Alexis Fredholm at Maxime Bellaunay

Alexis Fredholm began his studies at the École Boulle in 2018, joining the chairmaking workshop. After six years of training, he spent a year researching and experimenting with composite materials.

Alexis met Maxime Bellaunay in 2024 during an internship and wanted to learn from him about the daily life of a designer who blends technique, materials, and landscape. Driven by a desire to continue this collaboration, Alexis naturally thought of the Savoir-Faire en Transmission Award, which he had discovered while he was a student.

Now that he has won the competition, he is honing his skills alongside Maxime through each of the tasks that make up the daily routine of the workshop: welcoming clients, communication, drafting, prototyping, and manufacturing parts, and so on.

“This year of apprenticeship is therefore a crucial step in my professional development, as it gradually prepares me to open my own studio.”

The start of the year has been very eventful, with pieces being installed at various sites, the launch of research projects, and the development of a new approach that allows Alexis to learn how to shape metal on the anvil.

Maxime Bellaunay Studio
By appointment only
Cité des Taillandiers, 7 rue des Taillandiers
75011 Paris
www.bellaunay.com
Alexis Fredholm