Out of Studio

Nothing destined Rebecca Fézard, a graduate of the Beaux Arts de Lyon, and Elodie Michaud, a graduate of Olivier de Serres, to become experts in waste. When they met, it was their interest in surface and textile design that first brought them together and led them to launch Hors Studio. Everything changed in 2017, when Galeries Lafayette asked them to design a window display made from plastic waste. They then became passionate about the subject and developed Precious Kitchen, an open source platform for material design through waste recovery. They mapped out sources of production waste, photographed them, took care to sublimate them and created recipes to transform them.

At the same time, they are constantly imagining environmentally friendly projects. At the last Émergences Biennial in Pantin, they presented an installation made of mussel and oyster shells recovered from restaurants, assembled with a biodegradable algae-based binder. The work could return naturally to the ocean. Many companies are interested in their approach in order to limit their waste, or better still, to recycle it. There is an urgent need to work on these issues," insists Rebecca. We trained on our own but we now make it a point of honour to pass on our know-how, which is why I teach at Créapole and Elodie at the École Conte in Paris. We also run workshops, particularly at Olivier de Serres. "Their objective - to mobilise more and more students and professionals around circular economy issues - should be able to shine more than ever with this Grand Prix.