Dorian Étienne – Eyes on Talents

Dorian Étienne

Designer-voyageur

Dorian Étienne

Designer-voyageur

Based in

Besançon, France

Seniority

5 - 10 years experience

Age

28 years old

Gender

Male

Nationality

France

Represented by

Galerie Philia (New York)

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Souvenirs de Paris

About

Independant designer based in Paris, Dorian Étienne combines in his work crafts and industry through a humanist and eco-friendly design approach.

Anchored in near or distant territories, he observes cultures and histories, techniques and materials. The richness of the world's cultural heritages insp

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ires him throughout his work. Following this lead thread, braided of Human and Nature, he creates sensible and sensitive products : “objets métissés”.

Furthermore, experimentation is at the heart of his creation. The new features of the material are his library of ideas ; then he invents new uses.

Fundamentally his approach is respectful of the environment and humans.

Full Bio Awards Events

Residency at the Fabrica Research Institute

Fabrica Sep. 20, 2021 - Mar. 3, 2022

Treviso, Italy

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Lauréat

Mondes Nouveaux Governmental Call 2022

Paris, France

Milan Design Week exhibition with Isola Design

Milan Design Week Sep. 5, 2021 - Sep. 12, 2021

Milano, Italy

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Resident at Ateliers de Paris

Ateliers de Paris Sep. 26, 2020 - Jul. 11, 2021

Paris, France

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TEDx Versailles Speaker

TEDx Versailles Apr. 11, 2021 - Apr. 12, 2021

Versailles, France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dHAWEoA7XM

Finalist

Green Product Award 2021

Germany

Nuclée laureate of the Green Product Award

Winner

Best of Year Award 2020

New York, United States

Nuclée, sustainable mood lamps made of banana flesh in Taiwan with the Kavalan aboriginal tribe, won the 2020 Best of Year Award of "Interior Design Magazine".

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Finalist

James Dyson Award 2020

Paris, France

M-101, modular, tailor-made and sustainable professional masks, is a James Dyson Award Winner

Winner

D'Source Design Challenge 2020

Paris, France

Milan Design Week Digital Exhibition and Lecture

Milan Design Week Jun. 10, 2020 - Jul. 10, 2020

Milan, Italy

Design X Life

The Art Design Lab Apr. 10, 2020 - May. 31, 2020

Paris, France

Charity sale for the Public Foundation of Paris Hospitals

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Supervision of the Boulle - N.T.C.R.I. workshop

Boulle school & National Taiwan Craft Research Institute Nov. 8, 2019 - Nov. 19, 2019

Caotun Township, Taiwan

Organizer and accompanist of a workshop in Taiwan between a DNMADe class from the Boulle school and Taiwanese craftmen from the N.T.C.R.I.

Designer Freelance

Eric Gizard Agency Sep. 2, 2019 - Nov. 11, 2019

Paris, France

Creation of furniture, development of a range of carpets, ...

Exhibition at Printemps Haussmann during the Paris Design Week

Made in Design by Printemps Sep. 5, 2019 - Sep. 13, 2019

Paris, France

Exhibition of Nuclée mood lamp for the 20 years of Made in Design by Printemps

Métissage, exhibition and lecture

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute May. 26, 2019 - May. 31, 2019

Taichung, Taiwan

Six-month residency at N.T.C.R.I.

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute Sep. 20, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2019

Caotun, Taiwan

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BTS Product Design

École Boulle - Design et Métiers d'Arts (Paris) Sep. 1, 2015 - Jul. 3, 2018

Paris, France

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Lauréat

Vallet Purse 2017

Paris, France

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Skills

Product design

Ecodesign

3D Rendering

Project Management

Craft

Tinkering design

Industrial Design

Environmental Awareness

Photography

Art of presentation

Graphic design

art

Scientific approach

Driving License

Software skills

Rhino 3D Modeling Software

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

KeyShot

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Premiere Pro

Sketchup Pro

Adobe AfterEffects

Languages

English

Fluent

Spanish

Basic knowledge

Chinese

Basic knowledge

French

Native language

Italian

Basic knowledge

Types of contracts

Freelance / Missions

Part time

Collaboration

Teacher

Personal details

UE working permit

Potentially open to relocate

Nuclée Sustainable Lamps

Yanko Design Magazine (Canada) by Chi Thukral

Jun. 16, 2021

"I will never stop being amazed by how designers are pushing the boundaries by creating sustainable products. Nuclée is a lamp created from discarded banana flesh and it is….truly bananas! The French designer duo came up with the concept and produced it during a six-month residency at the National Ta

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iwan Craft Research Institute (N.T.C.R.I.) in Taiwan."

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Nuclée lamps are made using discarded banana fibers

Inhabitat Magazine (USA) by Dawn Hammon

May. 31, 2021

"When it comes to designing a new product, sometimes it’s not about creating something entirely new but about finding ways to make an existing product more sustainable. In the case of Nuclée lamps, the “light bulb idea” evolved from traditional methods of using banana fiber."

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TEDx Talk 2021

TEDx Versailles by TEDx Talk

Apr. 18, 2021

"Design Durable & Objets Métissés"

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Eco-Friendly Chair Lukang

Design Nuance Magazine by Supreetha Paone

Feb. 10, 2021

New article on Lukang eco-chairs made of loofah fibers.

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Material LAB

MILK. Magazine by Katharina Hölz

Jan. 10, 2021

New article of Nuclée project on the German Magazine MILK.

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Creator Spotlight

Wescover by Trudy Hall

Dec. 4, 2020

Interview from the Wescover Gallery (San Francisco)

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Nuclée Lamp Made With Discarded Banana Fiber

Quaint Mind Magazine by Supreetha Sudheer

Oct. 15, 2020

Nuclée mood lamps highlighted on Quaint Mind magazine.

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A Customisable Face Mask Adaptable for any Profession

Springwise Magazine by Serafina Basciano

Oct. 7, 2020

M-101 modular, tailor-made and sustainable protective masks.

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Partition Shelf Made With Up-Cycled Pipe Bricks

Quaint Mind Magazine by Supreetha Sudheer

Aug. 6, 2020

Roma partition highlighted on Quaint Mind Magazine.

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Fuorisalone digital: the creative young people of the Isola Design District

Artribune by Giulia Marani

Jun. 25, 2020

Interview and presentation of projects exhibited during digital Milan Design Week

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Taiwanese Techniques in Dorian Etienne

Isola Design District by Ilaria Elena Paone

Jun. 15, 2020

Article on some projects exhibited during Milan Design Week

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Eye for Design - Dorian Etienne

New Releaze Magazine by David Affleck

May. 20, 2020

Interview from this Australian magazine on my projects and design concepts.

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3 Questions for : Dorian Etienne

Isola Design District by Ilaria Elena Paone

Apr. 2, 2020

" 3 Questions For " interview published on I.D.D website and networks, in anticipation of my exhibition for Milan Design Week 2021

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Taiwan Crafts n°74

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute by Design Magazine of the N.T.C.R.I.

Sep. 2019

Publication of my Design&Craft works realised during a six months residency in the N.T.C.R.I., in collaboration with Cordélia FAURE

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Franco-Taiwanese Cultural Exchange

Replay on two local TV channels by Taiwanese TV channels

Mar. 2019

Presentation of our design projects and the French culture in front of the 260 schoolchildren of the Caohu Hushan Elementary School (Caotun Township), with Cordélia FAURE.

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Taiwan Local Material

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute by Design Magazine of the N.T.C.R.I.

Jan. 2019

Publication of my research on banana fiber in collaboration with Cordélia FAURE. Presentation of Pellis and Nuclée mood lamps.

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