Jacques von Polier explained

Jacques von Polier
Birth Date:	5 September 1979
Birth Place:	Paris
Nationality:	French
Known For:	Head of Creative and Design Dept. Petrodvorets Watch Factory
Occupation:	Designer

Jacques von Polier (Russian: Жак фон Полье) (born 5 September 1979 in Paris) is a French designer based in Russia.^[1] He has collaborated on various artistic and design projects and heads the creative and design department of the "Petrodvorets Watch Factory - Raketa".With David Henderson-Stewart,^[2] they are the keystone of restructuring and rebranding Russia's historical watch brand "Raketa".

Biography

In 1999, von Polier was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by Doudou Diène, then Director of the Division of Inter-cultural Projects. Polier took part with Julien Delpech in a one-year expedition in Central Asia with the support of the UNESCO.^[3] In 2000, he had his first photo exhibition at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.^[4] In 2010, von Polier had a Design Exhibition in Moscow supported by businessman Gideon Weinbaum.^[5]

A bestselling author, von Polier is author of the French-language book Davaï ! sur les chemins de l'Eurasie about Russia and Eurasia, published in 2002 by Éditions Robert Laffont.^[6]

In 2011, he won an election organized by the Russian press of the "Top 50 of Saint-Petersburg's most famous people" for fashion.^[7]

In 2012, von Polier had the main role in the Ukrainian TV serial Princes Undercover (in Russian: Принц желает познакомиться) on Ukrainian channel 1+1.^[8]

In 2014, he designed the largest watch mechanism in the world Raketa Monumental, which is installed in central Moscow at Lubyanka Square. Raketa and von Polier were joined by the mechanical engineer Florian Schlumpf for production and technical supervision.^[9]

References

1. John Revill, "Russians Relaunch Soviet-Era Space Watches", The Wall Street Journal, 24 March 2011
   - "Une Marque russe a l'heure mondial", Le Figaro, 15 September 2010
   - "Jacques von Polier : « Si vous cherchez un truc vraiment russe, vous achetez quoi ? Une chapka, une matriochka ou une Raketa »", Courrier de Russie, 6 January 2011
   - "Русская "Ракета" в Базеле", Kommersant, 21 April 2011
   - "К старту готов", Vedomosti, April 2011 Web site: КАК ПОТРАТИТЬ - К старту готов . 19 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042316/http://kp.vedomosti.ru/article.shtml?2011%2F03%2F21%2F771 . 6 March 2016 . dead .
2. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=40670461&ticker=DESC:LN&previousCapId=38704500&previousTitle=DESIGNCAPITAL%20PLC
3. Laetitia Nanquette, Orientalim verus Occidentalism, p 172
4. Web site: UNESCO archive 2000 . 12 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707063825/http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/uk/uk_visu_action.asp?CodeAction=802 . 7 July 2010 . dead .
5. http://www.fashiontime.ru/chronicle/exhibition/808652.html Exhibition "Ya Raketa" by Jacques von Polier
6. http://foreignrights.laffont.fr/Livre.aspx?id=67 Robert Laffont - 2002
7. "Граф Жак Фон Полье – креативный директор марки «Ракета» ", Sobaka, April 2011 Web site: Граф Жак Фон Полье – креативный директор марки "Ракета", TOP50 SOBAKA.RU . 1 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110624015302/http://top50.sobaka.ru/people-49 . 24 June 2011 . dead .
   - "Креативный директор часового завода «Ракета» номинирован на премию журнала Собака.ru самых знаменитых людей Петербурга", press release from RIA MODA, 23 April 2011
8. http://www.vsetv.com/tvevent_7919.html VSE TV, 11 April 2012
   - Ukrainian TV show with Jacques von Polier, 24 April 2012
9. http://en.hals-development.ru/news/2014/07/22/worlds-biggest-clock-to-be-installed-in-centralny-
   - http://www.buro247.com/me/lifestyle/news/moscow-giant-clockwork-raketa.html
   - http://www.njt.ru/en/news/19129/