Yvan Caillaud

Yvan Caillaud

Born 1995, Yvan Caillaud is graduated in industrial design from La Souterraine Design School in 2017. This training gives priority to research with an ethic, responsible and multidisciplinary approach. He opened his own studio in Brussels at MAD Lab (MAD-Brussels Fashion & Design Platform) and started his activity in 2018. Passionate about simplicity, Yvan brings a deep interest in challenging industrial processes to provide poetry to the manufactured object. With a close eye on the craftsmanship and know-how of yesteryear, its design is in constant search of the timeless links that make the object, its identity and its heritage. Then by creating lyrical and unexpected experiences, his design leads users to relish in their daily life. The studio addresses design involved in conception of objects, furniture, lighting and scenography, from conception to realization. He leads an editorial line which is sensitive to the narrative and poetic dimensions of the object, while adopting an industrial logic. His approach is thus built on a constant back and forth between fields of design and reference universes, materials and know-how, formatting and narrativity, body and mind.

Driven by the desire to poetize the manufactured object by questioning the manufacturing processes, the studio has been interested in developing a luminous suspension for nearly a year and a half.

By its simple, strong and elementary lines, PREMISE generates several interpretations; branches for the one, bird flight for the other. It questions in this way the status of the object and leads to wonder about the notion of artifact. Can the broken branch become an object when the individual decides to see it as a sculpture, a suspension or a light? The appearance and the consideration made of an object are pointed out. PREMISE emphasizes a return to the simple, naive, primitive form and is interested in the rudimentary function of lighting. The opening effect depends on the thickness of the tubes used, the length of the notch and the force exerted at the time of bending. Thus, although bending is a controlled transformation process, the silhouette will be defined by natural reaction. In this way, variations in breakage are obtained, which are found when several pieces of wood are broken in succession. Essence, drying time, thickness and strength are all factors of transformation that PRÉMISSE wanted to translate into industry. Made in a classic aluminum tube, cut, bent and painted, PRÉMISSE has fun challenging industrial production to bring poetry and sensitivity to the manufactured object. Light sources placed on the edges of the lamp meet where the tube split. Beams extand the shape of the object including it with harmony to the location. Placed alones, in couple or in ballet of strange creatures inviting to the pleasure of lyric contemplation, fixed.