN, before spending several years in Japan. He later became Artistic Director of the eponymous couture house LAPIDUS, then of LANVIN in 2017, before devoting himself fully to design.

More recently, he designed for DIOR a photobiomodulation mask at the crossroads of design, well-being, and technology

Throughout his career, Olivier Lapidus has consistently sought to integrate technological research into the creative process. He has imagined dresses made of optical fibres woven in jacquard with Cédric Brochier, lace with fractal patterns inspired by an exchange with Benoît Mandelbrot, microencapsulated scented textiles using natural coatings, and prints generated from coded musical structures.

These projects were often developed in collaboration with research institutions such as CEA, CNRS, or CEVA, following a transversal approach that bridges artisans, keepers of tradition, and scientific researchers.

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