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Artist Name

Dorian Étienne

Born: 1996

Hometown: Le Mans

Based in: Paris

Independant designer based in Paris, Dorian Étienne combines in his work crafts and industry throught a humanist and eco-friendly design approach.

Anchored in near or distant territories, he observes cultures and histories, techniques and materials. The richness of the world's cultural heritages inspires him throughout his work. Following this lead thread, braided of Human and Nature, he creates sensible and sensitive products : “objets métissés”.

Furthermore, experimentation is at the heart of his creation. The new features of the material are his library of ideas ; then he invents new uses.

Fundamentally his approach is respectful of the environment and humans.

 



Dorian Étienne In The Studio

Dream, travel and enchant your life with the "objets métissés".

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More About Dorian Étienne

Question IconWhat inspires you?

The raw material of creation is the world around us. We take inspiration from our experiences, from what makes us vibrate internally. Whatever the place or the moment I always have in a part of my head a different look on things, a kind of continual questioning. Thoughts intersect and generate intuitions. Then remains the hard step... sort it out!

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

For me, the designer's mission is to make people dream ; to bring them, by the object, into a mood, a culture, a special context, while improving its usefulness. It could be summed up in one sentence: " Show me how the world can be beautiful ".

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Métissage, World Territories, Sustainable

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

Charlotte Perriand, Bruno Munari, Leonardo da Vinci, ...

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

My work tools are immaterial : ideas, open-mindedness, and a particular attention of my environment.

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Follow your dreams by being in agreement with yourself, with your own values. Keep your child's mind to marvel at everything because this wonder is conducive to brilliant ideas and projects, as well as amazing encounters.

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

The raw material of creation is the world around us. Thus I take my inspiration from my environment.


Collections Featuring Dorian Étienne

2 Collections

Design Collectibles to Spruce Up Your Home Office

Design Collectibles to Spruce Up Your Home Office

45 Artists, 49 Products

Last updated: November 15, 2021

Sustainable Artworks & Objects

Sustainable Artworks & Objects

28 Artists, 44 Products

Last updated: November 19, 2020


Articles Featuring Dorian Étienne

1 Article


Credentials

Education

Ateliers de Paris

France, 2020

National Taiwan Craft Research Institute

Taiwan, 2018

Ecole Boulle

France, 2018

Université de Rennes 1

France, 2015

Dupuy de Lôme

France, 2014

Awards

Le French Design 100

2022

Green Product Award Laureate

2021

Mondes Nouveaux Government Call Winner

2021

Golden Trezzini Award

2021

James Dyson Award Winner

2020

D'Source Challenge Award

2020

Best of Year Design Award - New York

2020

National Taiwan Craft Research Institute (NTCRI)

2019

Odon Vallet Merit Scholarship Winner

2017

7th Prize of the Geosciences Olympiad

2013

1st Student Photography Price of the Arles Festival

2012

Exhibitions

TEDx Versailles Grand Parc

France, 2020

Milan Design Week Exhibition and Lecture

Italy, 2020

Charity sale for the Public Foundation of Paris Hospitals

France, 2020

Printemps Haussmann - Paris Design Week

France, 2019

Métissage exhibition - Craft Design Museum

Taiwan, 2019

Divis Collection - EElux Store

France, 2018

Press