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Recently saw his Chair ONE at the De Young Museum cafe in San Francisco. He has much more going on.

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Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec were born in Quimper, respectively in 1971 and 1976.

As soon as he graduated from the « Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs », Ronan began working alone, progressively assisted by Erwan, who was then still a student at the « Ecole des Beaux-Arts » of Cergy Pontoise. The two brothers have been working together since 1999. Their collaboration is a constant dialogue, one that is fed by their separate identities but strives toward a common goal.

They met Giulio Cappellini in 1997, when their “Disintegrated Kitchen” was on show at the Salon du Meuble in Paris. This was to be the starting point of a regular collaboration that has resulted in various projects since 1999. In 2000, Issey Miyake commissioned them to design a shop in Paris for to his new collection A-Poc. The very same year, they met Rolf Felhbaum, Chairman of Vitra, and began working on a new Office Furniture System called “Joyn” which was produced in 2002. This project opened the way for further collaboration.

Today, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec work together with numerous manufacturers such as Vitra, Cappellini, Issey Miyake, Magis, Ligne Roset, Habitat and the Kréo Gallery. In addition, they work on architectural projects, like the « Floating House », an artist’s Studio under construction, commissioned by “Le centre d’Art de Chatou”.

The brothers were named “Creator of the Year” at the Salon du Meuble in Paris, 2002, and have won multiple awards like the “New Designer Awards” of the International Furniture Fair of New-York in 1999, le Grand Prix du Design de la Ville de Paris in 1998 and the First Prize of Saint-Etienne Biennale in 1998. In 2003, they were voted “designer of the year” by Elle Decoration, Japan.

Their designs have been exhibited in many collective or solo exhibitions such as “Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec” at the London Design Museum in 2002. In 2004, 2 solo exhibitions were held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and at the Boijmans Museum of Art in Rotterdam. In summer 2005, they took part in a collective exhibition at the Seoul Art Center, Hangaram Design Museum in Korea.

Both brothers regularly take part in workshops at various Schools of Art and Design.

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"A graduate of St. Martins School of Art, Johnny Hardstaff initially worked in print graphics for amongst others fashion designers Paul Smith and Katherine Hamnett. In his own time, Hardstaff privately began to experiment with his own peculiar hybrid of graphic design and moving image, his first 'film' 'Phenomenon One' coming to the attention of Sony Playstation. The subsequent film Playstation commissioned, 'History of Gaming', became an immediate critical success. Awarded a place in Creative Reviews 'Creative Futures' 2001 for Animation, the project led Hardstaff to be signed to Ridley Scott Associates and Black Dog Films. " - j/h.com

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