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Committed exhibition “Les Bouteilles à la Mer” by William Amor, Centre Beaugrenelle, Paris XV. From 7 April to 30 June 2022. Beaugrenelle Paris, 12 rue Linois, Paris 15ème.
Committed exhibition “Les Bouteilles à la Mer” by William Amor, Centre Beaugrenelle, Paris XV. From 7 April to 30 June 2022. Beaugrenelle Paris, 12 rue Linois, Paris 15ème.
Committed exhibition “Les Bouteilles à la Mer” by William Amor, Centre Beaugrenelle, Paris XV. From 7 April to 30 June 2022. Beaugrenelle Paris, 12 rue Linois, Paris 15ème.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Creation of a bigaradier orange tree: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Creation of a bigaradier orange tree: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made from recycled materials. Oranges douces: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made from recycled materials. Oranges douces: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Creation of a bigaradier orange tree: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor for the interpretation of the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Fleurs d’orangers: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Carré Cointreau course, Angers, September 2021. Four aromatic families expressed in delicate works illustrate the olfactory richness of the Angers’ liqueur.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Creation of a bigaradier orange tree: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made of recycled materials. Roses and lavender: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor upcycling artist, the Maison Cointreau asked William Amor to interpret the aromas of its iconic orange liqueur, translated into four creations made from recycled materials. Oranges douces: plastic bottles and bags, polystyrene balls or fishing nets and ropes washed up on the beach. Installation for the Parcours du Carré Cointreau, Angers, September 2021.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Marqueterie de mégots for the operation Paris Mon Amour, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, August 2021. Collected at the Villa du Lavoir located in Paris 10, the filters of hundreds of used and abandoned cigarette butts have been cleaned and sanitized.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Marqueterie de mégots for the operation Paris Mon Amour, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, August 2021. The cellulose acetate from this small, highly polluting waste product was then dyed in green cameos in a hot pigment bath. Once dried, the fiber is reshaped and cut into small sections.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Marqueterie de mégots for the operation Paris Mon Amour, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, August 2021. William Amor then worked, these butts became ornaments with a velvet touch, in the manner of straw marquetry or featherwork. The artist placed each element one by one with precision pliers and pressure points on the fiber to obtain a mosaic like a landscape seen from the sky. Carnations made of pleated plastic bags decorate this garden; a metaphor for the cobbled streets of Paris.
William Amor, upcycling artist, exhibition at Mobilier National, May-June 2021. The exhibition “Matières à l’oeuvre, Matière à penser, Manière de faire” is extended and will open its doors to the public from May 19 to June 6.
William Amor, upcycling artist, exhibition at the Mobilier National, May-June 2021. Installed in the Galerie des Gobelins du Mobilier national as part of the Journées Européennes des Métiers d’Art 2021. This exhibition presents through materials and resources, recycled, hybridized, augmented, responsible, an anthology of creations imagined and realized by professionals of excellence in the field of crafts and living heritage.Transmission, research, creativity and eco-responsibility are the key words of this journey charged with emotions.
