Icônik women in art

Objects to celebrate forgotten women artists: when art leaves the museum and enters our daily lives! They painted, sculpted, created. Yet their works occupy a tiny place in museums and in our collective imagination. Although Sofonisba Anguissola is little known, she was nevertheless as famous as Michelangelo in her time! Icônik, a new French ethical design brand, has been rectifying this oversight since October 2025 with its first collection. Claire Casedas, scenographer and exhibition designer, imagined Icônik while she was based in Roubaix (59), at the foot of the textile spinning mills. Working for museums around the world, she observes the persistent invisibility of women artists. Icônik was born from the desire to shine the spotlight on these women artists who are shaking up the codes, in their own way. The objective: to share their stories through aesthetic, educational and committed objects. Icônik includes: - illustrated tote bags and shopping bags made in France, - a "women artists" box containing several everyday objects, - seeded notebooks made from cotton textile waste, - bookmarks that slip a little history between two chapters. Icônik is contemporary design, re