“I have a passion for mysterious organisms and minerals, like stones, fossils, corals, meteorites, even insects,” says Erwan Boulloud, leaning in, as if to take me into his confidence. The playful, eccentric French artist, designer, and artisan “breathes life” into sculptural furniture as he likes to say, shaping forms that stimulate the senses and invite reflection, even wonder.
His designs might reference the living world and natural cycles of change, but they engage equally with technology, literature, art, and philosophy — he is currently reading a book by the French author and anthropologist Philippe Descola. His artisanal forms are expressive, experimental, and steeped in thought and research combined with an intuitive, mystical approach to decoration.
