ABOUT Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (b. 1971 and 1976) are a design team formed by brothers from Brittany. The designs have been described as representing poetic practicality. "We don't want to make only functional pieces''. The Bouroullecs work in Paris for clients including Cappellini, Ligne Roset, Habitat, Domeau & Peres, Authentics, EandW, Magis, Vitra and Gallery Kreo. They received the grand prix du jury international at the Paris Furniture Fair in 1998 e de la ville de paris, the best new designer award in New York in 1999, a Compasso d'Oro nomination in 2001 in Milan. In 2011, the Centre Pompidou-Metz hosts a major retrospective on the Bouroullec brothers. The show traveled to the United States and exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago.