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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