Michel Cadestin

MICHEL CADESTIN is a French architect and designer.

1961: Graduate of the Ecole Boulle
1964: Graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.

In 1966, he began his professional career, at which time he became active member of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs. In 1970, Michel Cadestin joined TÉDA, a company specializing in interior architecture. In 1973, he took over as head of the design office, while continuing his research into living spaces and evolving furniture.

1976: Winner of the tender to design the Centre Georges Pompidou, with the “Treillis” and “+4” seating series published by TÉDA.
1983: Voted designer of the year. He is the first designer to receive this distinction.

An enthusiast of modular, inflatable and collapsible furniture in the 70s, Michel Cadestin has always sought to create design for the greatest number, functional, playful and evolutionary, applying his research into mass production to the more human realm of the home. In recent years, he has concentrated on interior architecture and building refurbishments, most recently the headquarters of Commercial Union and Armstrong in Paris, and an office building for the Victoire group.