Silmo Paris has entrusted the presidency of the Silmo d’Or jury to French designer Olivier Lapidus for 2025. He will bring to this edition a fresh and boundary-pushing perspective, where contemporary design, craftsmanship, and innovation intersect with the world of optics. His presidency symbolises a desire to open up to new territories in contemporary design. 2025 Silmo d’Or Jury President Olivier Lapidus began his career at Balmain, before spending several years in Japan. He later became Artistic Director of the eponymous couture house Lapidus, then of Lanvin in 2017, before devoting himself fully to design. More recently, he designed for Dior a photobiomodulation mask at the crossroads of design, well-being, and technology. Winner of the European “Dé d’Or” for Fashion in 1994 for his autumn-winter Haute Couture collection, Olivier Lapidus embarked in the 2000s on an independent path, at the intersection of fashion, everyday objects, and interior design. His current work reflects a distinctly cross-disciplinary approach at the intersection of high-tech cosmetics, wellness, and object design. He is now developing a new generation of creations that combine furniture, decoration, and innovation, exploring the boundaries between interior design and contemporary uses.

August 2025