Julien Carretero Sedia ALU, Aprile 2020
Aluminium
cm 56x38x76
CHARITY AUCTION FOR LUIGI SACCO HOSPITAL IN MILAN, LOTS WITH NO BUYER'S PREMIUM
Lot offered by Julien Carretero with a 50% donation, shipped from Bruxelles, Belgium
The ALU Chair was made during the Covid-19 confinement in April 2020.
Confined in my atelier and left without suppliers I decided to use this odd situation as an opportunity to work with scrap and leftover materials from previous projects I had around my studio. This chair was therefore made with the remains of a set I designed for Adidas back in 2018.
Born in Paris suburbs, Julien Carretero studied industrial design consecutively in France and in England before attending the Contextual Design MA at the Design Academy Eindhoven. AFer his gradua9on in 2007 he founded Studio Julien Carretero, which moved to Brussels in 2012.
Studio Julien Carretero is a multidisciplinary practice involved in the design of objects, furniture, lighting, processes, interiors, workshops and exhibitions. In an attempt to question contemporary production methods it oFen focusses on the crossover between craFsmanship and industry, through either the transformation of artisanal techniques into serial production processes or the use of heavy industrial facili9es as simple mediums.
Julien’s work was awarded by the Villa Noailles Design Parade festival in Hyeres and is part of the collec9on of the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (F) and the MUDAM Luxembourg.
His projects have been internationally exhibited in renowned venues and events such as the Triennale di Milano, Design Miami/ Basel, the Tokyo 21_21 Design Sight Museum, the New York Museum of Art and Design and the Cologne Museum for Applied Arts. Julien has also been teaching, lecturing and giving workshops in Germany, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and his work has been featured in many major design books and publica9ons worldwide.