DIGITAL DAYS DESIGN BY - Florian Dach and Dimitri Zephir's favorite products
Graduates of the National School of Decorative Arts of Paris, Dimitri Zephir and Florian Dach founded their creative studio dach&zephir in 2016. Discover their design products selection on MOM!
DIGITAL DAYS MAISON&OBJET | DESIGN BY | 5 to 11 JULY 2021
As part of Digital Days Design by, Florian Dach and Dimitri Zephir have identified on-trend products for you.
Want to discover the newest DESIGN BY collections and product innovations? Here’s a selection of brands whose products perfectly combine beauty and utility, awaiting your discovery on MOM!
DIGITAL DAYS MAISON&OBJET | DESIGN BY | 5 to 11 JULY 2021
As part of Digital Days Design by, Florian Dach and Dimitri Zephir have identified on-trend products for you.
Want to discover the newest DESIGN BY collections and product innovations? Here’s a selection of brands whose products perfectly combine beauty and utility, awaiting your discovery on MOM!
Orfeo
This series of goblets is characterized by its strong contrasts. The base is like a pedestal that harmoniously dominates the exceptionally soft lines of the bowl, which is characterized by its thin walls and flared rim. The large, round stem makes the glasses pleasant to hold. The brilliance of the crystal is brought out by the different thicknesses of glass.
ONDE woven rattan mirror
Designed by Guillaume Delvigne for ORCHID EDITION, the ONDE woven rattan mirror uses the technique of weaving rattan or wicker basketry. It is presented as a huge basket at the bottom of which is embedded the mirror. Practical, it can be fixed vertically or horizontally depending on the desired effect.
Hammered Hatter
Created by François Azambourg in 2012, the Chapelière lamp is a tribute to Serge Mouillr work. For a time, François Azambourg was a student at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d'Art of Paris (ENSAAMA). Chapelière lamp is designed with the colour codes of Serge Mouille's mythical lamps: matte black and satin white but also and especially in its “hammered” finish, it pays tribute to the know-how and mastery of Serge Mouille's hammering. The hammered version is handmade by Serge Mouille's successor at ENSAAMA.
Oriental Flowers
By the influence of the commercial rise, following the opening of the Suez-Canal, Europe of the 1870ties showed its interest in the oriental ornamentation. These refreshing series of tumblers with colourful flower ornaments are inspired by a wide range of decors designed by Gustav Schmoranz for Lobmeyr in 1898.
Matin table lamp
Inga Sempé's Matin table lamp offers a contemporary yet poetic design, with a construction that combines visual delicacy with physical robustness. It consists of a steel wire bent frame finished in polished brass with matte black hardware, and is paired with a pleated cotton shade in a variety of vibrant colours. The light source is an integrated LED, offering a diffused downlight which is accompanied by a digital in-line dimmer control to adjust the output of light if required.
DROPLET SUSPENSION
The DROPLET pendant uses vintage glassware as basic elements. Each piece created is unique and handmade in the Netherlands, with particular care in selecting the different antique elements that make up the final object. Recycle the old to reinvent a new form and function in a collection of suspensions. E14 bulb covered with an opaque glass paste shade _ Transparent cable 2 plugs/2 meters _ Material: Vintage glassware _ Each lamp is sold individually.
Atal Chair
Form us With Love came up with a family of items based on a single wooden shell that, tilted and positioned differently, fulfils all these functions… So, the Atal range is made up of a straight, high stool, a welcoming armchair, a simple chair and an inviting, comfy lounge chair. With this new collection, Alki continues to develop its offering for communal spaces, especially areas of intense use. The different pieces in the Atal Collection smoothly cohabit to create an elegant, cohesive set. The oblong metal tubing is designed for heavy use and is combined with solid oak and upholstery.
Florian Dach & Dimitri Zephir
Graduates of the National School of Decorative Arts of Paris, Dimitri Zephir and Florian Dach founded their creative studio dach&zephir in 2016. Mixing fervour and poetry, their projects echo the thinking of Martinican poet Édouard Glissant and celebrate the urgent and necessary diversity of the world. For the duo, stories and History are starting points in design, acknowledging that objects are mediums for our minds, he believes in the statement that we can’t move forward without acknowledging the past and the History. The historic and cultural specificities of the territories which they explore are the ones that they suggest revealing and passing on trough the creation of objects. Since 2016, as a part of the studio research work, their project Éloj Kréyol that focuses on the lost histories of Martinica and Guadaloupe (French West Indies) through product design, visual essays and education programs, was featured at Operae independent design festival 2016 in Torino (Italy) and at Onomatopee Project Space in 2018 (The Netherlands). In 2018 the research is awarded the Création en cours grant issued by the French ministries of culture and education. In 2019, The second chapter of the research is published Éloj Kréyol—Field Essays 55.3 edited by Sophie Krier and channeled by Onomatopee. In 2020, Éloj Kréyol received the label « Fondation Mémoire pour l’Esclavage » opening a new step for this work about a decolonial vision of the creole history though a design process. In the French design area, the studio dach&zephir has received the followed distinctions: in 2014, dach&zephir won the emerging talent award by the brand Cinna and is selected as a Rising Talents by M&O. In 2017, the duo was selected by Lidewij Edelkoort and the Carpenters workshop Gallery in London as one of the fifteen emerging talents of European design with their work « La Gargoulette ». In 2019, he is selected by an international jury for Le French Design by VIA as one of the 100 designers who are sharing French design around the world. In 2020, dach&zephir is awarded the Prix special du Jury of the 35th Hyères fashion festival (cat. fashion accessories) with « Bijoux de tête » collection in collaboration with the textile researcher and designer Antonin Mongin. Their work has been exhibited at Maison&Objet Paris, VIA, MAD Paris and Grand Palais [FR], Carpenters Workshop Gallery [UK], Salon Satellite in Milan [IT], mudac – musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains [CH], Onomatopee gallery in Eindhoven [NL], Mémorial ACTe in Guadeloupe [FR], Reciprocity Design Liège [BE], CID au Grand-Hornu [BE], Operae design Festival Torino [IT], Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art [CH], Karimoku gallery [JP] and Gangju design Biennale [KR]. Today, faithful to their desire to promote history (and histories) and cultures, dach&zephir collaborate with various public and private institutions on design projects (commissions or research projects). They lead conferences and workshops where they share their vision of the profession with students in art and design schools.
