Born in Paris in 1996, Lily Saillant is a designer who graduated from the School of Decorative Arts in Paris. Trained in parallel in working with metal and ceramics with ceramist Karen Swami, then at Seoul National University, she combines...
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in Paris in 1996, Lily Saillant is a designer who graduated from the
School of Decorative Arts in Paris. Trained in parallel in working with
metal and ceramics with ceramist Karen Swami, then at Seoul National
University, she combines through various collaborations the know-how of
an object designer and the sensitivity of an artisan. From 2018, she
took part in several group exhibitions such as "Wanted Design" in
Brooklyn, "The Lost Graduation Show" in Milan or "Re-cycle" of Cercle
5.5, within Stu-Dio.
Its
projects are an opportunity to provoke curiosity, to question uses to
support their smooth evolution towards more sustainable and sensitive
habits. His practice is thus positioned as an exploration of old frugal
knowledge, of the cultural memory of objects and their scope to create
emotions, meaning in our contemporary world.
EDUCATION
2015 / MANAA preparation year in applied art, ENSAAMA, Paris 2018.2019 / Exchange year at Seoul National University, Craft and design department, studies of metal, ceramic and wood crafts 2016.2021 / Master diploma at ENSAD in product and furniture design, graduated with the Jury’s Congratulations
INTERNSHIP/JOB
2016 / Studio 54, runwway scenography mock-up and design assistance2017 / Aurélie Abadie et Samuel Sauques, designer and craftmen specialized in casting and glass cutting.2018 / Sophie Larger, designer, design and mock-up assistant 2016.2019 / Karen Swami, ceramic assistant (part-time job)2020 / EBE
58, creation of an ultra-local saling point for the market gardening
sector in sustainable agriculture, from sustainable and up- cycled
materials.2021 / Studio Marianne Guély, scenography assistant, prototypist and model maker
/ Stu-Dio member, designer under the direction of Lucas Dauvergne
COLLABORATIONS/WORKSHOPS
2017 / Workshop Bambou ENSAD x NTCRI with the association Hand in Hand and taiwanese craftmen on weaving/bending bamboo.
/ Collaboration with Loma innovation, creator of the LM42 material
/ Workshop furniture and bambou jointery and bending, Boisbuchet (Vitra)2018 /
«Creative conversations», at Centre des artisans et des métiers d’art,
Lomé, Togo, creation of furnitures with traditional togolese techniques
/ «Double sens», Isipca, Perfume School and Studio Rimasùu 2021/ Workshops furniture creation with Gauthier Surelle and Pierre Dubourg at Ulto, manufacturer and woodcraftman, Nîmes
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2016 / Galerie 24b, Paris design week,
2017 / Bambazar, Vincennes Floral Park
2018 / Wanted Design, Brooklyn industry City
/ Talk at the conference “A materialistic afternoon” on bamboo and innoative materials
/ «Form’Osées», Bambou for Paris 2018
2020 / «Métamorphose Silencieuse» avec EDF, Lille design capital 2021/ «Honky Tonky Fields», curated by the Collectif Enoki at Voltaire’s exhibition space
/ European Heritage Days, Maison Rouge - Museum of the cevenoles valley with Ulto Edition
/ «The lost graduation show», Milan Salone del Mobile, with the graduation project «The nourrishing objects»
/ «Re-design», at the Cercle 5.5, the Paris Design Week , with Stu-dio
PRIZE
2024 / Special Jury “Coup de cœur” Mention 2024 Concours Bois Français & Design 2024, Fibois Île-de-France with The Balançoire U. Swing edited by Studio Sénac and exhibited during the French Design Week in Paris from 5 to 14 September 2024 2021 / Finalist "Design Revelation Prize" ADAGP2020 / Selected 13th competition Cinna Révélateurs de Talents
2018 / Competition winner «School paper», Papier Chenel
