Maison Valérian
French porcelain, given a house identity built on restraint.
Category
Porcelain · Concept
Year
2026
Services
Concept · Brand identity · World building · Packaging · Print · Catalogue · Website · Product art direction
The story
The art of setting a table for someone you love.
A porcelain house built on one belief: the vessel matters as much as what it holds. At its heart sits Obaatan Awaamu, the West African Adinkra symbol of a mother’s embrace — warmth, comfort and care.
From that symbol grew a whole world: a palette fired by heat and time, Fedrigoni papers, packaging, a catalogue, a website, and eight collections where porcelain, glass and gold each tell their own story.
I
The Embrace
The Obaatan Awaamu symbol and the logo. The Firing Palette: Tobago, Worn White, Bitter Black, Velvety Cream. Colours earned in the kiln, specified on Fedrigoni papers.
II
Before a Word Is Spoken
The business card: the first touch of the brand, placed on a plate. The care card: the preserving ritual.
III
A Home for the Service
Packaging that is a home for the dinner service, from the first use to long after the last. Ivory satin dust bags for the quiet between uses.
IV
The Printed House
A catalogue that is a luxury object in its own right. A website on a bone background, where the porcelain takes the stage.
V
Eight Tables
Eight collections, from La Blessure’s driftwood sealed in gold to Brisure’s deliberate fracture.
La Blessure
Driftwood and porcelain, sealed with gold.
La Soufflée
Opalescent hand-blown glass. The breath of the maker made permanent.
Le Prisme
Cut crystal catching daylight and distributing it freely.
Lumière
A single gold rim. Nothing else needed.
Jardin d'Hiver
White-on-white botanical relief. Luxury that whispers.
Provençale
A scalloped edge for long lunches that quietly turn into evenings.
Cicatrice
The crack is a history preserved in gold.
Brisure
The deliberate fracture. Beauty without the need for symmetry.
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