Ionna Vautrin

Ionna Vautrin
Born (1979-10-23) 23 October 1979
Hennebont
EducationÉcole de design Nantes Atlantique
Awards
Websiteionnavautrin.com 

Ionna Vautrin (born 1979) is a French artist, illustrator, and designer.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ionna Vautrin was born in Hennebont, Brittany. She studied at the École de design Nantes Atlantique, and graduated in 2002.[3][4] Prior to founding her own design studio, Vautrin worked for Camper in Spain, George Sowden in Italy, and the Bouroullec brothers in France.[5][6]

Career

Vautrin has designed products for companies and clients such as Christian Dior,[7] Kvadrat, Foscarini,[8] JCDecaux,[5] Lexon,[9] Monoprix,[5][10] Schneider Electric, Serralunga,[11] and the French national railways, for which she designed interior aspects of its TGV trains.[12][13] In 2024, she was selected by the Archdiocese of Paris to design the new seating and pews for the renovation of Notre-Dame de Paris following the 2019 fire which gutted the cathedral.[3][14][15][4]

A book featuring Vautrin's illustrations titled Le Kamasutra was published by Flammarion in 2017.[16][17]

Her work has been exhibited widely and is in public collections in France and internationally.[18][19][20][7][17]

Honours

Vautrin was made an Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2025.[21]

Publications

  • Vautrin, Ionna (2017). Le kamasutra. Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-140433-5.

References

  1. ↑ "100 % création – Ionna Vautrin, la designer choisie pour les chaises de Notre-Dame de Paris [3/9]". Radio France Internationale (in French). 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Ionna Vautrin". designedbywomen.org. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Ionna Vautrin, artiste choisie pour les chaises de Notre-Dame de Paris". dioceseparis.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  4. 1 2 "Ionna Vautrin, la designer bretonne qui a imaginé les chaises « silencieuses » de Notre-Dame". Le Télégramme (in French). 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  5. 1 2 3 "Incontro con Ionna Vautrin". Institut Français (Milano). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  6. ↑ S.r.l, Studiolabo. "Ionna Vautrin". Fuorisalone.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  7. 1 2 Design exhibition by Ionna Vautrin at French Cultural Center
  8. ↑ "Ionna Vautrin". Foscarini (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Giesbrecht, Michel (12 February 2014). "Ionna Vautrin: Mezzo". Domus (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  10. ↑ MAD Paris (2021-12-02). EXPOSITION « LE DESIGN POUR TOUS : DE PRISUNIC À MONOPRIX, UNE AVENTURE FRANÇAISE ». Retrieved 2025-12-18 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "La relève du design français au féminin : Richoz, Vautrin, Deltour…". The Good Life (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Ionna Vautrin's TGV Lamps Go from Train to Tabletop". Interior Design. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  13. ↑ Yalcinkaya, Gunseli (2018-05-01). "Moustache's lamp for French national railway is now available for the home". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  14. ↑ "Notre dame de Paris". BOSC. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  15. ↑ Bardou, Florian. "Ionna Vautrin, notre dame des chaises". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  16. ↑ Vautrin, Ionna. "Le kamasutra de Ionna Vautrin – Editions Flammarion". editions.flammarion.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  17. 1 2 Verner, Amy (1 June 2016). "'Striptease': Ionna Vautrin's saucy sketches go on display in Paris". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "Ionna Vautrin (née en 1979), Lampe « TGV », France, 2017". madparis.fr. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  19. ↑ "Ionna Vautrin, designer | Musee des Arts decoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux". madd-bordeaux.fr (in French). 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  20. ↑ "Le bestiaire by Ionna Vautrin". French Library. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses – Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2025-05-16. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
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