Profile:
Ronan Bouroullec (born in 1971)
and Erwan Bouroullec (born in 1976)
have been working together for more
than twenty years now. Their collabo-
ration is a permanent dialogue, nour-
ished by their distinct personalities and
a shared notion of diligence, with the
intention to achieve greater balance
and refinement.
In 1997, they presented their Disinte-
grated Kitchen at the Salon du Meuble
in Paris, where it was spotted by Giulio
Cappellini, who gave them their first in-
dustrial design commissions. The Bou-
roullecs have been working with Magis
since 2004, designing three complete
furniture collections – Striped, Steel-
wood and Officina – as well as addi-
tional projects such as Pila chair, Pilo
table, Central and Tambour tables.
These days, Ronan and Erwan Bou-
roullec design for numerous manufac-
turers, including Magis, Vitra, Kvadrat,
Kartell, Established and Sons, Ligne
Roset, Axor, Alessi, Issey Miyake,
Cappellini, Mattiazzi, Flos, Mutina,
Hay and more recently Glas Italia and
Iittala. They also continue to carry out
their own experimental activity which
is essential to the development of their
work at Galerie kreo, Paris, where four
exhibitions of their designs were held
between 2001 and 2012. They also
embark on occasional architectural
projects.
Voted Designers of the Year at the
Salon du Meuble in 2002, their other
awards include the Compasso d’Oro
won in 2011 for the Steelwood chair
they designed for Magis.
Several exhibitions have been devoted
to their work.
In 2012, Phaidon Press published
Works, a comprehensive monographic
book about Ronan and Erwan Bourou-
llec. Previously, two other monographs
had been published about the Bourou-
llec brothers’ design work: Ronan et
Erwan Bouroullec – Catalogue de Rai-
son (Paris: Images Modernes / kreo,
2002) and Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec
(Paris: Phaidon Press, 2003).
Ronan & Erwan
Bouroullec
