Private visit with Ramdane Touhami
Walking up the hill from the Rue des Martyrs shopping street in Paris' 9th arrondissement, you'll find delicious restaurants such as Sébastien Godard and Rose Bakery, and a short walk from there, in a quiet residential area, is Ramdane's own home. Ramdane has designed everything in the businesses he has worked on up until now, and of course he designed the entire interior of his own home, down to the chimes.
"This is a house that has been lived in by writer Stefan Zweig and film director Luis Bunuel, among others. The interior was extensively redesigned, and the design was completed in a week. My style is to work incredibly quickly, and when I was in charge of the 2024 concept design for Zara's The Café in Madrid, the deal was finalized at the end of July and the work was delivered in September (laughs)."
Ramdun welcomes you at the front staircase as you enter through the entrance. Because it is a historic building, the stairwell has been left as it was. 
The postmodern reception room, or salon, was decorated with a ceramic plaque depicting the Tarot de Marseilles on the fireplace. The house owned around 900 pieces of furniture. 
On the beams under the ceiling, Ramdane designed the names of the famous people who have lived in the house over the years, including the film director Luis Bunuel. 
Ramdhan's room in the basement. Recently, he has become obsessed with vintage Braun audio equipment designed by Dieter Rams.
The first floor houses a tea room and reception room for guests, the second floor and above is where his family lives, and the basement houses Ramdun's room, a guest room, and even a swimming pool. Just like his office workspace, his room is filled with his favorite things, but here and there, he sees things from familiar Japanese brands and shops.
"Whenever I go to Japan, I go to meet Setsumasa Kobayashi of Mountain Research and Goro Nakatsugawa of Minnano. Like me, Kobayashi is an anarchist who loves mountains. Goro has a great sense of graphics."
Ramdan's true identity as seen by his acquaintances
"I feel like we're in similar situations, and I have a strange affinity with him. He's very straightforward, he seems to have no outlet for his anger, and he's interested in both classical music and anarchism. He's unbalanced in many ways, but that's what makes him so appealing. He's the type of person who gets excited and runs around and gets absorbed in something, so two months later he's thinking something completely different. I imagine he's causing trouble in many ways (laughs), but somehow I can't help but want to support him," says Kobayashi.
On the other hand, Nakatsugawa says, "When he comes to Japan, he'll call me and ask, 'Are you OK tomorrow at 4pm?' But he might or might not show up to the store (laughs). He's always pure and seems happy, but deep down he's a punk. That's why he sticks to his principles and sends out messages even about sensitive issues. One time he said, 'I want to open a store in Yoyogi Park,' and I felt like I could see his business sense and that he's the kind of person who thinks about things that most people don't think about."
What is clear is that Ramadan's private life is closely connected to his work. The tea room is very similar to The Cafe in Madrid. Kobayashi, Nakatsugawa and others' private lives expand, and this will eventually bear fruit as a business. After the interview, he said, "Today is my wife's birthday, so I'm going to pick up a present," and headed out on his bicycle.
He believes that driving a car in the city is pointless, so he rides his bike everywhere, even to the southern city of Marseille. 
The tea room has a similar feel to The Café in Madrid, inspired by Islamic Moorish Revival and Spanish Neo-Mudejar architecture. 
The space for guests is reminiscent of a Buly store, with beautiful glass objects by Ettore Sottsass decorating the tables. 
The curtains in the reception room were all tied with sports scarves, these being scarves from Stade Toulousain, a team based in Toulouse, the mecca of rugby.
