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The Designing of… The Bookshelf
A few month ago I did this quick drawing of what I call a bookshelf: I liked the look of it, and wanted to see how it would be in 3D, so I made a small model… From there, I started to think about whoch...
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The Making of… a Mirror for Lola
I met Lola through my customer-turned-friend and talented jewelery designer Mikkel Brøgger. Lola liked my Parquet Mirror, but neither the size nor the color palette seemed to be right for her place....
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The Making Of… Artist Studio and Daisy Chain
It was in May, or maybe June 2012 when Bianca Casady texted me “We need to talk about a project. Are you home?”. Yes I was. I went downstairs to meet with her and then she started to describe me,...
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Make yourself… Maison Grey’s Bread
Maison Grey is the imaginary bakery that I open in my kitchen every time I turn my oven on. I most of the time bake bread, but also pizzas, granola and some pastries. I then trade, or sell my goods to...
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The Designing Of… The Dots Table
I reclaimed this beautiful old wood from a project. It was intended to be wood flooring but the order was placed wrong and it was going to be trashed out. The wood comes from a 100 years old barn:...
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Good News: an article about slow design just published in Québec
-In French! Le magazine québécois Tendances vient de publier un article sur le slow design. Une sélection de projets illustrant certains des principes slow, tel l’utilisation de ressources locales,...
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Inside…. My home & studio
Last weekend in New York wasn’t the kind of weekend you want to spend outside. The storm Nemo had just hit the city, leaving us with inches of snow and ice cold winds. So I spent all weekend in, and...
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Good News: I just got a new tool
In the furniture making world, it is a tradition that a maker signs his pieces. In 1744 in France, it even became mandatory that a furniture maker brands his pieces, so that the production can be...
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Good News! I’m talking with Seymour
Seymour Magazine describe itself as an on-line publication devoted to cultivating creativity & imagination and dedicated to philosophers, pilgrims & punks. How sexy is that? For her first...
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Good News: ma slow contribution à étapes #212
(for english read bellow) Le numéro 212 d’étapes vient de sortir, et je suis l’un de ses heureux contributeurs! Avec l’aide précieuse de Caroline Bouige, j’ai écrit et réalisé un dossier de 16 pages...
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BROOKLYN COFFEE TABLE
I salvage all of my wood from the streets of Brooklyn and this table celebrates their origin. Each piece was cut into the shape of a neighborhood and inlayed together. The fragments bring in their own...
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The Making Of… The Brooklyn Coffee Table
Marquetry- also spelled Marqueterie, from the French – is the art of creating decorative patterns by applying different wood veneers, precisely cut into shape, on a piece of furniture. Since the 16th...
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The Making of… a Mirror for Lola
I met Lola through my customer-turned-friend and talented jewelery designer Mikkel Brøgger. Lola liked my Parquet Mirror, but neither the size nor the color palette seemed to be right for her place....
View ArticleGood News: a film by Mads Jarlfeldt – fresh out of the oven!
While soccer just brought a pretty good news to my French fellows from Saint Etienne, my friend Mads Jarlfeldt gave me another reason to be happy today. He just sent me this 5-minute film he shot in...
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Inside… My home and studio – by Andrew Lipovsky
A couple of months ago Andrew Lipovsky approached me to arrange a photoshoot at my home for Cavan Images. I find it always interesting – almost intriguing – to see my place and work through someone...
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Showtime: International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York City
The Design Week here in NYC is just over, the ICFF closed its doors last Tuesday. This year was a pretty good one. At the Wanted Design party I re-connected with one of the teacher I had when I was at...
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Good News: I’m talking with Broadway+Thresher
When I met artist Anne Sherwood Pundyk at Cocorosie’s last album listening party a couple of month ago, we immediately connected and spent most of the evening sharing insights about art and design....
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Good news: two of my photographs on NYTimes.com
Just a quick post to share with you an article from the New York Times: The 46 places to go in 2013. Did you know Marseille was #2, and Paris #46? Earlier this year while traveling in France I went to...
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The Making Off… Bright Friday
Looking through my phone and the pictures I shot while working on Bright Friday almost felt like diving into the ones I would have accumulated over a vacation trip. So many memories captured along the...
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Good News: Maison Grey is open for business
Four years ago for Christmas I was baking my first ever batch of Maison Grey granola to make a gift to my colleagues at Amy Lau Design. Since then, I kept baking the same recipe and little by little...
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