THE MAKING OF
AN ICON
Orient Express × Maxime d’Angeac
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CLIENT
Maxime d’Angeac × Orient ExpressSCOPE
Editorial Concept, Art Direction, Book DesignCONTEXT
As architect of the new Orient Express, Maxime d’Angeac needed to present the vision behind the train through the material that had shaped it — drawings, sketches, references and photographs documenting the work in progress.CREATIVE DIRECTION
Conceived as a substantial bound volume, the book brings this creative archive together into a single object. Its deliberately raw editorial language moves between architectural process and photographic observation, revealing the making of a contemporary icon rather than simply presenting the finished train.OUTCOME
Originally created for a private presentation, the book was later selected for the Orient Express exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
TEAM
Creative Direction: Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Book Concept & Design: Emma Brante
Train Photography: Masha Kontchakova
A CREATIVE PROCESS, BOUND
Drawings, sketches, photographs and fragments of a work in progress — documenting the making of the new Orient Express.
AN ARCHIVE IN THE MAKING
Conceived as an archive in its own right, the book transforms the architect’s working material into a visual narrative — documenting a project still in the making.
FROM PRIVATE OBJECT TO EXHIBITION
Initially conceived as a private editorial object, the book later entered the public narrative of the project, selected for the Orient Express exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
