Marie-Christine Noel is a lecturer in Applied Arts. She graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Textile Design) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Painting). For the last ten years she has been working for the Carlin International Style Agency as manager of the textile department. She is now pedagogical director of introductory courses and head of post-graduate courses at the School of Art Françoise Conte, Paris, France.
Michael Cailloux was born in Paris in 1975 and gained a diploma in Applied Arts from the École Duperré. He was co-creator of the Atelier LZC which specialized in the creation of design objects, working for over ten years on the collections displayed at the Maison et Objets, as well as creating personalized pieces for such brands as Baccarat, Cartier, Habitat, Van Cleef & Arpels, and S.T. Dupont. He is currently artistic director at the Ecole supérieure d’art Françoise Conte, specialized in textile creation, and he is also a jewelry designer.