William Amor, upcycling artist, exhibition at the Mobilier National, May-June 2021. Installed in the Galerie des Gobelins du Mobilier national as part of the Journées Européennes des Métiers d’Art 2021. This exhibition presents through materials and resources, recycled, hybridized, augmented, responsible, an anthology of creations imagined and realized by professionals of excellence in the field of crafts and living heritage.Transmission, research, creativity and eco-responsibility are the key words of this journey charged with emotions.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral brooch in recycled organza, ICICLE, November 2020. William Amor imagines for ICICLE fashion house a collection of floral jewelry from the brand’s organza waste.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral brooch in recycled organza, ICICLE, November 2020. The artist specializing in the metamorphosis of abandoned materials expresses himself for this collaboration through ICICLE’s textile scraps from natural fibers. A noble, soft, silky and fluid material that inspires the artist to create a precious jewel with graceful flowers and powdery tones.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral brooch in recycled organza, ICICLE, November 2020. This small collection of silver brooches pays tribute to ICICLE’s natural materials and reveals the delicacy and poetry of William Amor’s creations.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral adornment for the Prestige edition of the fragrance Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose, September 2020. William Amor imagined a “floral reverie” for the House of Guerlain to sublimate the first exceptional “upcycling” MON GUERLAIN ‘Bloom of Rose’, Prestige edition, around the precious Baccarat crystal bottle. The artist has composed a custom-made upcycling ornament, a composition of flowers and leaves on a branch that adorns the quadrilobal crystal bottle.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral ornament for the Prestige edition of the fragrance Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose, September 2020. William Amor was inspired by the composition of the fragrance to create the ancient rose damascena and a variety of rosehip. Imaginary flowers, peduncles and rosebuds were added. The color of the fragrance finds a sublimated echo in the work of William Amor and its pink and red monochrome. Eco-designed with non-reclaimed materials, the flowers are created from recycled plastic bags.
William Amor, upcycling artist, creation of a floral ornament for the Prestige edition of the fragrance Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose, September 2020. A Sacre de la Nature, the fragrance Mon Guerlain Bloom of Rose Eau de Parfum has inspired William Amor, who composed a vibrant tribute to it, by choosing to magnify roses.
From September 19 to October 29, 2020, William Amor exhibition in the Guerlain boutique, space -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. Overview of the exhibition.
From September 19 to October 29, 2020, William Amor exhibition in the Guerlain boutique, space -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. Details: flowered ropes
From September 19 to October 29, 2020, William Amor exhibition in the Guerlain boutique, space -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. Details: iris & Mon Guerlain floral set, Bloom of Rose
From 19th of September to 29th of October 2020, William Amor Exhibition in the Guerlain store, floor -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. The House of Guerlain invites the artist to exhibit his creations created between 2015 and 2020.  Detail: iris.
From 19th of September to 29th of October 2020, William Amor Exhibition in the Guerlain store, floor -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. He presents his various artworks made around the ennoblement of waste collected in nature: bags, plastic bottles, rope, fishing net and cigarette butts…. Detail: iris.
From 19th of September to 29th of October 2020, William Amor Exhibition in the Guerlain store, floor -1, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris. The artist invites to discover within the House of Guerlain Champs-Elysées his dreamy and poetic universe carrying messages and meanings. Detail: iris.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store. William Amor pays tribute to the rose by the sublimation and ennoblement of plastic bags and bottles, fishing nets and ropes, coffee capsules.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store. William Amor pays tribute to the rose by the sublimation and ennoblement of plastic bags and bottles, fishing nets and ropes, coffee capsules.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store. These materials blossom into flowers in shades of intense red and pastel pink.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store. The poetry of the installation is enhanced by a rain of rose petals with crystalline rendering and powdery tones that glisten and play with the light.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Guerlain windows of 68, Champs-Elysées store. These materials blossom into flowers in shades of intense red and pastel pink.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Windows of the Guerlain 356, rue Saint-Honoré Paris store. © photo Pierre et Gilles
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Windows of the Guerlain 356, rue Saint-Honoré Paris store. © photo Pierre et Gilles
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral creation for the launching of Mon Guerlain, Bloom of Rose fragrance, March 2020. Windows of the Guerlain 356, rue Saint-Honoré Paris store. © photo Pierre et Gilles
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral installation for the RSE day “Entrée en Matières”, Chanel, January 2020. Sakura cherry tree branch: height 2,30m. with wooden base, width 1m.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral installation for the RSE day “Entrée en Matières”, Chanel, January 2020. Sakura cherry tree branch: height 2,30m. with wooden base, width 1m.
