5.5

5•5 is a global design collective founded in August 2003 by Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé and Claire Renard, former classmates from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués... Described first and foremost as a work collective, the "5,5 designers" were pushed into the limelight with their first project, Réanim: La médecine des objets. This project was followed by the Objets ordinaires collection, Ouvriers-Designers for Fondation d'entreprise Bernardaud, and many other emblematic projects that wrote the collective's history and laid the building blocks for their success. Some have described them as the troublemakers of the design world, others as homing missiles. They have gained a reputation as furniture surgeons, political builders and artisans of the idea. They have shaken up and challenged the design world by systematically questioning their craft, or at least their role in the creative process and consumer society.

Primary location: Paris France