François Azambourg
François Azambourg explores the expressive potential of manufacturing and material shaping processes, whether industrial or artisanal, innovative or traditional.
With a background in electrical engineering, followed by studies at the Beaux-Arts and ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, the designer engages in research and devotes his work to combining techniques and art, specific to the applied arts, with a constant focus on economy of means and lightness.
François Azambourg is represented by AA New Design, Bernard Chauveau Éditions, Cappellini, Chevalier Éditions, Cinna, CIAV (Centre International d’Art Verrier), Saint Luc (DCS), Domestic, Galerie kreo, Hermès, Hermès Petit h, L’Atelier d’Exercices, Ligne Roset, Lignes de démarcation, Moustache, Oxyo, Poltrona Frau, and Toulemonde Bochart.
While his work focuses mainly on furniture and lighting design, François Azambourg also creates stage sets and theater sets, urban developments, and interiors for municipalities, hotels, and private individuals.
Winner of the Villa Kujoyama prize in 2015, the Grand Prix du Design de Paris in 2004, the Villa Médicis hors les Murs prize in 2003, the Prix de la Vocation from the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation in 1993, the Fondation de France prize in 1988, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs competition in 1985, he has been supported by VIA through five calls for projects, a Carte Blanche in 2005, and several Labels.
His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, notably at the Festhalle Frankfurt, the Milan Furniture Fair, Maison & Objet, Designer's Days, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Villa Noailles, the Palais de Tokyo, and the Centre Pompidou. His creations have been included in the collections of the FNAC, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Centre Pompidou.
François Azambourg has been teaching his approach to design for 20 years, first at the École Boulle, then at Camondo (Les Arts Décoratifs), and now at ENSCI – Les Ateliers.
He has been collaborating with the MiniMasterpiece gallery since 2012.
