Jury-GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN / Published on January 3, 2021
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Julie Payette
Co-Founder & Partner
v2com newswire
Montréal, Québec, Canada
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE – PEOPLE OF DESIGN VERSION!
What prescient youthful memory relates to your present career?
At 15, I visited New York City for the first time with my mother. It made me want to conquer the world!
New York, Attribution : Anthony DELANOIX
What are three basic rules you learned from your mentors?
■ Trust your instinct, listen to your heart.
■ Choose an honest and sincere method.
■ Persevere, especially when we believe things impossible.
What project launched your career?
Meeting Jean-Pierre Viau and working with him to see his first Orbite hair salon published in Interior Design in 1994 and making the cover, nonetheless, launched my career!
Any music playing while you work ?
Wave : Patrick Watson…
Chilltronica : Matt Holubowski,
Armand Amar, Ludovico.
Click on the names to play music
Do you work in PJs or three-piece suits?
I choose leggings and a zoom-appropriate top 😉
What is your current design state of mind?
I work in the promotion of design and architecture so the important thing for me is to have a sincere and honest, professional and rigorous approach and to keep a high standard of quality in the editorial line of our platform.
What living designer/architect do you most admire?
BJARKE INGELS, for its audacity and ambition, for its innovative projects, community initiatives and in sustainable development.
Photo: CopenHill Energy Plant and Urban Recreation Center by BIG
Attribution : Dragoer Luftfoto, 2019
Location : COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
What past designer/architect inspires you the most?
ZAHA HADID, as an Iraqi, a woman, an architect, a strong forecaster and ambitious visionary.
Photo: Messner Mountain Museum Corones
Attribution : Inexhibit
What is your most marked design quality?
Courage and perseverance
What peer quality do you most value?
I wish that v2com newswire’s activities and mission continue over time in order to support designers and architects in gaining international recognition and coverage.
What peer quality do you most value?
Project creativity, quality and innovation
Which project is the epitome of your work?
The v2com newswire!
How are your country of belonging’s values reflected in your work?
Québec: our main clientele! The Québec architects and designers that are the first to entrust us with their needs!
What always inspires you?
Projects that exhilarate me, touch me and move me! Life in all its forms: vegetal, mineral, animal and human.
If a spell were to transform you into an object, by all means, what would you like to be, and why?
A lighting apparel, for its magic, its transparency, its warmth and its brilliance! .
What is your favorite place in the world?
With myself
If you could host any three guests, past or alive, over for dinner, who would you choose and what would you dare serve?
Dongziguan Affordable Housing par Gad Line+ Studio.
Photo: Gad Line+ Studio/Dongziguan Affordable Housing
Attribution : Yao Li, 2018
Location : Dongziguan, CHINA
