Mathilde Bretillot

Born in Paris in 1959, Mathilde Bretillot graduated from the Ecole Camondo in 1984. She began her career in Milan with Martine Bedin and Michele de Lucchi in the Solid group, continued it in 1988 in London with Ross Lovegrove, joined Philippe Starck's agency in 1991, and then set up her own business in 1994. 
She founded Mathilde Bretillot Créations in 2010.

A multifaceted and unique designer who places relationships at the heart of her design work, she has created jewelry for Christofle, a chandelier for Baccarat, a restaurant in Seoul, and a scenography for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Angers.

Mathilde Bretillot was a professor and design coordinator at ESAD in Reims from 1994 to 2006, and from 2006 to 2010 she was a member of the Mission des Métiers d'Art for the Ministry of Culture and Communication. She teaches at the Ecole Camondo and lectures at La Cambre in Brussels.
Her iconic simplicity, often associated with color, reflects a passionate interest in design as a joyful expression of life in all its richness, for all ages and in all places. Having lived and worked abroad since the beginning of her career, Mathilde Brétillot's sometimes irreverent and unconventional approach stems from a multicultural perspective. It is this reverence for history, seen through the prism of an evolving present, that creates this unique vision—from a distance, this is essential to Bretillot's ability to recontextualize the familiar into something fresh and innovative.

In 2024, Mathilde designed four pieces of jewelry exclusively for the MiniMasterpiece gallery: the Virevolte necklace-pendant and earrings in gold-plated brass, and the wide silver Balcon 1 and 2 necklaces.