Object Design: Combine Material, Form, and Narrative
Cultivating Yourself
A course by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez , Designer
About the video: Cultivating Yourself
Overview
“Now, I'm going to tell you how to become an expert in each subject that can be offered to you as a designer. This mainly involves observing existing objects and those that preceded it.”
In this video lesson Jean-Baptiste Fastrez addresses the topic: Cultivating Yourself, which is part of the Domestika online course: Object Design: Combine Material, Form, and Narrative. Break the rules of design by experimenting with materials and shapes to look beyond how objects are used and allow them to transmit real emotions.
Partial transcription of the video
“Cultivate In this lesson, we will learn to become an expert topics that are asked of us. Studying what mirrors are that have been made in the history of design, those who are interesting, who can teach us things and open our minds, to get out of the simple circle or the simple framed square. The goal will be to enrich your look to seek out what is furthest away of the image we have, at first sight, of what a mirror can be, that is to say, a surface which reflects. By looking into the history of the decorative arts, but also in contemporary proposals, we realize that we have a multitude of f...”
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Course summary for: Object Design: Combine Material, Form, and Narrative
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Category
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Software
Adobe InDesign, KeyShot, Rhino -
Areas
Furniture Design & Making, Product Design

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez
A course by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez
After studying at the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez spent some time working for the Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec studio. In 2010, he won the Design Parade competition at Villa Noailles and created his own studio a year later.
Since then, he has worked for several brands and editors such as Moustache, Manufacture de Sèvres, Kvadrat, and Tai Ping. His work has received numerous awards and some of his pieces have been included in the permanent collections at the Centre Pompidou and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
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