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ALICE EMERY

Alice Emery is close to the material and how it feels, approaching objects with the idea of a dialogue with space.

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Bio

For Alice Emery, it’s impossible to stay confined to one discipline. With her, everything overlaps. Her creations combine craft and industrial processes. Meticulous about the quality of the materials that become part of her pieces and attentive to each detail, she designs timeless furniture that is created to last. Alice Emery is close to the material and how it feels, approaching objects with the idea of a dialogue with space.

Objects

Polo

POLO, 2019
Portable stool
Turned beech, with leather cover
90 cm x 2 cm, W 4 cm (closed) / 60 cm (open)

Polo is a portable seat. It can be taken on-the-go like a walking stick or an umbrella and can be folded and unfolded with elegance according to one's desires. Each material is used for its specific properties: leather for its waterproofness and flexibility, beech for its great resistance.

PICO BELLO

PICO BELLO, 2021
Rug
100% wool produced in France by Fonty. Made with the semi-industrial handtufting technique. 100% cotton backings recovered from a bankrupt factory in Tournai.
200 cm x 90 cm

Pico Bello is a carpet made to echo the Orion desk. The semi-circular shape on the floor is a mirror reflection of the furniture's arc . The colours are inspired by the table top and the Macassar ebony veneer. The marbled pattern is a reference to the flames in the wood.

Each geometric shape stands out through a play of heights and from the floor like a simplified landscape seen from above. The raw wool adds a textured aspect creating different sensory games between Orion and Pico Bello. The work space then becomes a comfort bubble.

Orion

ORION, 2015
Desk
Blackened pearwood multiplex and Macassar ebony veneer, brass cuff and inlaid fibre optics
L 165cm x W 60cm x H 90cm

Orion is a hanging desk that allows the user to nestle into the workspace. The beauty of the Macassar ebony veins and the fibre optic light points that draw a constellation in the wood give the sensation of being enveloped in a milky way.