The company

Why we build a surface
that asks to be forgotten.

Why we went back to ink, and the people who did it.

A palace lobby is the work of years. An architect chose the stone, a designer chose the light, someone spent a season on the exact warmth of the lamps. Then a bright panel is fixed to the wall, and in one evening the atmosphere is gone. The very thing meant to serve the place is what breaks it.

We kept meeting that contradiction, in hotels, in boutiques, in galleries. The demand was never for another lit panel. It was for a surface that could change its mind without changing the room. Nobody was building it, because the industry had settled on making light brighter rather than making it unnecessary.

So we went back to ink. Ink does not shine, it sits. It holds without power, it reads at any angle, it ages like paper. Give it an electric signal and it becomes responsive. Frame it in solid wood and it becomes architecture. That is the whole company: a piece that hangs like a print, updates like software, and is never the loudest thing in the room.

The founders

Three people, one object.

Portrait of Angie Defiolle

Angie Defiolle

Chief Executive Officer

Founder and engineer: web, firmware and electronics. The object exists because he built it. Seven years and more leading engineering teams in luxury e-commerce.

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Nicolas Gallois

COO and Head of Sales

Industrial engineering and supply chain expertise, with sales and operations leadership. Fifteen years and more in luxury and hospitality.

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Portrait of Martin Lebettre

Martin Lebettre

Chief Design and Brand Officer

Product and experience design, brand strategy, marketing and communication. Ten years and more building luxury brand ecosystems.

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