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1976-1984 :
  • Studies in architecture.
  • Scholarship for research on architectural history in Rome.
  • Collaboration for different architect' practices notably Jean Nouvel's practice
    (notoriously for the "Insititute of the Arabic World" Paris).
1984 :
  • Graduated in architecture(D.P.L.G) in Paris.
1984-1986 : Architect (free-lance)
  • Scholarship for a cursus at I.N.S.A.D (Istituto Nazionale Superiore di Architectura e Design) in Milan.
  • collaboration with architect's practices and for TV channel : Canal 5.
Carine Mandel
photograph : Surender Singh
1986-1987 :
  • Graduated from "the French Institut of Fashion" in Paris .
1988-1991 : interior architect, designer, stylist
  • Creation of home textiles for Torrente ("haute couture")
  • Collaboration with a boat-yard for the creation of wood-bathroom furniture.
  • Collaboration in Primrose Bordier 's study (home textiles creation).
Since 1991 : my Arts and Crafts
  • Creation of the trade-mark "Pietra Serena®®" : hand-painted textiles for decoration in partnership with my mother (fashion textile designer). This partnership will continue until 1996.
  • Since 1996 Pietra Serena®®'s spirit is extending in all decorative areas.