Atelier d’Ingénierie Fades (AIF) was born from dialogue between disciplines, between materials, between two long-time collaborators who share a fascination for how objects shape gestures and how environments influence perception. Positioned at the intersection of design, art, scent, and craftsmanship, AIF develops tools, objects, and environments that question how professionals work and how audiences feel. At the core of each exploration lies a commitment to material intelligence – understanding the behavior, limits, and poetry of matter – and to prototyping as a way of thinking. Each object is considered not only for its function, but for its capacity to carry memory, emotion, and presence.

Atelier d’Ingénierie Fades was founded by two award-winning creatives whose practices converge around rigor, sensitivity, and vision. Renaud Salmon is a Belgian creative director and photographer, best known as the Chief Creative Officer behind the international success of Amouage since 2019. He is considered one of the most influential creative figures in contemporary perfumery, particularly for redefining how a fragrance house can operate across creation, manufacturing, retail, and communication as one coherent vision. He was recently part of the Vogue 100 Innovators 2025 and named CosmétiqueMag Art Director of the Year 2024.

Dimitry Hlinka is a French designer and maker working across industrial design and furniture. His work explores the relationship between objects, materials, and fabrication processes. Grounded in a hands-on practice, he develops objects through prototyping, testing, and
iteration, often exposing the logic of construction and the behavior of materials. He has held residencies at Villa Albertine (2022) and Villa Kujoyama (2024) and was a Lauréat of the Prix Bettencourt Dialogues (2020).

The name Fades refers to the ephemeral nature of scent and the world of perfumery. The Atelier was conceived to materialize elements that belong to this invisible and fleeting territory. Through instruments, furniture, and immersive installations connected to perfumery, the practice gives physical form to phenomena that normally exist only through perception.

Together, Renaud and Dimitry approach Atelier d’Ingénierie Fades as a long-term, evolving investigation – grounded, passionate, and independent. In the coming months, the Atelier will inaugurate a dedicated physical space in Paris conceived as a natural extension of its research. More than a showroom, it will function as a working environment and an open platform, allowing professionals and the broader public to engage directly with its processes, prototypes, and ongoing experiments. Atelier d’Ingénierie Fades begins with the belief that thoughtful objects and attentive spaces can quietly reshape the way we create, perceive, and gather.