of Julien Renault the design language is constructed round primary components, pure colours and basic supplies that depart nothing to probability. There may be an apparent appreciation between the weather, the place the interdisciplinary designer creates a connection between the main points and the entire of the items. Renault acknowledges that these objects are carefully associated to their setting, which impacts how observers work together with them. For his half, he doesn't draw back from making on a regular basis necessities extra lovely whereas preserving their performance on the fore.
Throughout his childhood outdoors of Paris, Renault was drawn to craftsmanship and creativity whereas working within the household house together with his father. This love of accomplishment led him to the design . He attended design colleges till the age of 16 in each France (Reims College of Artwork and Design) and Switzerland (ECAL). Particular person design cultures and approaches have lent themselves to Renault's personal method of working: one is creative, free and private, whereas the opposite is systemic, goal and rational. When put collectively, it's simple to see how his type and method developed and why.
Julien Renault Photograph: Nicolas Delaroche
“Throughout these youth I spotted that this was what I used to be meant to do,” says Renault. “The fusion of my early experiences in craftsmanship and my formal training in design laid the inspiration for a lifelong journey devoted to expressing my creativity via significant design.”
In 2007, the designer spent six months interning on the famend Bouroullec studio, which was already well-known within the design world. “This chance marked my first publicity to large-scale product design. As a substitute of going again to my faculty in Reims, I made the choice to begin an Erasmus program in Switzerland, in search of a extra industry-focused training,” he says. “Whereas my training in France offered a fantastic conceptual basis, I additionally wanted one thing extra actual and product-based. I feel to today my work is marked by each approaches.”
At the moment based mostly in Belgium, Renault's profession continues to develop via his particular person work and collaborations with manufacturers comparable to Cruso, Hay, Hem, Kewlox, Massproductions, Mattiazzi, Stattmann and 9 UK. He’s additionally an knowledgeable in pictures and has spent years contributing to model improvement for Alain Bertaud, in addition to a job within the artwork path of an acoustic furnishings firm. Renault provides, “The expertise of mixing design and pictures not solely enriched my talent set, but in addition broadened my inventive horizons.”
Whether or not it's a product design, a photograph shoot or an inside area, it at all times begins with a defining aspect that carries the idea from begin to end. Renault communicates its concepts in an easy-to-read method, the work at all times presenting itself as precisely what it’s.
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Photograph: Julien Renault
1. Discovered objects
Like all designers, I have a tendency to gather issues. Even when they aren’t immediately associated, they encourage issues with lovely colours, lovely shapes and a mixture of supplies. These are simply discovered objects that I prefer to have on show in my workplace.
Roger Raveel, Desk with white material, oil on paper on laborious cardboard, 1950 Photograph: Julien Renault
2. Pictorial compositions
I like work usually, however I particularly like compositions or nonetheless lifes depicting interiors or objects, such because the work of Nathalie du Pasquier, Le Corbusier and Roger Raveel. These are fantastically graphic work of compositions of objects; just like what I do with the photographs, aside from the paint.
Photograph: Julien Renault
three. My books
There are at all times books on design, portray and structure in my studio, I prefer to have them useful so I can return and analysis a undertaking. There are very outdated books which might be not printed, books which might be a bit extra up to date, books by designers that I like – and these are issues that feed into each undertaking. There may be by no means a undertaking that begins with out me spending a while taking a look at what has been carried out on the identical topic.
Photograph: Julien Renault
four. Traditional outdated chairs
As a designer, I at all times discover regardless of the place I’m, on a visit, in a restaurant, on the road. I particularly like objects from outdated cafes and brasseries. It’s my dream to see, in 20 years time, one in all my chairs fully worn and broken and nonetheless in use. It's a gorgeous projection and I hope the merchandise I design may be discovered like this in an outdated espresso store.
Photograph: Julien Renault
5. On a regular basis random compositions
Each day remark of bizarre issues is essential to me. This was a scene I captured in a restaurant car parking zone in Ibiza this summer season. It's the form of factor that nobody will discover, however I feel it's very lovely. It may be a supply of inspiration.
The work of Julien Renault:
Pastis Photograph: Julien Renault
Pastis is a set of picket chairs, armchairs and tables constructed on authenticity, sturdiness and prime quality craftsmanship. Balancing sturdy building with elegant aesthetics, Pastis affords a flexible vary that oozes persona – for having fun with life, eating, socializing and bringing a way of heat and vitality to its environment. Obtainable in quite a lot of sorts and colours of lacquered wooden, the sturdiness and luxury of Pastis make it appropriate for a lot of inside areas, from eating rooms and kitchens in personal houses to cafes and different public environments.
MILK Photograph: Julien Renault
MILK is a carafe and glass set that’s impressed by the design of a conventional milk bottle. The glasses may be stacked the wrong way up on prime of the carafe to behave as a lid and for simple transport and storage. MILK is obtainable in four colours – a transparent impartial, gray, a vivid aqua and yellow. Borosilicate glass is appropriate for cold and hot drinks.
INLINE Photograph: Julien Renault
INLINE is a spread of espresso tables and cabinets outlined by the parallel traces of the legs and stainless-steel frames. The designs are based mostly on daring designs the place easy straight traces with tight radii come collectively to create elegant but highly effective constructions. The legs and frames are product of polished stainless-steel, and the tops and cabinets are strong oak. There are three sizes of espresso desk, two sizes of wall mounted shelving and one ground shelving unit.
CASSETTA Photograph: Julien Renault
Seemingly nothing greater than two picket boards positioned on prime of one another, the CASSETTA is for most individuals an echo of an on a regular basis sight – a pile of books, immediately recognizable. CASSETTA can be utilized as a small case, a storage for photographs, jewellery, glasses, cash, keys… these on a regular basis bits which might be mendacity round. With its common contour it blends effectively with the encompassing inside, to be left on the desk like a couple of books.
