Pascale Mussard, Art and Materials

How did you find yourself head of the Villa Noailles? I was president of the friends’ association before replacing Didier Grumbach as head of the villa three years ago. It's a project I'm passionate about. With its director, Jean-Pierre Blanc, we’re thinking about its future. The fashion festival is increasingly successful and we have to manage the crowds. We also have a design festival in June with Mathieu Lehanneur as president of the jury this year, and both of us launched "Design Parade", which showcases interior designers like Vincent Darré and Pierre Yovanovitch. Our goal is to pursue the vision Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles had when they designed the villa, to imagine what they would do today if they were alive. We also launched a major project by historians and last year we published a book on the Noailles and the designers they worked with. In addition…