ANNE-CLAIRE HOSTEQUIN 

Dates of residency: March till May  2017
Born: 1992
Nationality: French
Lives and works: Paris, France
Education: 
2015  DSAA & BTS Product Design, ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres
Selected shows:
2017 Wallpaper pop-up Store at MAD, Brussels
2017 Salone del mobile ARS Fabricandi, Palazzo Litta, Milan
2017 Salone del mobile Designer Box, Milan
2017 Please Do Not Enter (concept store), Los Angeles

THE ARTIST
Anne-Claire Hostequin set out to pursue her career as a designer with a postgraduate degree in Product Design. Her diploma project explored the relationship between man and nature with a set of objects that reinterpret specific trek activities through a design lens. She then joined Fabrica, Benetton's research center, where she had the opportunity to collaborate with a myriad of renowned brands and international institutions (Please Do Not Enter, LA, Ars Fabricandi, Veuve Clicquot). After developing her projects through her freelance work  and residencies, she joined Atelier Luma in Arles, France, in 2018. Deepening her exploration of man’s link with nature, she works with scientists and designers, developing new sustainable materials from natural and local resources.  She adapts her work for a more ecological and well-reasoned product.

THE RESIDENCY
Hostequin’s approach can be defined as meticulous yet playful, embedded with the spirit of rationality. During the residency she created the Atypical series, which reimagines the functions of classic Lebanese objects and crafts using minimalist metal structures and traditional carpentry. The reading chair and lamps that were conceived play with the notions of identity and adaptation while moving between nostalgia and the present. The reading chair enhances the privacy allowed by wooden moucharabieh panels. The panels can be opened and closed in several parts, playing with light and intimacy. 

Anne-Claire Hostequin’s residency is part of RENDER Design Residency, a joint collaboration with Joy Mardini Design Gallery.