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Designer’s Days 2012: I’m air
For the second year in a row, L’École de design joined forces with Dyson during Designer’s Days 2012 in an exhibit entitled Identité(s): je suis l’air [Identity(ies): I’m air], created by Julien Bergignat, 2010 graduate and 2011 winner of the James Dyson Award France.
What does it take to see the immaterial, feel the impalpable, and reach the unattainable? Julien Bergignat’s inspiring scenography at Dyson touches down as he examines more closely a key element in our IDENTITIES: Air. Riddled with introspection and whim, the designer embarks on a voyage plunging him into this vital element proving to be just as captivating as cryptic. He offers visitors a look into a journey that retraces the various facets of the intangible.
Identity(ies): I’m air
Following the 2011 Edition, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique joined forces, yet again, with Dyson and 2010 graduate Julien Bergignat at Designer’s Days in a creative set-up whose spotlight shone brightly on the zeal common to all three innovators. A trio in the spirit of the times…
The exhibit took place last spring at Dyson Démo during Designer’s Days 2012.
A handful of air-infused projects
With air as the focus, a handful of projects developed between 2010 and 2012 has been unveiled to the public. New Mobilities Master’s student, Fan Fan, developed R-Lamp, a light source that indicates the level of indoor air quality. For her end-of-year project in the Transcultural Design China Program, Abigail Potié created Breathe, whose content undertakes the same challenge for Shanghai interiors. Paul Vaugoyeau, 2010 graduate, devised Kerio, an innovative laundry care appliance featuring vacuum-packed technology. Lastly, as his end-of year project, 2011 graduate Marc-Antoine Russo proposed Biolifik, which is an information management tracking system for the care and maintenance of air-purifying indoor plants.
An aerial buffet by the New Eating Habits Laboratory
Having teamed up with both the Studio des parfums and the Bureau des Vins de Loire [Loire Valley Wine Bureau], Jean-Patrick Péché, Director of the New Eating Habits Laboratory, concocted a lighter-than-air buffet for the event. On the menu is molecular cuisine and Muscadet sur lie.
Designer: Julien Bergignat
National winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award, Julien Bergignat was given free rein with regard to the Dyson Démo’s set design at Designer’s Days. He opted to further explore the aerial dimension of our identities from every sensory- and emotion-charged angle. As airy as Proust’s madeleine…
