ARCHITECT LINA GHOTMEH AND HERMÈS ARTISTIC EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT PIERRE-ALEXIS DUMAS OUTSIDE THE WORKSHOP. As the company's artistic executive vice president, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, noted at the inauguration in April, "Thierry Hermès was a saddlemaker for 10 years in Normandy before starting the company in the mid-19th century." ARCHITECTURE For its first saddle workshop outside its historic Paris headquarters, Hermès chose the equestrian region of Normandy, in the commune of Louviers. [Extracted from the article]