Extrait.s
Collection of side tables

2021 - minerals, steel, tempered glass.
Casting, core drilling, polishing - digital cutting.
Unique and numbered pieces.
10 pieces.

Extrait.s  does not aim to reanimate or reinvent a vanishing craft or one that has become a luxury. The project aims to reinterpret a construction know-how and sublimate it through the use of scraps from the construction industry. This series of side tables is composed of a base topped by a glass top of different widths. The monolith, made by a drilling tool, fulfils its structural function in the simplest possible way. The raw materials reveal themselves through the strong graphical aesthetic of the object.

This project was developed for the NOV Gallery as part of the call for entries exploring the thematic Tech Craft.

Press:
2021.09.03, Frame, 10 exhibitions and installations to see during Milan Design Week
2021.09.02, Espaces contemporains, Les Suisses à la Milan Design Week
2021.09.20, The Design Edit, Milan Design Week 2021 / Review

Yann Froidevaux and Valentin Dubois are Swiss and French interior designers. They graduated from the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) in 2017. After studying in echange program respectively at La Cambre - Brussels and Design Academy - Eindhoven, they met during their studies. Currently, Yann works in the studio HertelTan Architects in Geneva. Valentin works as a freelance interior designer with his own studio in Geneva. He also teaches at the HEAD - Geneva in the Interior Architecture Department .

The spirit of this collaboration is focuses on the different expressions of ornamentation through materiality, form and pattern. They claim the place of ornament in the world of industrial design. Each project is the result of a non-linear journey exploring simplicity.