François Lévy

He graduated from the Special School of Architecture in 2011, and went on to work across multiple scales, from objects and buildings to scenography and set design. After a  position in an architectural agency, he devoted himself to set design, working as both builder and designer. He launched his own furniture and object design studio in 2020. Passionate about materials and making processes, his practice moves between the hand and the industrial world. His relationship to objects is deeply tactile, aiming to create honest furniture that tells a story or raises a question, often carrying traces of the moment of its creation. Lévy lives and works in Finistère. 

Monobloc Series 

The starting point of the Monobloc series is the cardboard tube used for formwork, a recyclable by-product of the Tetra Pak packaging industry. Lévy repurposes this industrial element, commonly used for casting concrete poles, using it as a tool to shape single-use molds for his furniture. Through experimentation, he developed a concrete formula adapted to the process. The Monobloc Series consists of concrete structures cast in a single block within a network of tubes. These tubes act as both mold and form, leaving visible impressions once removed. Spirals, echoing the manufacturing process of the tubes, remain on the surface like traces or scars of the making process.