Specialist in lighting and designer furniture, melville offers a selection of design and vintage pieces for the home and office: Scandinavian lamps, designer furniture, iconic pieces, renowned designers and young creation. A whole universe to discover in the shop in the city center of Aix en Provence, on the website and the e-shop. Light, this “object without presence” as Michel Buffet likes to describe it, was the main source of inspiration for Franck Mouly, the creator of melville, as were the clean-lined lighting fixtures of Scandinavian design. melville is also a first name, a nod to the 1960s and to the French spirit.

melville is also developing collaborations with architects and decorators by positioning itself on residential and tertiary projects in the sector and promoting design creation by favoring an approach that respects the environment and a more ethical approach.

The line obviously strongly inspired the creation of the logo. In the word melville, there is an indisputable graphic play with the lines formed by the 3 L. melville then becomes a sign or a motif when the letters are removed to keep only these lines. Lines that evoke design, decoration, applied arts, architecture, etc.It is also a nod to Malevich’s abstraction, to Breuer’s modernism whose influence is considerable. This graphic identity also echoes the structuring lines and the projected shadows of the objects presented. It has a totally assumed minimalism, as is the case with a large part of the objects selected by melville and is therefore easily deployed on all printed and digital media up to the scenographic approach of the walls of the shop. The staging of the melville boutique was created in resonance with this new graphic identity to create strong visual cues and rhythm. The atmosphere around the lights and the choice of wood cladding define the thematic spaces of the store.
The scenography of the place was carried out by Vasken Yéghiayan, the website and the e-shop by Studio Waaark in compliance with the melville graphic charter.