Garance Vallée

Profile

Key points

• Born in 1993, based in Paris
• Architect, designer, and artist
• Works across multiple disciplines: architecture, painting, sculpture, scenography, and design
• Known for merging art, design, and architecture to explore relationships between space, objects, and the human body
• Collaborated with major brands: Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Perrier-Jouët

Nationality

French designer

Style: Mix of ancient and modern influences

• Organic and experimental approach
• Combination of ancient and modern influences
• Strong use of natural and raw materials
• Focus on spatial storytelling and immersive environments

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Overview

Designer Background

• Multidisciplinary artist, architect, and designer based in Paris
• Work spans sculpture, painting, scenography, furniture, and installations
• Seeks to break boundaries between disciplines, proposing immersive and organic environments that challenge perceptions of space and object functionality

Founder

• Garance Vallée

Approach, design philosophy: Fluidity and hybridity

• Centered around fluidity and hybridity
• Draws inspiration from natural landscapes and architecture, exploring human interaction with space
• “I love playing with architectural codes,” reflecting a modern reinterpretation of tradition (Le Figaro)

Style: Combination of ancient and modern aesthetics

• Organic shapes, warm earthy tones, sculptural design
• Modular spaces that merge art and function
• Transforms how people engage with their environment

Main inspirations

• Modernist architecture, Mediterranean landscapes, historical references
• Inspired by Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown for movement and space
• “Spaces that feel alive, as if they could shift and evolve with the body”

Identity and aesthetics

• Transforming rigid architecture into fluid, adaptable forms
• Plays with perspectives and balance, challenging orientation
• Pieces blur lines between function and abstraction, always tactile and sculptural

Values

• Craftsmanship, experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Works with artisans (stonecutters, metalworkers)
• Committed to making craftsmanship visible (e.g. Sandro window displays, hand-molded plaster modules from Barcelona)

Creative process: Intuition and experimentation

• Starts with sketches and scale models, moves to larger formats
• Hands-on approach: cardboard, plaster, raw materials
• Combines intuition and experimentation

Production and materials

• Primary materials: plaster, concrete, wood, metal, natural pigments
• Favors raw textures, handcrafted elements (visible traces of making)
• Use of recycled and locally sourced materials whenever possible

Production methods

• Handmade production with artisans
• Mix of digital tools and traditional techniques
• Designs focus on modularity and adaptability

Main categories

• Furniture
• Scenography
• Installations
• Architecture
• Object design

Notable collections

• Grand by Garance — limited-edition rug collection for Nordic Knots (2023)
• Lighting collection — designed for Garce Dimofski gallery (2021)

Major projects

• Planted Air — installation for Design Miami with Perrier-Jouët (2022)
• Custom doors for Pied à Terre residence, Paris (2024)
• Furniture for New Balance flagship, Paris (2024)
• Installation for Adidas flagship, Paris (2024)
• Maison d’en face — scenography for Le Théâtre du Châtelet (2023)
• Window display installation for Sandro, Paris (2022)
• Limited-edition furniture for SWING edition, Italy (2021)
• Nike collaboration — Blazer sneaker design and retail installation (2020)

Recognition

• Exhibited at Design Miami, Asia Now, Milan Design Week
• Represented by Almine Rech (Paris) and Carvalho Park (New York)
• Acclaimed for her interdisciplinary and organic approach

Press / Media quotes

• “Garance Vallée embodies a new generation of uninhibited, multidisciplinary designers.” — AD Magazine
• “Her work explores the fine line between architecture, sculpture, and scenography, redefining our relationship with space.” — Le Monde
• “She creates objects and spaces that defy convention, embracing an organic and intuitive aesthetic.” — IDEAT

Awards and distinctions

• Featured at Design Miami (2022)
• Represented by Almine Rech Gallery, Paris (2023)

Exhibitions

• “Tous ces objets qui n’en sont pas” — Solo show, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris (2023)
• Design Miami/ — Planted Air installation (2022)
• Asia Now, Paris — Group show (2020)
• Carvalho Park, New York — Solo show “Portrait de Famille” (2021)
• Swing Design Gallery, Italy — Solo show “Magna Mater” (2019)

Headquarters and website

• Based in Paris, France
• www.garancevallee.com