Agora du Design – Introduction to the 2025 Winners
As part of Paris Design Week, the 2025 Agora du Design award winners—who are being hosted by the Foundation this…
Roundtable Discussion – European Heritage Days
Roundtable discussion on ecological imaginaries as part of the European Heritage Days.
“Design and Medical Care” Seminar with the VULCA Chair
Seminar to present the findings of the VULCA Chair on the connections between design and medicine, with a view to…
Silvana Mc Nulty – Tying, Weaving, Embroidering, and Binding!
Workshop with artist Silvana Mc Nulty to create fantastical pieces using embroidery and braiding techniques.
Encounters with Living Things
The Foundation is participating in the first edition of the Rencontres du vivant at the Corderie Royale in Rochefort,…
Antoine Behaghel’s Residency Showcase
Antoine Behaghel's residency showcase, following his work at the Foundation and in the Marais d'Yves focusing on…
Lecture: “Living in and Representing a World Beyond the Human”
An off-sitelecture by Emilie Villez on representations of the superhuman, in conjunction with the exhibition "The…
Anja Madsen Pernot – The Garden of Chimeras
Workshop with artist Anja Madesn Pernot to create extraordinary flowers out of recycled paper.
Lecture: “A Bench-Fountain for the MADD”
Off-site lecture at MADD Bordeaux to present the fountain bench created in the Foundation’s glass workshop.
Médecine Castor – Embroidery Workshop with Inès Cassigneul
Embroidery workshop with artist Inès Cassigneul, as part of her residency at the Foundation and her “Médecine Castor”…
Screening of Films by Jean Painlevé
Screening of Jean Painlevé’s films on underwater wildlife, followed by a talk by curator and historian Pia Viewing.
Antoine Behaghel – The Microscopists’ Workshop
Workshop with designer Antoine Behaghel to explore phytoplankton under a microscope, in the heart of the Planctonarium.
Guided tour with Emile Villez
Discover the exhibition "The Monkey and the Clay" with guest curator Emilie Villez
European Days of Craft 2026
The Fondation d'entreprise Martell opens the doors of its workshops for meetings and demonstrations with the artisans.
Screening : In the Stillness of Sounds
Screening of the movie "In the Stillness of Sounds", Galaxy Movie theatre, Chateaubernard
Round table : Towards an Aquatic diplomacy
Discover the cultural program offered by the Fondation echoing the exhibitions and "Ordinaire Extra!", a playful and…
Gestures as a living archive
This roundtable invites us to consider gestures as living archives and acts of resistance in the face of the…
Ecotechnologies
This conference will aim to show that the fundamental challenge is to rethink the relationship between ecology and…
Birds : our sensory heritage
Round table moderated by Arnaud Dubois, anthropologist and CNRS research fellow
Olfactory Design: Back to the Future?”
Round table with designer Alexis Foiny, exhibition curators Sandra Barré and Clara Muller, and perfumer Margaux Le Paih…
European Artistic Crafts Days 2025
The Fondation d'entreprise Martell opens the doors of its workshops for meetings and demonstrations with the artisans.
Lecture “Artists and craft”
Anne Dressen, art historian, will discuss the relationship that many artists have with craft.
Special event : Millennial Trees – From California to Charente
The Fondation d'entreprise Martell will unveil, exclusively, the casting of the giant fossilized tree discovered at…