Mathias Augustyniak

Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak both studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Michael left this school two years before obtaining his diploma in order to design the magazine 'Inrockuptibles', while Mathias went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1992 they set up their M/M studio in Paris. Since then they have worked as graphic designers and art directors for international art and fashion projects. Since 1993 they have worked for such fashion designers as Yohji Yamamoto and Martine Sitbon. In subsequent years they also accepted commissions from Nicolas Ghuesquière (Balenciaga), Calvin Klein, Jil Sander and Louis Vuitton. It was in the course of this work that they established long-term cooperation with the photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. One of the projects they did together was the video 'Hidden Place' (2000) for Björk. From 2003 to 2005 they were art directors on Vogue Paris. They regularly worked for such museums as the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and also for Guggenheim New York. They have also carried out commissions for such artists as Philippe Parreno, Pierre Hughe and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and the architect François Roche. In 2004 they designed the set and costumes for 'Antigone', a production by the Opera Nationale de Montpellier. They have had solo exhibitions at the ICA in London (2002), Kunstverein Frankfurt (2005), Palais de Tokyo, Paris and the Haunch of Venison gallery in London, among others.