Jacques von Polier () (born 5 September 1979 in Paris) is a French designer based in Russia.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 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,, Bloomberg Businessweek 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.Laetitia Nanquette, Orientalim verus Occidentalism, p 172 In 2000, he had his first photo exhibition at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. In 2010, von Polier had a Design Exhibition in Moscow supported by businessman Gideon Weinbaum.Exhibition "Ya Raketa" by Jacques von Polier
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.Robert Laffont - 2002
In 2011, he won an election organized by the Russian press of the "Top 50 of Saint-Petersburg's most famous people" for fashion."Граф Жак Фон Полье – креативный директор марки «Ракета» ", Sobaka, April 2011 - "Креативный директор часового завода «Ракета» номинирован на премию журнала Собака.ru самых знаменитых людей Петербурга", press release from RIA MODA, 23 April 2011
In 2012, von Polier had the main role in the Ukrainian TV serial Princes Undercover (in ) on Ukrainian channel 1+1.VSE TV, 11 April 2012 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtdNHiCGDM&list=PLBa15gow6nEg0k-C6Vgsno-CdLJmlwiKv Ukrainian TV show with Jacques von Polier, 24 April 2012
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.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/
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