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François Leblanc Di Cicilia is a design consultant, who currently advises Studio KO, Maison et Objet and Boon Gallery. He is well known as a true talent scout. As former director of the Gallery S. Bensimon for ten years, he takes a real pleasure to personally advise designers’ studios and brands for their creative and commercial development. Recently he curated the rising talents exhibition in France (French and Qatari talents). He falls in love with design and crafts during his 4 years’ mission for the Galeries Lafayette Group at the Decorative Art Museum in Paris.

Highlights include: Japanese and Finnish Season exhibition for the Decorative Art Museum, First creative design exhibition at Le Bon Marché (Paris) and at Lane Crawford (Hong Kong), first Argentine, first Lebanese design exhibition in Paris.

François has worked with more than 250 designers and creators, being the first to exhibit works from Michael Anastassiades, Sabine Marcelis, German Ermics, Marc Dibeh, Sebastian Wrong, Cristian Mohaded, José Levy, Formafantasma, Christian Haas among many others.