'Corniches' shelving system by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra

Inspired by an idea of ‘impromptu storage area,’ France’s famous design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have realised this versatile, customisable shelving system for the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. Available in three different sizes and in either high-gloss black, white or Japanese red, ’Corniches’ ‘are neither regular shelves nor simple horizontal surfaces, but rather individual, isolated protrusions’ which can serve many purposes within practically any environment. The design was launched earlier this year at Salone del Mobile in Milan. (more…)

'Dusty Copper' by Jung-Cheng Su; photo by Nicolas Genta

‘Hot Tools’ was one of three exhibitions presented by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne on the occasion of this year’s Salone del Mobile. Showcasing the outcome of a workshop led by the acclaimed French designer Ronan Bouroullec and glassblower Matteo Gonet during which 20 Product Design (MA) students were asked to devise and build novel tools and forms which were most likely to result in an interesting, traditionally-blown glass objects, the exhibition featured eight innovative glass pieces as well as the novel devices which were employed in the production process. Watch the footage from this hugely innovative and inspiring workshop in the video below. (more…)

Drawings from the Album Exhibition © Studio Bouroullec

While the fifteen years of their prolific careers are being celebrated across 1000 square meters in Parisian Centre Pompidou-Metz, the recently-opened ‘Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec – Album’ exhibition gives a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into creative process of France’s famous design duo.

read ‘Picture Perfect: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec at Vitra Design Museum’ article on Architonic (more…)

The Bouroullec Brothers' new now-you-see-it-now-you-don't 'Folio' storage unit for British label Established & Sons

Ciao a tutti. It’s the eve of the Milan Salone del Mobile and your faithful Architonic team is already in town, sporting a fine line in (comfortable) sneakers, checking out what this year’s Fuori Salone has to offer.


We were at the Versace Theatre this afternoon, taking at look at British label Established & Sons new 2011 collection, and were rather taken by the Bouroullec Brothers’ new ‘Folio’ storage unit, which plays with the ideas of display and concealment, public and private.


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'Baguette' chair made from wood, plywood and cast aluminium by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis

The Bouroullec brothers will be present at this year’s Salone del Mobile with several new products. One of them is this highly elegant and light chair for the Italian manufacturer Magis. ‘Baguette’ is composed of plywood seat and backrest supported by four very thin sticks in solid wood which are maintained together by an almost invisible structure of injected aluminium.

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'Osso' chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Mattiazzi

The Bouroullec brothers will presents these two novelties during the upcoming Salone del Mobile in Milan: ‘Osso’ (engl.: ‘Bone’) is a new solid wooden chair for the small, family-owned company Mattiazzi that has been manufacturing chairs for others since about forty years. The chair’s processing is based on highly skillful handcraft combined with a sophisticated CNC set of tools.

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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

‘Regrets, I’ve had a few,’ sang Sinatra in his classic ballad ‘My Way’, while Piaf famously insisted that she regretted absolutely nothing. Somewhere between these two lies Ronan Bouroullec, one half of the distinguished French go-to design duo, the Bouroullec Brothers. ‘We’ve done a lot of disasters. But we’ve had the chance to do best-sellers, too. It’s a mix, really,’ he tells Architonic at the recent Cologne Furniture Fair.

(by Simon Cowell)


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'Losanges' by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina

At this year’s Maison&Objet from 21 – 25 January the Spanish carpet manufacturer Nanimarquina will present the new design by the Paris based designer brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Based on the traditional kilim-technique, carried through by the craftsmen of Northern Pakistan, they created this vivid, geometrical, rhombus shaped pattern. Completely manufactured by hand – even the Afghan wool is spun by hand – each lozenge is slightly different and each rug, a unique piece.

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