Lucas Dumon is an industrial designer working in Paris as freelance and wherever new creative projects take him.
As artistic director or senior designer he
always
leads a design process
with love and accuracy, looking for ideas from many sources, sharing with others and always going back and forth from creativity to reality. Physical mock-ups, sketches, user tests with prototypes or 3D renderings are all the tools he is using to propose simple but strong and unique solutions.
Member of an innovation and sustainability team for several years he is concerned by conscious design and knows the keys to develop a project with lower impact.
Based in Paris he worked as freelance for Jean-Marc Gady designing a range of wooden seats and for Jean Nouvel developping a furniture line in leather for the Louvre d’Abu Dhabi. First as senior designer and then as artistic director he worked at centdegrés with multidisciplinary teams, graphic designers, architects, brand strategists, designing smart and unique products for luxurious brands. From beauty brands such as Cartier, Givenchy, Yves Rocher, KIKO, to spirit brands such as Martell, Chivas but also NextUp a household appliances korean group.
Travelling is part of his life since it is important for him to learn from others, change habits, try new things. This is also why he worked for EOOS in Vienna (Austria) during 4 years as project manager designing furnitures and products for international companies, Walter-Knoll, Moroso, Dedon, Keilhauer, Alessi, Lamy, FSB. He also travelled to Mexico city to develop a furniture range designed with the transatlantic collective and using traditional mexican craftsmanship.
Knowing the manufacturing processes is for him part of his work, sharing his time between creating and visiting factories, workshops. He is definitely passionate with materials and how to give them shape both in artisanal and industrial ways.
Areas of Expertise
Art Direction
Product Design
Furniture Design
Innovation & Sustainability
Location
France, Paris 18
Email
lucasdumon@gmail.com
Phone
+33 6 63 68 79 41