L'Oiseau enriches contemporary interiors in an appealing way, without sinking to cuteness or even tackiness like many other animal figures. Also available soon will be the Vitra L'Oiseau Ceramic version; adding to a growing flock of Vitra ornaments!
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Breton-born brothers, are the stars of European design and the most promising industrial designers to have emerged from France since Philippe Starck in the 1980s.
A combination of romanticism and functionality runs throughout both brothers’ work. Like all truly talented designers, the Bouroullecs have defined a distinctive visual style, which Jasper Morrison (one of the designers they most admire) described as “thoughtful and disciplined, with a real spirit and poetry”.
