Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat
Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat are co-founders of New York design fair WantedDesign and current brand directors of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).
Paris-born Hainaut's career was kickstarted in 1992 handling PR and events for international design and branding agency forceMAJEURE. After relocating to New York, Hainaut set up Gallery R'Pure an experimental gallery space, displaying contemporary collectable design.
Pijoulat was marketing director for French brand Roche Bobois for eight years, developing international and domestic sales strategies for the US market. In 2010, Pijoulat left the brand to develop innovative communication and web strategy projects for multiple agencies, design brands and foreign cultural offices.
Hainaut and Pijoulat founded WantedDesign in 2011 initiating a movement within the New York design community to showcase, discuss and share exciting, inspiring and innovative projects and designers.
WantedDesign hosts several fairs including its main fair in Manhattan which is now part of ICFF, as well as a design school program, an international design residency and a permanent design store at Industry City in Brooklyn.
