UMÉ Throws out Convention While Honoring Tradition
UMÉ is a multi-disciplinary design practice blurring the boundaries of art, craft, + experience with products + artisans around the world.
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If you?ve ever seen or experienced the tactile Erode Soap Summit Series (above), chances are you?ve already stepped into the world of UMÉ. Founded by Victor Lefebvre and Mei-Lan Tan, UMÉ is a multi-disciplinary design practice that blurs the boundaries of art, craft, and experience with products that are created in partnership with artisans around the world. Lefebre and Tan draw upon a diversity of skills, perspectives, and traditions when creating their products. It is this spirit of curiosity, as well as their willingness to throw out convention while honoring tradition, that informs everything they do today.
Lefebre and Tan worked together in architectural practices for years prior to starting UMÉ, sharing an interest in designing objects via curated spatial experiences. It was their shared design ethos for materiality, craft, and technique leading to design, rather than the norm of design informing craft and technique, that finally led them to start their studio ? UMÉ. The studio focuses on high-quality design pieces that are thoughtfully developed and released periodically throughout the year.
?We originally wanted to develop a line of products to support a n...
The following post is brought to you by Squarespace. Our partners are hand picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design.
If you?ve ever seen or experienced the tactile Erode Soap Summit Series (above), chances are you?ve already stepped into the world of UMÉ. Founded by Victor Lefebvre and Mei-Lan Tan, UMÉ is a multi-disciplinary design practice that blurs the boundaries of art, craft, and experience with products that are created in partnership with artisans around the world. Lefebre and Tan draw upon a diversity of skills, perspectives, and traditions when creating their products. It is this spirit of curiosity, as well as their willingness to throw out convention while honoring tradition, that informs everything they do today.
Lefebre and Tan worked together in architectural practices for years prior to starting UMÉ, sharing an interest in designing objects via curated spatial experiences. It was their shared design ethos for materiality, craft, and technique leading to design, rather than the norm of design informing craft and technique, that finally led them to start their studio ? UMÉ. The studio focuses on high-quality design pieces that are thoughtfully developed and released periodically throughout the year.
?We originally wanted to develop a line of products to support a n...
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