The French designer, Vincent Dubourg, works between Paris and the small town of Creuse, where his atelier is located.
Dubourg's latest work challenges all notions of contemporary furniture design by embracing a complete openness towards found and natural materials.
His unique pieces evoke a sense of the familiar and defy all attempts of present day categorization.
Dubourg describes his pieces as a fusion of furniture, architecture and sculpture. They strike a careful balance between the practical and beautiful.
He uses traditional furniture-making techniques such as glass blowing, wood-bending and metal casting as a means of transforming simple materials and found objects. His distinct style is at once nostalgic and avant-garde.
Education - Three years studying applied arts at Corvisart, Paris - Three years studying industrial design at the school, Pivaut de Nantes - Two years studying furniture design at the School of Decorative Arts, Paris
Exhibitions - Salon du Meuble, Paris 2003 - Salon di Mobile, Milan 2003 - Festivale des jardin de Chaumont sur Loire, 2003 - Jardin-jardin, Palais Bourbon Lacondet, Paris 2004 - 100% Design Gallery, Rotterdam 2004 - Jardin-jardin, Tuleries, Paris 2005 - Private exhibition 'La cour à Edene', Paris 2005 - Vitrine, Galerie Lafayette, Paris 2005 Commissions - Colonial concept designed bedroom for the Princess of Morocco, 2003 - Sculpture "Because" for Swarovski, Austria 2005 - Décor 'Nuit de la mode TV', Paris 2005 - Sculpture/chandelier "En levant les yeux la forêt" for Sketch, London based restaurant, 2005 - Sculpture "La voiture à canard" for the Musée de la Nature, Paris 2006
Vincent Dubourg
