Valerian Gagnaire
MA work
MA work
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Lighting Installation, Valerian Gagnaire
Wood and paper
A designer can go through a period of creative chaos and have a pessimistic glance at his own practice. He can be filled with a feeling of worthlessness, and therefore want to question his role and the legitimacy of his work within a society already largely saturated with objects.
As a designer, I need to produce designs; and the only valid justification is the expression of my own self. From that perspective even function is superficial and can be reduced to its minimum. I invite you to meet a person, and his plastic and formal universe. My design practice is guided by spontaneity, the discovering of new places, the contrast of materials and the clash between object, function and sculpture.
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Design
Programme
MA Design Products, 2010
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Contact
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A designer can go through a period of creative chaos and have a pessimistic glance at his own practice. He can be filled with a feeling of worthlessness, and therefore want to question his role and the legitimacy of his work within a society already largely saturated with objects.
As a designer, I need to produce designs; and the only valid justification is the expression of my own self. From that perspective even function is superficial and can be reduced to its minimum. I invite you to meet a person, and his plastic and formal universe. My design practice is guided by spontaneity, the discovering of new places, the contrast of materials and the clash between object, function and sculpture.
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Degrees
- Postgraduate, Design Product, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008; BA, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007; Propedeutique, Jewellery, Ecole des Arts Decoratif, Geneva, 2004
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Experience
- Industrial Design workshop assistant, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007-8
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Exhibitions
- Ron Arad: Restless (architectural playgrounds events), Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2010; International Student Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan, 2009; Design Parade Festival, Villa Noaille, Hyeres, France, 2009; Talent 2008 Dutch Design Week, Designhuis Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008