Crasset, Matali

French designer Matali Crasset was born in 1965 near Châlons-en-Champagne. She graduated from Ecole nationale supérieure de création industrielle - Les Ateliers in Paris. Before launching her own studio in 1998, Crasset spent five years working for Philippe Starck, first in his studio and later as head of design at Thomson Multimedia. In 1997, the city of Paris awarded her the Grand Prix du Design.

Crasset has also collaborated with the artist Peter Halley for an exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris. Some of her recent major projects include design for the Hi-Hôtel in Nice, as well as for the temporary site of the Stedelijk Museum's–Hertogenbosch.