Who is Gab Bois, behind the brioche Camaleonda that has gone viral?
Last January, the irreverent Estonian rapper Tommy Cash sent the web into a frenzy with a picture of himself sitting on a baked sofa. The connoisseurs’ eyes easily recognized the legendary sofa designed by B&B Italia in 1970 by Mario Bellini. But who was behind this unexpected (and happy) crossover between this design icon and […]
The New Raw: design with a zero-waste objective
Turning plastic waste into a responsible raw material is the mission of The New Raw, a Rotterdam-based design studio launched by architects Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki in 2015. Their secret weapon? Design, robots, and craftsmanship. The duo conceived their own digital production technique that is akin to 3D printing. The result evokes organic forms, […]
Six N. Five or the poetry of the virtual
Just like its colleague Andrés Reisinger, Six N. Five is part of a generation of artists and designers who know how to make 3D digital creation an artform taken seriously by their contemporaries. A recognition accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and ratified by the arrival of the precious NFT, giving the creations of the metaverse […]
Brodie Neill reenchants furniture
Although the studio of Brodie Neill is now in London, he has never forgotten that he was born in Tasmania. His latest creation, the aptly named ReCoil table, evokes a return to his roots, as well as the coils of wood of which it is composed. The material carries the very identity of the Australian […]
Lionel Potin: the man of the sands
His Instagram account soothes far more than a detox. Beige, sand, softness. A cocoon that he transposes with perfection in his art. Lionel Potin, after spending twelve years working in the fashion industry, has turned into a true artist in the space of a few months. His trademark? The textured sand that he integrates into […]
A creation in your bathroom designed by Daniel Arsham
The designer and artist, who has been a darling of fashion collaborations, from Dior to Nike to Tiffany, is making a foray into a whole new discipline: the bathroom via a basin with Kohler. As always, it is time that is at the center of his concerns. His creation, named “Rock.01” is composed of a […]
Simone Bodmer-Turner, magician of clay
Before launching her own studio, American ceramist Simone Bodmer-Turner borrowed the know-how of Japanese and Mexican artisans, which she has been able to deploy through several collections: “The Permanent Collection,” which pays tribute to Mesoamerican tableware through ceramics with curved forms emphasizing “negative spaces”; and the second part of this series, “Permanent Collection II,” which […]
Matter or the design address not to be missed in New York
Based in Manhattan, Matter is a gallery or showroom that offers a selection of North American and international design: Patricia Urquiola, the Bouroullec brothers or Zaha Hadid. Beautiful design, yes, but the New York address also presents itself as a platform for discussion around the discipline, animated by the actors of the profession but also […]
Alfred Rambaud
A sweet mix between Japan and Scandinavia. No screws, no nails, not even glue: the extreme simplicity of the furniture created to measure or in small series by Alfred Rambaud, a young cabinetmaker based in Morbihan, forces admiration – and curiosity… An art of assembly learned from a Japanese master carpenter, Takami Kawai, in Kyoto, […]
The Destroyers/Builders architectural tribute
In the work of Linde Freya Tangelder, who founded the Antwerp-based Destroyers/Builders studio in 2014, everything seems to suggest the charm of complementary opposites: contemporary and traditional, industrial and human. While the furniture pieces have a purely architectural feel, the handcrafted finishes give them an accessible and organic dimension. Having studied at the Campana brothers’ […]
Objects of Common Interest or the art of the still life
Based between New York and Athens, and founded by Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, the Objects of Common Interest studio has made still life its signature, through installations and experimental objects. To get a glimpse of their work, at the crossroads of art, architecture and design, head to the Noguchi Museum in New York, where […]
Abstract design by Henri Frachon and Antoine Lecharny
Since 2017, the Audi Talents prize has supported and accompanied the work of emerging artists in France. A laboratory of forms that has placed the 2021 edition under the sign of exploration. That of the form by underlying methods. Winners of this new section, Henri Frachon and Antoine Decharny challenge with their exhibition “Abstract design […]