Fassen was founded by Sébastien Gschwind in 2023. Trained as a sculptor, he is driven by object culture, a love of materials and the invention of form. An interdisciplinary visual artist, he is also a pedagogue committed to education and artistic research. He grew up in Alsace, on the border between Switzerland and Germany.
He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Nancy (1993-1999). In 1996, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art. In 2003, he co-authored a prefabricated steel house near Jean Prouvé's house in Nancy. The work was nominated for the Moniteur d'Architecture's “équerre d'argent” award for first work. In 2005, he designed signage furniture for the Château de Versailles. From 2006, he lives in Berlin and founds Happyfew gallery and design studio. In 2011, back in France, he is resident at the Fondation Hermès art program, where he designs Un genre humain, a totemic, wandering sculpture. He has given a number of performances as part of the nuits blanches festival. In parallel with his work, he taught for 15 years at art and architecture schools in Mulhouse and Paris.
Photos: Fassen
PRODUKTE
26 avenue d'Antin
Pioneer of Parisian elegance, passionate collector, promoter of the avant-garde. Paul Poiret created the Martine school in 1912 to infuse new forms into the applied arts. This was followed by the creation of the Martine workshops and publishing house. This chair features the geometric trellis motif omnipresent in the gardens of his private mansion, which overlooked Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and had a garden entrance on Avenue D'Antin. This address was the venue for festivities orchestrated by the couturier to which the Tout-Paris of the Belle Époque was invited.
Design: Paul Poiret
1926
Household stool referenced in an encyclopedia of domestic life published in 1926. A legacy of popular know-how. Its construction forces the nobility of its materials to shine through. An expression of simplicity and clear modernity.
MARI
Edition of a stoneware dish from the kitchens of the Palace of Mari in present-day Syria. ‘The Palace of Mari is the most astonishing example of oriental civil architecture from the beginning of the 2nd millennium’. This dish was used as a mould for pastries. We experimented with it for everyday use in a domestic oven. Its purity of line and technical sophistication make it a remarkable cooking utensil and a resolutely decorative object with multiple uses.
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