THE 4 GENERATIONS OF DESIGN
1st GENERATION
MENIAUD
LIVING IN ALEXANDRIA, M MENIAUD WAS AN EXPERT IN CLASSIC FURNITURE AND HAD AN EXCELLENT EYE FOR DETAIL.
WHEN THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION BROKE OUT THE FAMILY FLED TO FRANCE WHERE HE WAS RAISED.
2nd GENERATION
JEAN-YVES MENIAUD
JEAN-YVES MENIAUD GREW UP WITH THE TASTE FOR DESIGN FROM HIS FATHER AND JOINED JENSEN WHERE HE DEVELOPED HIS EARLY CAREER. WORKING AT THE WORLD'S GREATEST DESIGN HOUSE FOR FAMILIES LIKE HERMES LED TO PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE WHERE HE WAS SENT TO BUILD THE FAMOUS VILLA LA LEOPOLDA IN VILLFRANCHE SUR MER. TODAY THE AGNELLI FAMILY'S BUILDING IS STILL THE LARGEST IN THE AREA AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD, LAST VALUED AT €500 MILLION. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WAS THAT JEAN-YVES NEVER RETURNED TO PARIS BUT INSTEAD STARTED A LIFE IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE WHERE HE BECAME A VERY WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT.
3rd GENERATION
GUILLAUME MENIAUD
GUILLAUME GREW UP IN BEAULIEU-SUR-MER AND AT THE AGE OF 22 WAS SENT UP TO THE CHATEAU DE VALLIERES NEAR PARIS TO LIVE THROUGH A 6-YEAR RENOVATION PROGRAM. HIS FATHER ASKED HIM TO LIVE ON SITE AND EXPERIENCE THE ENTIRE RENOVATION PROCESS. IT WAS A SCHOOL-OF-LIFE CHAPTER WHERE THE GREATEST NAMES IN EVERY AREA OF DESIGN HAD BEEN CONTRACTED TO DO DIFFERENT TASKS. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD THAT GUILLAUME LEARNED THE ART OF DETAIL AND IMPORTANCE OF EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP.
WITH THIS UNDER HIS BELT, GUILLAUME CONTINUED TO DESIGN INCREDIBLY GRAND VILLAS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE UNTIL HE WAS BROUGHT TO BARBADOS TO BUILD THE PRESTIGIOUS ONE SANDY LANE.
4th GENERATION
CLEMENT MENIAUD
GROWING UP WITH AWARD-WINNING ROLE MODELS, CLEMENT GRADUATED, WITH HONOURS, FROM THE NICE COTE D’AZUR SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. THE YOUNGEST OF HIS PEERS BY SEVERAL YEARS, HE LEFT TO ST BARTHS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST FEW MONTHS GRANTED HIM NO FAVOURS, CLEMENT MADE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DESIGN AFFAIRS AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED JOHANNES ZINGERLE. CLEMENT’S NATURAL RESOURCEFULNESS AND PASSION LED HIM TO WORK THE SMALLEST DETAILS UNTIL HE WAS PUSHED TO TAKE OVER PROJECTS. HE HAD PROVEN HIMSELF AND DEMONSTRATED HIS THIRST FOR LEARNING. HIS KNACK: FUNCTIONAL DESIGN AND NATURAL FLOW.
IN 2012, CLEMENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIS FATHER IN BARBADOS ON THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH-END PROJECTS AND THIS IS WHERE HE FURTHER REFINED HIS NATURAL TALENT. A YEAR LATER, MC DESIGN WAS FOUNDED AND CLEMENT CONTINUES TO MANAGE WITH SOLID PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION AND HIS ALWAYS EVOLVING SENSE OF DESIGN.