Designer-traveller graduated from the École Boulle, Dorian Étienne launched his eponymous design studio in 2019. He combines art and craft through a humanistic and eco-responsible design approach.
Anchored in near or distant territories, he observes techniques and materials, cultures and histories. The richness of the world’s cultural heritages inspires him throughout his research. Following this lead thread, braided of Human and Nature, he creates sensible and meaningful projects : the “crossbred objects”.
Furthermore, experimentation is at the heart of his creation. The new features of tools and materials are his library of ideas ; their limits suggest new uses.
The studio’s activity takes many forms : local participative projects, sustainable and innovative product design for edition, self-edition for galleries, special commissions, interventions in schools and institutes, creative residencies around the world, ...
After five years, the studio has been rewarded with over twenty international design, art and architecture prizes (New York, Paris, Berlin, London, Barcelona, Seoul, Bombay, ...).
Awards
2024 • Best Sustainable Art & Design Studio winner, Birmingham
2024 • Citizen-Driven Design Award winner, Barcelona
2024 • Carré sur Seine Award finalist, Boulogne-Billancourt
2024 • Open Design Challenge winner, Bombay
2023 • Grand Prix Photography x Sustainability winner, Paris
2023 • French National Collection entry for Nuclée, Paris
2023 • Research Grant laureate by ADAGP, Paris
2023 • SME Trophies Artisanal Prize winner, Paris
2023 • Designer of the Year nomination by Singulart, Paris
2022 • Mondes Nouveaux laureate by the French Ministry of Culture, Paris
2022 • Green Product Award nomination for Lukang, Berlin
2022 • DIA Award nomination with honourable mention, Hangzhou
2021 • French Design 100 winner by VIA, Paris
2021 • Golden Trezzini Awards nomination, Saint Petersburg
2021 • Green Product Award nomination for Nuclée, Berlin
2021 • Shapl Design Award finalist with Nyx, Seoul
2021 • One&Twenty Finest Design finalist, Frankfurt
2020 • Best of Year Award winner by Interior Design, New York
2020 • James Dyson Award finalist with M-101, London
2020 • D’Source Design Challenge winner, Bombay
2020 • A’ Design Award finalist with Nyx, Como
2018 • Odon Vallet Merit Scholarship laureate, Paris
2013 • Geosciences Olympiads finalist, Paris
2012 • Des clics et des classes photography prize winner, Arles
Exhibitions
2024 • “Évasion” at the Chaillioux Art Centre, Fresnes
2024 • “Pays’Âges” at the Beauport Abbey, Paimpol
2024 • “Pratique en Zigzag” for France Design Week, Paris
2024 • “Grand Prix Photography” in front of Paris City Hall, Paris
2024 • “Pays’Âges” on several cultural festivals, Brittany
2024 • “Carré de Jardin” at Espace Landowski, Boulogne-Billancourt
2024 • “Pays’Âge de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel”, Mont Saint-Michel
2024 • “Grand Prix Photography” at French Fashion Institute, Paris
2023 • “Grand Prix Photography” at the Sofitel Le Faubourg, Paris
2023 • “Pays’Âge du Fleuve Laïta” at the Saint-Maurice Abbey, Clohars-Carnoët
2023 • “Pays’Âges” at the Beauport Abbey, Paimpol
2023 • “Mondes Nouveaux” at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris
2022 • “Later Came Early” for the Benetton Foundation, Treviso
2021 • “Merry Fabrica” for the Fabrica Research Institute, Treviso
2021 • “Materialized” for Milan Design Week, Milan
2020 • “Design for Life” for the Paris Hospitals, Paris
2020 • “Isola Digital” for Milan Design Week, Milan
2019 • “Sustainability” for Paris Design Week, Paris
2019 • “Métissage” at the Taiwan Craft Design Museum, Taiwan
2018 • “Dívis” at the EElux Boutique, Paris
Education
2019 • Foundation of Dorian Étienne • Design Studio, Besançon
2019 • Training in traditional asian crafts, Taiwan
2018 • Product design patent from École Boulle, Paris
2016 • Propedentic year in applied arts at École Boulle, Paris
2015 • First year of medicine at Université Rennes 1, Rennes
2014 • Baccalaureate in science at Lycée Dupuy-de-Lôme, Lorient
Career
2024 • Co-foundation of Collectif Zigzag, Paris
2024 • Tissage et Métissage workshop, Paris
2024 • Les Couleurs d’un Territoire workshop, Paimpol
2024 • Participation in the Fabrica 30 arts festival, Treviso
2024 • Fragments d’un Territoire residency, Belle-Île-en-Mer
2024 • Les Couleurs d’un Territoire workshop, Mont Saint-Michel
2023 • Pays’Âges residency at the Mont Saint-Michel Priory, MSM
2023 • French Delegation for 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen
2023 • TV reports on Pays’Âges (M6, France 3, Loopsider), Paris
2023 • Homo Faber Guide selection by Michelangelo Foundation, Geneva
2023 • Pays’Âges residency at the Kerplouz School chapel, Auray
2022 • Pays’Âges residency at the Beauport Abbey, Paimpol
2022 • Pays’Âges residency at the Saint-Maurice Abbey, Clohars
2022 • Production of the Shapes of Time generative project, Treviso
2022 • Local Fibers workshop for the Benetton Foundation, Treviso
2021 • Residency at the Fabrica Research Institute, Treviso
2021 • TEDx Versailles speaker, Versailles
2021 • Co-foundation of Collectif M-101, Paris
2020 • Residency at Ateliers de Paris - Bureau du Design, Paris
2019 • Supervision of the École Boulle - N.T.C.R.I. workshop, Taiwan
2019 • Creation of the Tea Wine Ceremony, Taiwan
2019 • Creative designer for Eric Gizard Agency, Paris
2018 • Residency at the National Taiwan Craft Institute, Taiwan
2018 • Natural Fibers and Dyes workshop, Taiwan
2018 • Partnership with the Mobilier National, Paris