Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec


A presentation of the career of the youngest stars of product design.


Texts by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Giulio Cappellini, Rolf Fehlbaum and Issey Miyake


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Price: £22.95

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Overview
  • The first book to present the joint career of Erwan (b.1976) and Ronan (b.1971) Bouroullec, perhaps the youngest, most talked-about stars of international product design
  • Based in Paris, they work for many of the most important furniture manufacturers in the world, including Cappellini, littala, Habitat and Ligne Roset
  • A showcase of their work, detailing their products (manufactured and prototypes) as well as their working practices through drawings, sketches, models and photographs, most published here for the first time
  • With explanations of each product's development from commission to realization
  • Texts by leading design entrepreneurs



In The Press
'Designs to drool over…Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec … is another dependable and delectable product from the ever-professional pair.' (Albert Hill, World of Interiors)

'Unusual and beautifully produced…stunning illustrations…I thoroughly recommend this book. Like the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, it delights on many levels.' (Uptown) 

'Like the design process itself, this book’s nonlinear structure is personal and also objective, a combination of relationships, reactions and rationales that provides fresh perspectives and inspires new ideas. The accompanying text is a diverse and informative collection of essays and interviews. In the majority of the essays, the Bouroullecs write clearly and expressively about their own work, discussing in detail their working process, the cultural and political philosophies that generate their ideas and the technical issues connected to specific projects. They create a lively critical and aesthetic analysis that runs as a dialogue throughout the book…With its intelligent attention to detail and quality, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec is such an admirably apt expression of the work of these brothers that it could easily be considered as another of their poetic and meticulously executed design projects.' (Azure)

'With texts by the brothers, themselves, in addition to notable collaborators such as designer Issey Miyake, Rowan and Erwan Bouroullec is certain to be the definitive look at the beginning of what promises to be two long and fruitful careers.' (Metro Source)


About the author(s)

Giulio Cappellini is a founding member of furniture manufacturer Cappellini and works with young designers all over the world. He first discovered the Bouroullecs.

Rolf Fehlbaum is Chairman of furniture manufacturer Vitra and commissioned the Bouroullecs to develop a revolutionary new office system.

Issey Miyake, renowned fashion designer, commissioned the brothers to design the A-POC shop in Paris, and other showrooms.



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