The Center for Luxury and Creation has just announced the nominees for the 2026 Talents du Luxe, to be held during the Luxury and Creation Summit, of which Luxus Plus is once again a partner on June 23. This 23rd edition promises the (re)discovery of young designers and established Houses such as the jeweler Mellerio, the design firm Fornasetti, and Ateliers Berger, a designer of luxury store windows.
On April 13, the Center for Luxury and Creation unveiled the 43 nominees for the 2026 Luxury Talents, an awards ceremony designed as the highlight of the Luxury and Creation Summit, scheduled for June 23.
Since 2002, the Center for Luxury and Creation has annually honored nine fundamental values that shape the daily lives of luxury creators and entrepreneurs, namely: audacity, well-being, elegance, harmony, innovation, invention, seduction, rarity, and originality. To this is added a tenth value, which is central to the success of any business and particularly to the pursuit of excellence: management.
This new edition will thus conclude a Luxury Summit whose theme will be “Understanding What Makes Luxury Valuable Today: The Invisible That Matters”. This concept of value creation will be explored in three parts: the art of selling in the luxury sector: creating value beyond price; when luxury transcends the product: its societal and cultural role; between tradition and disruption: building the value of tomorrow’s luxury.
Talented creators and entrepreneurs
Over the course of 22 editions, the Luxury and Creation Summit has welcomed nearly 6,700 participants and no fewer than 490 speakers, representing some twenty nationalities.
Thus, Jacques Carles, President of the Center for Luxury and Creation, invites you to meet the winners of the Luxury Talents awards from yesterday and today. These “luxury creators and entrepreneurs—winners and nominees—living examples of the arts and crafts, leather goods, lifestyle, fine watchmaking, architecture, and design—will come” to “share their insights and plans for the future.”
This year, the Talents du Luxe will honor young creators such as paper sculptor Pauline Faure, fashion designer Steven Passaro, Parisian Indian-born master jeweler Surya Mathew, designer Julien Ross, bootmaker Pierre-Baptiste L’Hospital, embroidery artisan Laetitia Baqué, and fashion and textile designer Victor Molinié.
Some big names will also be represented, such as Empress Eugénie’s favorite jeweler, Mellerio, known as Meller, whose house was founded in 1613, the Fornasetti design studio, and Domaine Bourdy, a Jura wine estate established in 1579 in Arlay.
Complete list
Talent of Audacity
Clotilde Davenne, winemaker – Domaine Clotilde Davenne
Pauline Faure, paper sculptor
Satta Matturi, Artistic Director – Matturi Fine Jewellery Limited
Nathalie Seiller Dejean – straw jeweler
Talent of Well-being
Clotilde Ancarani, sculptor
Caroline Besse, decorative painter
Olivier Bon, co-founder – Expérimental
Alain Mailland, sculptor – wood turner
Surya Mathew – master jeweler
Talent of Elegance
Ariane Berger, managing director – Ateliers Berger
Rinaldo Invernizzi, president – Barovier & Toso
Juliette Morel, Founder – President – Atelier Legeste (High-End Featherwork)
Nathalie Rolland-Huckel, lacquer artist and President of the Federation of Arts and Crafts of Alsace
Aldo Vitali, Nicola Vitali, master silversmith – Designer Vitali
Talent of Harmony
Eric Bonte, master glassmaker – France Vitrail International
Véronique de Soultrait, designer – Atelier Véronique de Soultrait
Steven Passaro, fashion designer
Julien Roos, designer
Talent of Innovation
Erwan Boulloud, sculptor-designer
Pierre Couque, deputy director – Spie batignolles emPrinte
Clara Hardy, executive designer – Sericyne
David Rosenblum, gilder and leatherworker – Atelier Bettenfeld-Rosenblum
Matteo Stauffacher, enamel artisan and designer – Atelier Stauffacher
Talent in Invention
Laetitia Baqué, Victor Molinié, embroidery artisan; fashion and textile designer – Baqué Molinié
Romain Cieutat, director – Monoburo
Marine Coré-Baillais, Founder – La Pâtisserie Numérique
Michel Fesquet, Artist-Engineer – LiveHorn
Talent of Originality
Jean-Brieuc Chevalier, Cabinetmaker – Jean-Brieuc Chevalier
Delphine Dénéréaz, visual artist – Collectif Monstera
Barnaba Fornasetti, entrepreneur – Fornasetti
Géraldine Gonzales, artist
Talent of Rarity
Leonardo Frigo, artist and globe maker
Olivier Juteau, master glassmaker
Pierre-Baptiste L’Hospital, bootmaker – Arpent
Régis Mathieu, Inès Mathieu, CEO; International Account Manager – Mathieu Lustrerie International
Talent of Seduction
Dimitri Bez, watch designer – Exho
Patricia Esnault, women’s lingerie designer – Apodesme
Epona Li, jeweler and goldsmith – Epona Smith
Vincent Michel, jeweler – Joaillerie Vincent Michel SA
Management Talent
Ruben Abitbol, Yves Abitbol, General Manager; President – My Agency
Jacques Bordier, Pascal Dupenloup, Anaïs Bordier, Chairman of the Supervisory Board; CEO; Brand Manager & Board Member – Manufacture Jean Rousseau
Laura Bourdy, winemaker, Domaine Bourdy
Laure-Isabelle Mellerio, Chairwoman and Artistic Director – Mellerio
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Featured Photo: Academic sword of Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank and president of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, crafted by Mellerio © Mellerio
