Wendy Andreu (FR)

Beautiful Waste

August 20th – August 26th 2023

Born in 1990 in Oloron-Ste-Marie, France. Graduated Cum Laude from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2016. Wendy Andreu is a craft designer who aims to communicate through the materials she is using. By experimenting with them, she finds surprising outcomes that can be translated into functional design proposals. She is able to execute any idea that comes to her mind in order to check the potential of it. She likes to think of the bridges between matter, people and space in an open way. In her research, the context has as much importance as the concept, without forgetting the quality of the making and the aesthetic of the pieces.  

Wendy Andreu won the Public Prize of the Accessory competition at the Villa Noailles in Hyères (2017) and won the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize in New-York City (2017). In 2018, she got a grant from the Stimulerings Fund (NL) in order to develop her project Regen. In 2020, she was one of the Rising Talent France during Maison et Objet January edition. 

She is currently working in Paris XIX where she is developing experimental work as well as commissioned projects for public and private clients.

www.wendyandreu.com

Beautiful Waste

August 20th – August 26th

Workshop Categories

The Workshop

Our workshop is primarily designed to inspire the imagination towards creating meaningful projects with discarded cotton threads. The threads we use come from the Basque weaving mill Lartigue 1910, a historic manufactory in the southwest of France. Participants will get to know this raw material intuitively and experimentally to get an idea of its potential. How can we give value to this waste, make it useful and highlight its beauty? The bottom line is to raise awareness about industrial waste and to design a meaningful future for it.

BOOK WORKSHOP
Student: €1090 TTC

BOOK WORKSHOP
Normal: €1460 TTC

Housing

  • Accommodation & food are included

  • We can accommodate for special catering

  • All participants sleep in dormitories

  • To book a private room or bring additional guests, get in touch: workshops@boisbuchet.org

Education

  • Our staff are available to help you conceptualize & produce your designs

  • Tools & materials are provided by Boisbuchet

  • All workshops are taught in English

  • The number of participants is limited to 22

Activities