Bravdesign

© Elise Gabriel

Young French Designer Elise Gabriel has fallen in love with an innovative material which she has been using to create some interesting pieces of furniture with. Made of 100% cellulose fibres, Zelfo is a biodegradable material which allows for great manipulations and tensions, thus being a very suitable material to play with and to generate new shapes.

For this series of furniture entitled ‘L’etreinte‘ (The Embrace), Elise has molded the Zelfo to create junctions between pieces of wood, taking advantage of its high strength when dry. The entire collection explores the multiple options that one same implementation can reveal. As a first approach in the exploration process, the chairs and the table in the ‘Liga’ collections illustrate the material’s capacity to form complex and resistant three-dimensional structures. The rushes intersect, blend and combine to gain strength, lift and support a plan. As a second theme the ‘Perchées‘ (Perched) lamps, with their extended, inflated and opalescent volumes, highlight the material’s delicate and light qualities. Each raised bubble of light permits an infinite game of single compositions or clusters. Thus allowing for very organic and unique configurations. Finally, a combination of the two previous proprieties, the ‘La Ronde‘ (Circular) and ‘L’Oblongue‘ (Oblong) console tables, where the greater thickness of the material applied forms a Zelfo casing, which encloses and rigidifies the tripod base.

Such an interesting material to work with, and with great results. We cannot wait to see more! Also, if you happen to be in Paris at the moment be sure to check this collection at Galerie Gosserez.

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