Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Born in Quimper, Brittany, in 1971 and 1976 respectively, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec worked together in Paris for more than two decades. Their shared practice encompassed furniture, lighting, textiles, and installations, often exploring how individual elements could be repeated, connected, or rearranged. Drawing and material experiments informed collaborations with Vitra, HAY, Flos, Kvadrat, Established & Sons, and nanimarquina. Their Algues screen for Vitra uses branching components that connect into partitions or canopies, leaving the arrangement to the user. The Blur rugs for nanimarquina explore repetition through weaving, with a change in direction that softens the edges of the geometric pattern. Their work is held in the permanent collections of MoMA in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Both designers now lead independent practices; the pieces presented here were created during their years of collaboration.