RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC

Ronan (born in 1971) and Erwan Bouroullec (born in 1976) are brothers and designers based in Paris. They have been working together for more than twenty years bonded by diligence and challenged by their distinct personalities. Their studio is based in Paris and their team numbers around ten people.

In 1997, they were spotted by Cappellini, giving them their first industrial design projects. They began working with the Galerie kreo in 2000 and had their first solo show there in 2001. Issey Miyake then hired them to design the boutique to house his new collection A-Poc. They met then Rolf Fehlbaum, President of Vitra, and worked on a new office system entitled Joyn. Since then, they have gone on to work with Artek, Flos, Hay, Kettal, Kvadrat, Ligne Roset, Magis, Mutina, Nanimarquina, Samsung and Vitra, etc.

Their work has covered many field ranging from the design of small objects as jewellery to spatial arrangements and urban designs, from craftsmanship to industrial scale, from drawings to videos and photography. The designers also maintain an experimental activity with Galerie kreo, which is also essential to the development of their work.