Collectively design a plant-based set on the scale of a small theater stage, drawing inspiration from the campus environment, in an approach that is simultaneously artistic, narrative, and ecological.
Participants will experience all the stages of creating a scenographic project: research, design, prototyping, and production, incorporating the values dear to Soline d'Aboville: poetry, simplicity, sustainability, and collective creativity.
At the end of the training, the trainee will be able to:
This training offers an immersion into Soline d’Aboville’s creative process, which combines artistic rigor and ecological awareness. Through a sensitive approach to decor, participants are invited to explore a scenography that emphasizes simplicity, emotion, and attention to materials.
Paper, a recyclable, lightweight, and poetic material, becomes the primary medium for experimentation, alongside other recycled materials or natural elements. Every gesture, every choice, is part of a responsible and thoughtful creative process.
Learning is primarily hands-on, in a stimulating setting, in direct contact with the environment. Observation of the surrounding living world becomes a source of inspiration, the starting point for a collectively conceived project.
The final decor, designed for a real-life location on campus, is rooted in everyday life while opening a window onto the imagination. Ephemeral yet impactful, it is designed to be experienced, shared, and to convey a vision of the world that is at once poetic, committed, and contemporary.
Morning
Participant Introductions
Introduction of the Instructor
General Presentation of the Paper
Afternoon
Analysis of the Restitution Site
Development of a Joint Project
Morning
Outdoor Observation Session
Sketches, Photos
Afternoon
Exercises
Small-Format Experimentation
Sketches, Model
Day 3: Project
Morning
Sharing of Feedback
Project Finalization
Afternoon
Set Creation
Morning and Afternoon
Set Creation and Installation
Morning
Finishing Finishes
Afternoon
Photos and Sharing of the Installation
Experience Review
Teardown
A set designer, stage designer, and staging specialist for the world's leading luxury brands, Soline d’Aboville is renowned for her ability to tell stories through objects and spaces.
Passionate about the world of decor, she imagines temporary installations as visual and emotional experiences, where poetry meets precision, and imagination is part of a clear narrative rooted in current events.
A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (ENSAD), she began her career with Cartier before designing Louis Vuitton's iconic window displays around the world for five years. She then continued her career with Dior Couture, always bringing the same high standards of creativity and refinement.
In 2008, she founded Manymany, a creative studio dedicated to event scenography, set design, and window display creation. A true laboratory of ideas, Manymany allows her to explore a variety of formats and experiment with new visual languages.
With 20 years of experience working for the biggest fashion and luxury brands, Soline now places the ecological challenges of her profession at the heart of her projects. Choosing low-polluting materials, recycling decor, promoting short supply chains, and drawing on rare expertise are just some of the avenues she explores to create fair, beautiful, and responsible projects.
Since 2010, paper has become a preferred material for the studio. Lightweight, recyclable, accessible, and poetic, it addresses environmental issues while offering an infinite range of creative possibilities. Thanks to the integration of a large-format cutting machine, the studio continues to explore the expressiveness and scenographic potential of this simple yet noble material on a daily basis.
Soline d'Aboville sees her profession as both humble and spectacular:
"From my work as a scenographer, experience has taught me that designing a temporary installation requires a great deal of humility, flexibility, and creativity. But like fireworks, this installation must shine, and the exercise consists of constantly renewing oneself. I dream up the projects. This initial dream is a founding element. It's what triggers the creative vision; it's the starting point for the race against time that often begins before the final note is played."
Each project carries its own identity, but all share a common signature: a love of detail, the power of light, the play of mirrors, the constant return to nature, the work of color and sound, and this quest for a form of sophisticated simplicity. Everything comes together to create a sense of wonder and offer an experience.
Price(s) including the cost of training, accommodation and full board, materials and personal protective equipment.
