Ethics

Ame Editions Manufacturées is a brand that claims a slow approach. The collections will gradually be enriched with other pieces of furniture and decorative objects in order to develop the vocabulary of its living universe with the intention of cultivating sustainable and timeless objects. 

 

Craftsmanship and manufacturing 

In Ame Editions Manufacturées' partner workshops, craftsmen bring their expertise to bear. Goldsmiths in working with metal, wood and stone, they innovate to push back the limits of technical issues. 

 

Raw materials 

With Ame Editions Manufacturées, material is often used as close as possible to its raw reality and fundamental qualities: natural shine or roughness, relief, natural hue, density, transparency, are all elements of inspiration before any further sophistication of transformation.


Our commitments

 

We dream of a beautiful and healthy world, which is why we create with sustainable and recyclable materials in a responsible approach.

There are several reasons why we prefer to work with manufacturers in France or neighbouring Europe:

.their know-how, an exceptional heritage.

. their proximity, to reduce the impact of transport.

. their eco-responsibility and CSR programs.

 

We give priority to local natural materials, sourced close to the craftsmen who work them.

Alabaster comes from quarries only a few kilometers from our cutters.

The wood comes from French hardwood forests and the craftsmen are based in France.

We use no plastics in the manufacture of our products.

Packaging is made from recycled materials.

    The Designer

 

With Ame Editions Manufacturées and through the creation of everyday objects, Julie Schouvey creates a universe that questions as much as it soothes. A space she subtly interrogates through her research into themes of balance, asymmetry, harmony and dissonance between volumes, materials, colors, contrasts and textures, time and spatiality, and paradoxes.

These objects of character are not just decorative. Comfortable and warm, they blend into the architectural space of a place, adding a subtle distortion that invites reflection.

Awakened since childhood to the beauty of nature and an epicurean art of living, nourished by inspirations such as art, fashion, design and architecture, graphic design, exoticism, and Provence, the land of her childhood, she cultivates her curiosity.

Her studies took her to a Master's degree at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Paris ENSAD, where she studied design, fashion and space, then to business school at ISC Paris, where she completed an MBA in luxury industry management.

For many years, in the world of fashion and design, she created textiles and embroidery for Christian Lacroix Haute Couture, then developed her own brand Julie Schouvey, Histoires Tactiles ready-to-wear for women, then jewelry. She then went on to work on various projects for independent cinema and design brands such as Spécimen Editions, as well as for haute joaillerie or luxury goods houses such as Miroir Brot, where she is committed to defending heritage and know-how.

   Fascinated by the creation and development of projects, she decided to give life to design collections and created Ame Editions Manufacturées. A style and objects are created, and encounters are forged. The search for timeless beauty, comforting and comfortable, that creates stories and gives meaning. A relentless quest to find the craftsmen who will give birth to demanding objects filled with sensitivity.

 

What does

Ame Editions Manufacturées?

 

“Why create an object?

Is it worth creating?

Is it useful, beautiful, necessary, essential?

 

French word “Ame” means soul, the soul is the essence of a thing, what it remains outside of all materiality.

I'd like my objects to embody this essence, to represent the poetic gesture, the philosophical thought, the ingenuity of the creative act mingling with the technical and sensitive manual gestures of craftsmen.

May they be passed down through time and memory.” Julie Schouvey