paul youenn
concept shaper / artist designer
paul youenn
concept shaper / artist designer
Based in
Eindhoven , Netherlands
Seniority
5 - 10 years experience
Nationality
France
Resume
About

Paul Youenn is an artist-designer: by playing with scale, texture and proportion, he reveals the invisible and makes it tangible. His fascination with the invisible stems from his desire to understand systems, materials, cultures, relationships... Instinctively, when he seeks to understand, he zooms

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His practice is marked by a sense of layering, fusing ancient know-how with cutting-edge technology. For him, this approach is a way of connecting generations and creating an open dialogue on subjects that intimately link past, present and future.

Born in 1997, Paul Youenn lives and works in Paris. He is a graduate of the Design Academy in Eindhoven (Netherlands).

He has been collaborating with various experts (Michelin-starred chefs, scientists, engineers…) since 2020. He also co-founded the duo Adaptism with Eliott Vallin: they develop contextual projects and Artwear pieces from industrial waste and High Couture brands.

Paul Youenn has exhibited his work in several major venues of contemporary art and design in Europe, such as 3537 in Paris, Alcova, Spazio Fonte in Milan, Kazerne in Eindhoven, Château Shloss Hollenegg in Austria... In Paris, he presented two duoshows: "Leftover" in 2022, curated by Anne Bourrasé, and "Fragment" in 2023, curated by Adaptism.

In addition to his artistic work, he also co-curated the "Corpus Machina" exhibition at the Consulat Voltaire during Paris Photo 2023. His project "Moon 925" was integrated into the permanent collection of the Silver Museum in the Netherlands in 2020. Since 2021, he has been an alumni of the Design Academy Eindhoven, a member of the jury at the French Institute of Design.

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Fertile
Fertile Mar. 2024 - Apr. 2024
Paris, France
Corpus Machina
Paris Photo Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2023
Paris, France
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FRAGMENTS
Le Consulat Sep. 2023 - Sep. 2023
Paris, France
Milan Design Week
Alcova Sep. 4, 2021 - Sep. 12, 2021
Milan , Italy
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Public/Private Spaces
Design Academy Eindhoven Sep. 2, 2017 - Jul. 12, 2021
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Exhibition
Dutch Silver Museum Apr. 7, 2020 - Dec. 20, 2020
Schoonhoven, Netherlands
Exhibition / Collaboration
TextileLab / Textiel Museum Tilburg Feb. 8, 2020 - Mar. 9, 2020
Tilburg , Netherlands
Exhibition
OBJECT Rotterdam Feb. 6, 2020 - Feb. 9, 2020
Rotterdam , Netherlands
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Exhibition
Dutch Design Week Oct. 19, 2019 - Oct. 27, 2019
Eindhoven , Netherlands
Designer
PSA Peugeot Citroën Jun. 7, 2017 - Aug. 3, 2017
Vélizy , France

Peugeot Design Lab

Industry sectors

Technology

Languages

French

Native language

English

Bilingual

Types of contracts
Collaboration
Personal details

Potentially open to relocate

Professional references

Nacho Carbonell

Nicolas Aubagnac

Neil Simpson / Peugeot Design Lab

Lina Ghotmeh