NATURE AS A MODEL FOR DESIGN

Fabrice Ausset spent his childhood between Nimes and Uzès observing nature, 
discovering hidden caves or grottos, prehistoric remnants, rocks and pebbles carved
or sculpted by the flowing water in the Gardon Valley. 

« I was raised in Nature and I'm particularly aware of it.
Even when I was young, I picked up elements from nature:
animal skeletons, rocks, stones, pieces of wood…
I collected all these and often combined them together to create artefacts. » 

As a DPLG architect (licensed by the government), interior architect, scenographer and designer,
Fabrice Ausset perseveres in his process of combining his awareness of Nature 
in all of his projects: hotels, private appartements, castles, cabins, furniture, unique designs...

Today, Fabrice Ausset unveils his renewed personal approach to Nature:
an astute arrangement of those more primitive and archaic forms of expression,
with the most advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence exploration. 

This new relation to nature, brought by digitals tools and robotics, 
enticed new ways of working, associating ideas, concepts, materials, that did not fit together at first.  

« By reaching further and accessing these new tools,
I discovered infinite resources that were beyond belief.
These new cultural and technological features helped us see the world differently
and invent new writings. »

 It is the sophistication of combination of new and old,
that gives Fabrice Ausset’s creations -in furniture design and architecture- 
their discernable “edge” and visionary dimension.

 « Only he who perceives the indices and signatures of the archaic
in the most modern and recent can be contemporary. »

These words from the philosopher Giorgio Agamben cast a light
on Fabrice Ausset’s unique, bespoke and contemporary stories.

 Leaves, plants, trees, pieces of wood, rhizomes, minerals 
are transformed into rugs, lamp posts, armchairs, footstools that, 
when assembled, shape organic universes: a perfect coalescence of archaism,
smooth atmospheres with a hint of eccentricity.  

Through these new-formed artefacts that are both humble and ambitious,
all facets of Nature and modernity coexist effortlessly.
Our turbulent thoughts and emotions settle comfortably
in a state of natural peace but also awe and wonder.

Constantly surveying Nature, Fabrice Ausset’s work invites to a path of the senses.