Gaspard Fleury-Dugy (born 1999) is a designer and artist. His work is inspired by textile techniques and the graphic vocabulary they engender. He gets immense pleasure from working with simple shapes and colours. His work oscillates between object design, interior decoration, the development of woven structures and patterns for textiles editors, and an artistic practice combining painting, drawing and textile art. He is also a trapeze artist, and likes to think of his design work as a series of soft and colourful pirouettes. In 2023, he was the winner of the Sisley young creators grant, highlighting the promising nature of his work. Since 2022, he has exhibited his work at several design weeks, including Milan, Eindhoven, Stockholm and Paris. He lives and works in Paris
Soft objects is a project of one-of-a kind, collectible and experimental knitted objects. In 2024 Gaspard Fleury-Dugy launched the first collection, exploring the world of vases. The second collection, exploring the language of totems has been started for Osaka world expo. A basket allows us to gather things we like or need, it is therefore a container for what is part of us. Each element of the column acts like baskets to collect and assemble our diverse identities, cultures and languages together.
From a formal point of view, it’s the aesthetics of the amphorae that are referenced. Then it’s the curve, found in Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture, that serves as the starting point for some of the shapes. Visually, there is a dialogue between two temporalities: on the one hand, the basketry structures and weaving patterns, and on the other, a more contemporary aesthetic inherited from the rhythm of the pixels on our screens and the sportswear aesthetic.
