Constance Guisset

Constance Guisset is one of the most acclaimed French designers working today, enjoying an excellent reputation worldwide. Each of her creations reflects her artistic philosophy, which is expressed through the pursuit of a balance between movement, lightness and imagination. After studying at ESSEC and attending Sciences Po, she moved to Tokyo for a year. This period went on to influence her preference for working with flexible materials, which she uses to reinvent the appearance of everyday objects.

Having graduated from ENSCI – Les Ateliers in 2007, she founded her own studio specialising in design, interior architecture and scenography in Paris two years later. The French designer quickly gained widespread public acclaim and began collaborating with several French and international furniture brands. Her works are striking for their light, fluid appearance, whilst never losing sight of their purpose of comfort and practicality. Her aim is to ‘bend technique to create a springboard into the imagination’.

Her ‘Francis’ collection, designed for Petite Friture, is a perfect illustration of this. These works of art go beyond the mere requirements of modernity and ergonomics; they offer a dreamlike experience to those who use them. By blending painting and design, Constance Guisset recreates on a mirror and on the circular sections of the tables the same chromatic effect achieved with watercolours on canvas. The end result is surprising; one loses oneself in the unreal for a few moments. The same sense of lightness and softness can be found in her Chantilly lamps, which take the form of an exquisitely designed ice-cream cone.

Constance Guisset has also created the Vertigo collection of designer lighting for Petite Friture, comprising several models of table and floor lamps that dazzle with their elegance. By favouring round and sinuous geometric shapes, she evokes a sense of fluidity and movement, which remains central to her designs.