Benjamin Graindorge

Benjamin Graindorge is a French designer who graduated from ENSCI in 2006. His final year project entitled le Paysage domestique received support from the VIA. He was selected two years in a row for the Design Parade festival and won the Cinna and Audi Talents Awards in the design category. After a stint as artist in residence at the villa Kujoyama in Kyoto he came back to France to work with François Bauchet on the scenography for the Biennale Internationale du Design in Saint-Etienne in 2010. That year, after taking part in the ART PARIS art fair with YMER&MALTA, he was hired by AUDI to do the scenography for Designers Days. In 2011, Benjamin presented four pieces at the Design Parade festival, including his «morningMist» lamp. After his first soloShow “morningMist”, he continues his collaboration with YMER&MALTA. He has imagined exclusive design pieces for the “Skin Deep” collection in 2013 and for the “Marquetry: The Sleeping Beauty” collection in 2014.