I recently had the chance to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, where I saw their exhibit, ‘Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Bivouac’, which was amazing. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are brothers who run a design studio together. They’ve done work with companies like Vitra, Kartell, Ligne Roset, and Cappellini.
The first part of the exhibit features their sketches and a wide range of their products on display. Throughout the exhibit, their designs are used to display their designs. Instead of using white pedestals, or generic shelves that one might find in an art gallery, every shelf has been designed by Ronan and Erwan Bourollec. The dividers used throughout the exhibit were designed by them as well, and they’re a modular system, attached with tabs and bands that hook together.
In the next portion of the exhibit, there was a table with several iPads, showing some of their work, and how some concepts were developed. It was a nice looking app, but I think that wasn’t the most effective way to show their design process.
This is their Ovale Collection. I love the clean feeling, and I love these forms – not quite regular, but perfectly smooth and organic.
And this sofa? I’ve mentioned before, these sofas are my favorite sofas that exist, but I had never seen them before this exhibit. I saw them, and I sat on them. It was magical and perfect.