The charcoal line is the beginning. With it is born a natural roughness giving objects their narrative strength and their depth.’’ Here Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has produced a design combining Art and the technical orchestration of an industry working on behalf of the user. The ‘‘Caractère’’ collection reveals this meticulous work: the chosen thickness of the line and the rhythm provided by the height of the edges are the result of painstaking research and a guarantee of their elegance on the dining table. Invisible to the naked eye, the delicate lip gives the collection a lightness that adds poetry to the finished article.