Ferréol Babin

Profile

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, the Benetton's communications research centre, based in Treviso, Italy. Under the direction of Sam Baron, his projects included industrial design, scenography or conceptual installations. His projects are always based on an awareness of function and rationality, combined with a poetic and emotional dimension.


Exhibitions

2016 - "Aile" - Selected'16 - Graz - Austria
2016 - "Pond", "Frost" & "Slab" - Milan Design Week - Ventura Lambrate - Italy
2016 - "Flocons" - A Palazzo Gallery - Brescia - Italy
2015 - 2016 - "Fusion" - Tools Galerie - Paris - France
2015 - "Fusion" - International Biennale of Design of Saint-Étienne - France
2015 - "À Table" - MAISON & OBJET - Paris - France
2015 - "Lunaire" - MAISON & OBJET - Paris - France
2014 - "Lunaire" - Gold Design Exhibition - Arezzo - Italy
2014 - "Lunaire" - ADI Design Index - Milan & Rome - Italy
2014 - "Aurore" - 24th International Biennale Interieur 2014 Kortrijk - Belgium
2014 - "Lunaire" - London Design Festival - London - England
2014 - "Lunaire" - Paris Design Week - Paris - France
2014 - "Aurore", "Plateau", "Roll" & "Écume" - MAISON & OBJET - Paris - France
2014 - "Aurore" - Half Decade Beast by Moustache - Le Bon Marché - Paris - France
2014 - "Écume" & "Flocons" - Milan Design Week - Ventura Lambrate - Italy
2014 - "Hairy" - customized for TOG - Milan Design Week - Italy
2014 - "Hot & Cold" - Fabrica for Daikin - Milan Design Week - Italy
2014 - "Feuillage" - Fabrica for Moleskine - Milan Design Week - Italy
2014 - "Falaises" - Milan Design Week - French Institute - Italy
2014 - "Aurore" - Milan Design Week - Spazio Rossana Orlandi - Italy
2014 - "Lunaire" - new gold and copper finishes - Milan Design Week - Italy
2014 - "Lunaire" - Designs of the Year 2014 - Design Museum London - UK
2014 - "Lunaire" - Stockholm Furniture Fair - Sweden
2013 - 2014 "Aurore", "Fragment" & "Phare" - Objet Lumière - Galerie Tator - Lyon - France
2013 - "Lunaire" - Neue Räume 13 - Zurich - Germany
2013/ 2014 - "Falaises" - Meisenthal, le feu sacré - Ensemble Poirel - Nancy - France
2013 - "Lunaire" - MAISON & OBJET - Paris - France
2013 - "Falaises" - Designer's Days - Paris - France
2013 - "Lunaire" - ICFF New York - United States
2013 - "Lunaire" - Euroluce - Milan Design Week - Italy
2013 - "Basement" - 8th International Biennale of Design of Saint-Étienne - France
2012/ 2013 - "Speedway" & "Falaises" - Artisan Social Designer - France
2012 - "Speedway" & "Falaises" - Brussels Design September - Belgium
2012 - "Voiles", "Phases", "Mire" & "Spectre" - Jeunes designers 2012 -
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims - France
2012 - "Falaises" - Meisenthal, le feu sacré - Grand Hornu - Belgium
2012 - "Falaises" - Luxembourg Design Biennale - Carrérotondes - Luxembourg
2011 - "Les Mijotés" - Quick 40 years - Tour & Taxis Bruxelles - Belgium
2011 - "Falaises" - Design Parade 6 - Villa Noailles - France
2011 - "Les Mijotés" - Quick 2050 - VIA Paris - France
2009 - "Sampo" - Mino Washi Akari Art - Mino City - Japan


Reward

2015 - "Fusion" - Laurent & Charras award and grant
2014 - "Lunaire" - selected by ADI ( Italian Association for Industrial Design) as the best of Italian design put into production.
2014 - Selected by MAISON & OBJET as a "Talent à la carte"
2014 - The New York Times - Ferréol Babin, one of the three breakout stars of the Milan Furniture Fair
2014 - "Lunaire" - Designs of the Year 2014 - London Design Museum
2014 - "Lunaire" - Red Dot Design Award, honourable mention for the excellence of its detail