William Amor, upcycling artist, floral installation for the RSE day “Entrée en Matières”, Chanel, January 2020. Sakura cherry tree branch: height 2,30m. with wooden base, width 1m.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
William Amor, upcycling artist, January 2020. Floral research for the House of Lesage for the Chanel Haute Couture fashion show, Spring-Summer 2020. Evocation of the garden of the cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Aubazine.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world” at the Palais Brongniard of Paris. Kenzo asked William Amor to make a giant poppy field, a poetic installation of 200 flowers at the Palais Brongniard of Paris, to enhance the upcycling values.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world” at the Palais Brongniard of Paris. William Amor’s poppy presents itself as an emotion maker and eager to change the way we look at plastic pollution. A naughty plastic waste can become the most beautiful and sensual thing on earth : a pretty, fragile and graceful flower.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world” at the Palais Brongniard of Paris. More than 10 years ago, born from a poetic metamorphosis of abandoned plastic materials found in the nature, are William Amor’s Poppies.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world”, work in progress of William Amor’s poppies in recycled plastic for the presentation at the Palais Brongniard in Paris.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world”, work in progress of William Amor’s poppies in recycled plastic for the presentation at the Palais Brongniard in Paris.
April 2019. Kenzo “for a beautiful world”, work in progress of William Amor’s poppies in recycled plastic for the presentation at the Palais Brongniard in Paris.
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations.
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations. © B. Schmuck. <a href="https://williamamor.kenzoparfums-ccccontemple.com/le-coquelicot-messager/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACCESS THE E-SHOP</a>
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations. © B. Schmuck. <a href="https://williamamor.kenzoparfums-ccccontemple.com/le-coquelicot-messager/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACCESS THE E-SHOP</a>. 60 cm high by 12 to 18 cm in diameter.
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations. <a href="https://williamamor.kenzoparfums-ccccontemple.com/le-coquelicot-messager/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACCESS THE E-SHOP</a>
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations. <a href="https://williamamor.kenzoparfums-ccccontemple.com/le-coquelicot-messager/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACCESS THE E-SHOP</a>
KENZO PARFUMS X WILLIAM AMOR. From November 25 2019 to January 31 2020, KENZO PARFUMS x WILLIAM AMOR hold a poppies charity sale for the end-of-year celebrations. © B. Schmuck. <a href="https://williamamor.kenzoparfums-ccccontemple.com/le-coquelicot-messager/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACCESS THE E-SHOP</a>
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Pastoral poppies». Poppies made from recycled plastic bags, vegetal dye, pleating. © photo Richard G.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Messenger Camelias & tulips flowerbed”. Camelias made from recycled plastic bags, sailing ropes and fishing nets & tulips made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed. © photo Richard G.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Messenger Camelias & tulips flowerbed”. Camelias made from recycled plastic bags, sailing ropes and fishing nets & tulips made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed. © photo Richard G.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Pastoral poppies». Poppies made from recycled plastic bags, vegetal dye, pleating.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Messenger Camelias”. Camelias made from recycled plastic bags, sailing ropes and fishing nets.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Pochet-Company-Puzzle Party, October 2019. Creation of three floral installations at the Monaco Fairmont Hotel, «Tulips flowerbed”. Tulips made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed.
William Amor, upcycling artist, artistic floral installation, January 2020. Flowers made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed.
William Amor, upcycling artist, artistic floral installation, January 2020. Flowers made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed.
William Amor, upcycling artist, artistic floral installation, January 2020. Flowers made from sculpted plastic bottles lightly dyed.
William Amor, upcycling artist, received the Talent Emergent price as part of the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris 2019. © Emilie Chaix
William Amor, upcycling artist, received the Talent Emergent price as part of the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris 2019. Mimosa : Butts upcycling de mégots, synthetic fiber, cellulose acetate.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019.  Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation. 2.50 m high by 90 cm diameter.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, Grand Palais, Paris, May 2019. Suspended installation
May 2019. Initiated by Ateliers d’Art de France since 2013, Révélations is the international fine craft and creation appointment not to be missed. For its 4th edition, Révélations, takes place at the Grand Palais in Paris from 23rd to 26th May 2019. On Saturday 25th May, the Auction House Drouot Estimations, Côme Remy, 20th Century arts & crafts expert, and Charlotte du Vivier-Lebrun, consultant for contemporary ceramic, will present the “Material & Manner” auction, dedicated to contemporary decorative arts.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, may 2019. For the 4th year of Revelations fair, the international biennale of fine craft and contemporary creation, driven by the French Ateliers d’Art, takes place in the Grand Palais’s Nef from may the 23th to the 26th. On Saturday the 25th of May, for the auction house Drouot Estimations, Côme Remy, 20th century and contemporary Decorative Art expert and Charlotte du Vivier-Lebrun, Contemporary Ceramics consultant, introduce the auction “Manière et Matière”, dedicated to contemporary Decorative Art.
