Blast Studio transforms urban waste into sustainable furniture and artefacts
Blast Studio is a design studio created in 2018 by Paola Garnousset, Martin Detoeuf and Pierre de Pingon with the aim to explore how nature and technology can be put in dialogue in order to transform cities’ discarded material into artefact and architecture.
In 2020, they won the Prix d'Encouragement in Architecture from the French Académie des Beaux Arts. In 2022, they were awarded the New Talent Award at Surface Design Show and they are finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize 2022!
Identifying discarded materials in cities
Exploring how technology can be used to transform these materials
Incorporating natural elements into the design process
Creating unique and innovative artifacts and architecture using these materials
Focusing on sustainability and circularity in the design process
Blast Studio is a design studio created in 2018 by Paola Garnousset, Martin Detoeuf and Pierre de Pingon with the aim to explore how nature and technology can be put in dialogue in order to transform cities’ discarded material into artefact and architecture.
In 2020, they won the Prix d'Encouragement in Architecture from the French Académie des Beaux Arts. In 2022, they were awarded the New Talent Award at Surface Design Show and they are finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize 2022!
Identifying discarded materials in cities
Exploring how technology can be used to transform these materials
Incorporating natural elements into the design process
Creating unique and innovative artifacts and architecture using these materials
Focusing on sustainability and circularity in the design process
Blast Studio is a design studio created in 2018 by Paola Garnousset, Martin Detoeuf and Pierre de Pingon with the aim to explore how nature and technology can be put in dialogue in order to transform cities’ discarded material into artefact and architecture.
In 2020, they won the Prix d'Encouragement in Architecture from the French Académie des Beaux Arts. In 2022, they were awarded the New Talent Award at Surface Design Show and they are finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize 2022!
Identifying discarded materials in cities
Exploring how technology can be used to transform these materials
Incorporating natural elements into the design process
Creating unique and innovative artifacts and architecture using these materials
Focusing on sustainability and circularity in the design process