last seen

Atelier Bigarade is a young French brand based in Paris that creates and prints original and rare posters in a timeless retro style.

Offer inspiration forgotten treasures in old works of natural history and botany. These books come from library or museum collections that have been digitized. Some images also come from the founder Alexandra's personal collection. Damaged images are restored to return them to their original appearance. then restored by hand in the best print quality. All posters are printed on Italian art paper at the family-run printing company Imprim'vert®. Only paper from sustainably managed forests is used for printing.

Moisture spots, discoloration, folds in the paper or simply traces of time... The aim is to restore each image to its original beauty, which usually involves considerable colorimetric work. Sometimes images and layouts are also cropped to transform the pages of old scientific papers into posters for modern interiors. In this sense, the images are not always true to the original.