Inga Sempé

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Vapeur lights, manufacturer: Mustache
Inga Sempé , from 2009
Tyvek film

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Inga Sempé (* 1968 ) is a French product designer who designs furniture, lamps and other design objects for manufacturers such as Ligne Roset , Alessi (design) and Baccarat . In 2007 she received the Red Dot Design Award .

Life

Inga Sempé was born in 1968 as the daughter of Mette Ivers, a Danish graphic artist and painter , and the well-known French graphic artist Jean-Jacques Sempé . She studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris and graduated there in 1993. She is married to designer Ronan Bouroullec and has two children. Inga Sempé lives and works in Paris .

Professional background

In 1994 she made designs for the Australian designer Marc Newson , and from 1997–1999 for the French designer Andrée Putman . From 2000 she worked for the Italian design firms Cappellini and Edra and at the same time founded her own company in Paris. Their ideal is durable, simple, but not minimalist objects.

Valise étagère, height-adjustable case, manufacturer: VIA
Inga Sempé , 2007
Leather, metal, wood

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Function is important to her, the materials have to support it: "Sempés lamps can be pulled out like accordions, her prototype case for Via is height-adjustable and replaces any hotel cupboard." She designs furnishings and design objects for Italian, French and Scandinavian design companies, for example for Alessi (design) , Ligne Roset , Baccarat , Tectona, LucePlan, Mustache and the American manufacturer Artecnica.

Works

Many of their lamps have shades that are reminiscent of fans and allow a diverse play of light and shadow. The Plissé pendant lamp by the manufacturer Luceplan can be extended like an accordion because the material is pleated . In 2009 the lamp manufacturer Mustache brought the Vapeur hanging and table lamps onto the market. Shades made of tightly folded Tyvek fleece are characteristic of this . The thin, paper-like material is either white or printed with very fine lines in delicate colors.

Lights w153 / Île, manufacturer: Wästberg
Inga Sempé , 2015

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The Swedish lamp manufacturer Wästberg has a clamp lamp by Inga Sempé on offer, which can also stand and hang on the wall.

Exhibitions

In 2003 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris dedicated an exhibition to Inga Sempé.

Awards

Upholstered furniture Moël, manufacturer: Ligne Roset, awarded the Red Dot Design Prize
Inga Sempé , 2007
Foam, corrugated wood

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In 2000/2001 she received a scholarship from the Villa Medici , an institution of the Académie de France à Rome . In 2003 she received the Grand Design Prize of the City of Paris , endowed with 8,000 euros , and in 2007 the Red Dot Design Award for her upholstered furniture Moël . In 2012 she was guest of honor at the Stockholm Furniture Fair Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair .

literature

Web links

Inga Sempé's website

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pia Volk: The Lady of Things. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin , number 39, September 25, 2015, p. 33.
  2. ↑ Inga Sempé. Design bien trempé . In: Liberation.fr . ( liberation.fr [accessed December 29, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Pia Volk: The Lady of Things. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, number 39, September 25, 2015, p. 37.
  4. ^ Announcement on the exhibition , accessed on October 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Anne-Marie Fèvre: Inga Sempé. Design bien trempé. , Liberation , September 7, 2012, accessed October 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ An interview with the best designers of the red dot design award 2007: Inga Sempé. , Red Dot Online, accessed on October 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Andrea Eschbach: Designer Inga Sempé. Everyday observer. , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 3, 2013, accessed on October 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Sempé, Inga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris