Ferréol Babin (FR)

100 Stools

August 14th – August 20th 2022

The Workshop

For this workshop, participants will reuse the materials from the atelier to create as many stools as possible in a time period of one week. Made with an economy of means, participants will be encouraged to work with the idea of “doing more with less’ – of navigating through the boundaries of what is possible and what is not. 

As a testament to the reuse of materials, participants will be challenged to allow the process and materials to guide the results. The simple stool can then be dissected in all its elements when made in such a process: it can be reformulated and rewritten, turned upside-down and back-to-front, scaled-up and scaled-down, minimalised and maximised, stripped down and decorated. 

Made intuitively and spontaneously, participants will realise that working under such set conditions in fact allows for greater creative freedom. 

These stools, made in a short period of time, and using different experimental construction methods, will also be durable and functional. Although born all at once, their lives will be long, existing well after the workshop has finished. At once a mock-up and the finished piece.

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Ferréol Babin France

Ferréol Babin was born in March 1987 in Dijon, France.

After first graduating in Space Design in ENSA of Dijon, he moved to Japan, to the Nagoya University of Art & Design. By this time he realised that architecture and space were not the right scale for him to fully express himself and decided to focus on objects. He then worked as an intern at Studio Robert Stadler in Paris.

In 2012 he graduated from ESAD of Reims in Object Design. Soon, light appeared to be his favourite material to work with, thanks to its ability to be linked to both an object and the space surrounding it. In 2014 he has been selected for a one-year residency to work at Fabrica, Benetton’s communications research centre based in Treviso, Italy. Under the direction of Sam Baron, his projects included industrial design, scenography or conceptual installations.

Ferréol Babin dedicates half of his time collaborating with various furniture and lighting editors where he can incorporate his singular vision and approach of design. The other half is spent on making unique pieces, with an obvious brutalist yet delicate approach. Dirty-hands, a mix of mediums such as painting, sculpture, design and handcraft play their role in each of his creation. His projects are always based on an awareness of function and rationality, combined with a poetic and emotional dimension.

www.ferreolbabin.fr

Housing

  • Accommodation & food are included

  • We can accommodate for special catering

  • All participants sleep in dormitories

  • To book a private room or bring additional guests, get in touch: workshops@boisbuchet.org

Education

  • Our staff are available to help you conceptualize & produce your designs

  • Tools & materials are provided by Boisbuchet

  • All workshops are taught in English

  • The number of participants is limited to 22

Activities