May 2019. Auction Sale “Material & Manner” in Drouot Estimations Paris. On this occasion, WIlliam Amor upcycling artist presents two works from the “Clematis Petroliferus Peach Blossom” edition, pleated clematis rods and beaded in recycled plastic bags and stabilized Parisian plane tree branch.
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, may 2019. “Manière et Matière” Drouot auction
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, may 2019. “Manière et Matière” Drouot auction
William Amor, upcycling artist, Revelations fair, may 2019. “Manière et Matière” Drouot auction
April 2019 – Milan Design Week. William Amor creates an installation for the exhibition Ro Plastic-Master’s Pieces under the direction of Rossana Orlandi at the Railway Pavilion of the Museo Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan.
April 2019 – Milan Design Week. William Amor is part of Ro Plastic-Master’s Pieces, curated by Rossana Orlandi, features 29 exceptional pieces in recycled plastic designed by world-renowned artists, designers and architects.
April 2019. Milan Design Week. William Amor is part of Ro Plastic-Master’s Pieces, curated by Rossana Orlandi, from 6th to 14th April 2019 at hte Milan Railway Pavilion du Museo Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci.
April 2019. GUILTLESS PLASTIC – Ro PRIZE – ROSSANA ORLANDI – Milan Design Week.
William Amor’s plastic flower selected by Rossana Orlandi. “Guiltlessplastic”
April 2019. GUILTLESS PLASTIC – Ro PRIZE – ROSSANA ORLANDI – Milan Design Week. The Guiltless plastic project has a mission to
involve the design world to give new life to used plastic, exploring its endless possibilities
of transformation.
April 2019. GUILTLESS PLASTIC – Ro PRIZE – ROSSANA ORLANDI – Milan Design Week. William Amor is part of the 82 finalists will be exhibited in the Rossana Orlandi spaces from April 8th to 14th.
2017 – MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS, Paris – Installation ‘Jardin de Granville’ – Window installation in the boutique.
“Granville’s Garden”, Bouquet of Rosa Antica Plasticae Flowers  2017. Upcycling artist.
“Granville’s Garden”, Bouquet of Rosa Antica Plasticae Flowers  2017. Upcycling artist.
“Granville’s Garden”, Bouquet of Rosa Antica Plasticae Flowers  2017. Upcycling artist.
The Hapiness Bouquet, 2017. Musée des Arts Decoratifs’ Windows in Paris for the exhibition Christian Dior, 2017. Upcycling artist.
The Hapiness Bouquet, 2017. Musée des Arts Decoratifs’ Windows in Paris for the exhibition Christian Dior, 2017. Upcycling artist.
January 2019. During the Paris Fashion Week, William Amor reveals its new creation “Clematis Rosea Plasticae”, flower signature for the fragrance Eve & Daphnee, a flower mostly created with plastic materials. Upcycling artist.
January 2019. “Clematis Rosea Plasticae”, the Eve & Daphnee booth is settled at the Tranoi “Only At” space, on the first floor of the Galerie Lafayette Paris until 4th February 2019. Upcycling artist.
January 2019. “Clematis Rosea Plasticae”, the Eve & Daphnee booth is settled at the Tranoi “Only At” space, on the first floor of the Galerie Lafayette Paris until 4th February 2019.  Upcycling artist.
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