Olivier Felix Isselin is a French-Italian artist, designer, and filmmaker. His work explores the relationships between art, design, and visual culture through projects ranging from the conception of objects and spaces to audiovisual production. His approach is defined by a sober and elegant aesthetic, free of unnecessary artifice.
Trained in architecture, he has also worked in events, communication, and has directed several contemporary art galleries. This eclectic background has enabled him to develop a transversal approach to creation, combining aesthetic rigor, sensitivity to use, and strong project discipline.
His work is now developed within Olivier Felix Isselin Ltd, an independent structure bringing together two complementary fields of activity: Olivier Felix Isselin Design, dedicated to objects, spaces, scenography, museography, and art direction; and MGOFI Production, an audiovisual and cultural production company co-founded with Maxime Golay.
Among his current projects is the overall conception of a major international museum dedicated to crystal and glass. At the same time, he is developing audiovisual formats that extend the same ambition: to reveal the intelligence of forms, whether through objects, spaces, or images.
Being an artist means having an enhanced and personal perception of one’s environment and expressing it freely through various mediums. Art is the result of this expression.
Design, on the other hand, differs in the sense that it is not self-centered on its creator but primarily addresses the user, making it highly dependent on function. The technique, material(s), and ergonomics of the created object are all elements to be considered during the design process.
However, the designer is no less an artist. In addition to problem-solving, creativity is essential for the designer, giving the created object its own personality.
Ultimately, the common denominator of art, design, as well as architecture and urbanism, is the human being and their relationship to space.
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