French designer Olivier Lapidus will chair the jury of the annual SILMO d’Or awards this year in Paris. With his “boundarypushing perspective” and expertise in contemporary design, craftsmanship, and innovation, SILMO organisers said his “presidency symbolises a desire to open up to new territories in contemporary design”.

Mr Lapidus began his career at luxury fashion house 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, for Dior, he designed a photobiomodulation mask at the crossroads of design, wellbeing, and technology.

Throughout his career, Mr Lapidus has consistently sought to integrate technological research into the creative process. He has imagined dresses made of optical fibres woven in jacquard with Cédric Brochier, lace with fractal patterns inspired by an exchange with Benoît Mandelbrot, microencapsulated scented textiles using natural coatings, and prints generated from coded musical structures.

Mr Lapidus’ current work reflects a distinctly cross-disciplinary approach at the intersection of high-tech cosmetics, wellness, and object design. He is developing a new generation of creations that combine furniture, decoration, and innovation, exploring the boundaries between interior design and contemporary uses.

SILMO takes place from 26–29 September 2025 at Paris Nord Villepinte. Winners of the SILMO d’OR will be announced at that time.

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