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MA·MA · Update your record · Observatory 26/27

YOUR RECORD IS YOUR PLACE IN THE OBSERVATORY

This page is only for the network's Makers.

 

What you send us here builds your record on the official page of the MA·MA Observatory, the document we use to present your work to interior design, architecture and hospitality studios and to residential projects.

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We ask everyone for the same information and the same images, so that the network presents itself as a whole with judgement and not as twenty different documents.

 

Everything goes through our review before it is published, and if anything is missing we will write to you.

Identity

Do you have an artisan card?
Yes
No

Story and work

Which category would you like to appear in? Choose one or more
Do you usually have a waiting list?
No
Yes, 1 to 2 months
Yes, 2 to 3 months
Yes, more than 3 months
Are you available to develop co-curated pieces with interior design studios? (Bespoke pieces)
Yes
No
Do you accept studio visits to your workshop?
Yes
No

Images and permissions

Image specifications

Minimum quality, for all images

  • Short side of at least 2000 pixels. Ideally 3000 or more

  • High-quality JPG, or TIFF or PNG if you have it

  • sRGB colour space

  • No filters, no frames, no watermark, no text on top

  • File name like this: maker-name_type_01.jpg, for example firstnamesurname_plain_01.jpg

  • If you have the original camera files, keep them: we may ask for them for a specific piece

Four types of image, and how many of each

1 · Piece on a plain background · 3 to 5 images · the priority of this request

This is the one we are missing and the one we need most. With it we cut out the piece and place it inside studios' projects.

  • A single-colour background, with no texture, no strong shadows and no objects around. White, light grey or a neutral tone

  • The whole piece in frame, with space around it

  • Soft, even light, with no backlighting or harsh reflections

  • A sharp outline, clearly separated from the background

  • The piece straight on and at lens height, not shot from above

  • If the piece has several sides or finishes, one image of each

  • If you can shoot on an infinity cove or backdrop paper, even better

2 · Piece in context · 2 to 4 images

The piece in a real space, so a studio can see its scale and character.

3 · Workshop and process · 3 to 6 images

Hands at work, tools, materials, the space. This is the material that supports the editorial story and works best in the press.

4 · Portrait · 1 to 3 images

You, in your workshop. One vertical and one horizontal if possible. Documentary, not advertising studio style.

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