Marc Desplaines founded his furniture company, Antoine Proulx, because he was frustrated with not being able to find what he wanted on the market. His furniture is some of the most sought after in the industry...Marc, who earned his B.A. in Economics and his MBA in Marketing from Clark University, began his career in the fashion industry: first as a department store buyer, then as the head of retail, wholesale, and public relations for Yohji Yamamoto in the United States. Utilizing his visual skills and business acumen acquired from frequent world travel and multicultural relationships developed while with Yamamoto, the Antoine Proulx collection of furniture began to take form in Marc's head. While the collection is decidedly "American," there are references and flavors of bygone eras or far away lands