Bio
Born in 1984, Fabien Roy is a swiss designer and architect originally from and living in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from The School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (Switzerland), he completed a master’s degree in product design at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2020.
After working more than ten years as an architect project manager, he decided to explore product design. His aim is to work and play with different scales of human being needs. His design try to look upon societal and environmental matters responsibly. To achieve that goal, his work pushes the boundaries by evolving at the crossroads of interdisciplinary collaborations such art, science, craft and new technologies.
While part of his work is based on the Jura Mountains heritage by reinterpreting local crafts in a contemporary way, he also devotes his time to collaborate on innovative projects with leading companies. His practice has led him to work notably with Samsung, Swiss Federal Railways, ABB Robotics, ECAL, the International Olympic Committee, Mobatime, K-Tech or UEFA. In 2020, he started a collaboration as a Visiting Researcher with the Essential Tech Center at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) with which he develops projects for developing countries.
Contact
fab.roy@hotmail.com
Born in 1984, Fabien Roy is a swiss designer and architect originally from and living in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from The School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (Switzerland), he completed a master’s degree in product design at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2020.
After working more than ten years as an architect project manager, he decided to explore product design. His aim is to work and play with different scales of human being needs. His design try to look upon societal and environmental matters responsibly. To achieve that goal, his work pushes the boundaries by evolving at the crossroads of interdisciplinary collaborations such art, science, craft and new technologies.
While part of his work is based on the Jura Mountains heritage by reinterpreting local crafts in a contemporary way, he also devotes his time to collaborate on innovative projects with leading companies. His practice has led him to work notably with Samsung, Swiss Federal Railways, ABB Robotics, ECAL, the International Olympic Committee, Mobatime, K-Tech or UEFA. In 2020, he started a collaboration as a Visiting Researcher with the Essential Tech Center at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) with which he develops projects for developing countries.
Contact
fab.roy@hotmail.com
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Exhibitions
2020 ECAL Diplomas, Robust Nest, CH
2020 Open Day ECAL, Mazel, CH
2019 Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, Happy Bees, NL
2019 Lausanne Jardins, Le Point, CH
2019 Maison & Objet Paris, Risoux, FR
2019 Open Day ECAL, Risoux, CH
2019 Open Day ECAL, Happy Bees, CH
2018 Milan Design Week, Low Gravity, IT
Grants & Awards
2020 ProHelvetia Grant 2020
2020 Les Espaces du Design, “3 best Swiss stools of the year”
2020 BCV Prize
Selected Press / Publications
Designboom, IT
Design Milk, US
DesignWanted, IT
Espaces Contemporains, CH
La Repubblica, IT
La Revue du Design, FR
ROOM Diseno Magazine, ES
Modern Decoration Magazine, CN
Le Journal du Design, FR
Bontempo, BR
Edifice Magazine, CH
2020 ECAL Diplomas, Robust Nest, CH
2020 Open Day ECAL, Mazel, CH
2019 Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, Happy Bees, NL
2019 Lausanne Jardins, Le Point, CH
2019 Maison & Objet Paris, Risoux, FR
2019 Open Day ECAL, Risoux, CH
2019 Open Day ECAL, Happy Bees, CH
2018 Milan Design Week, Low Gravity, IT
Grants & Awards
2020 ProHelvetia Grant 2020
2020 Les Espaces du Design, “3 best Swiss stools of the year”
2020 BCV Prize
Selected Press / Publications
Designboom, IT
Design Milk, US
DesignWanted, IT
Espaces Contemporains, CH
La Repubblica, IT
La Revue du Design, FR
ROOM Diseno Magazine, ES
Modern Decoration Magazine, CN
Le Journal du Design, FR
Bontempo, BR
Edifice Magazine, CH