An in depth interview with designer and educator Sebastian Bergne about his experience of the design industry and his advice for young designers embarking on their careers.
Sebastian Bergne
The online community Creative Skills Network has launched. It connects emerging designers and artists to established practitioners, professionals and inspirational educators for live onscreen skills training and guidance. Founded by designer and educator Sebastian Bergne during the first Covid19 lockdown, both as a support and learning resource for emerging creative entrepreneurs and as a curated …
This summer the ‘Cité internationale de la tapisserie’ hosts the exhibition ’10 ans de création contemporaine’ a celebration of ten years of contemporary tapestry creation, actively supported by the museum; since it’s creation in 2009 as the guardian of French tapestry and place of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. The Forest bench designed by Sebastian Bergne …
Candle Brick is a candle holder, hand made it has rough craft qualities and a down to earth character when brought into the home. They can be used individually or to build sculptural arrangements that bring striking candle light to a table top, shelf or bar. This new studio edition by Sebastian Bergne is the …
Original interview in English with Suzanna Legrenzi as background for the article in Style magazine. April 2020. Do me a favor, introduce yourself. Tell us something about you. I was recently described as an old school designer. At first I was slightly offended by this but perhaps it’s right as I was educated at the …
For the 9th year, Sebastian Bergne has curated and designed the Solutions exhibition at the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt. Solutions is a yearly selection of new and intelligent products for the kitchen and household. This year the main focus was on eating and drinking on the move, sustainability and general innovation in down to …
Sebastian Bergne has been appointed as Program Leader (visiting) of the Masters of Design and Innovation at the Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid. The course is a one year, high performance and qualification programme aimed at professionals who wish to change the world through strategic design, sustainability and innovation, and who also wish to change …
Forest, a collaboration between Sebastian Bergne, Ymer & Malta and the Atelier Bernet was shown for the first time at a private event at the Musee des Art Decoratifs, Paris last week. Together with six other works it forms the new collection “Aubusson Tapestry: the great lady” This collection of limited edition pieces is produced …
Sebastian Bergne was keynote speaker at the recent Design Week Turkey. His talk sat within the overall theme of Beyond Design but particularly addressed the importance of the start of a project. The starting point being different every time and making a project more than a process. It makes them relevant, human and in some …
On the 22nd of October Sebastian Bergne gave a lecture entitled ‘In the Beginning’ at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. The talk covered the full breadth of his work but focused particularly on the importance of the starting point for each project in defining the context, approach and outcome. Kunsthochschule Kassel