Martin Laforêt

Martin Laforêt is a French designer based between Paris and Audierne who aims to bring out the specific personality of materials and produce original forms. Drawn to objects related to the fields of sculpture, industry and architecture, his personal expression is inspired by his interest in shapes and material combinations.

Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2015, Laforêt has developed an original practice in which materials and techniques, conceived as an inseparable whole, blend and intertwine. Inspired by artisanal knowhow and the intelligence of the hand, he quickly developed a passion for manipulating the ambiguity of industrial construction materials to give them a new nobility.

Going against the grain of common design practices that often seek to conceal technique in favour of aesthetics, Laforêt develops a language of deconstruction, or rather, the unveiling of construction. His functional sculptures are architecturally structured and thoughtful – designed as original arrangements of raw materials, including bronze, concrete, oak and plywood.