Samuel Tomatis graduated from ENSCI-Les Ateliers in 2016 with the jury's congratulations, after earning a diploma from the Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués, also with the jury's congratulations. An ambassador for work on seaweed in the world of contemporary design, he was a finalist for the Audi Talents in 2017. That same year, he won the Agora design grant, chaired by Erwan Bouroullec. In 2019, he began a residency at the Ateliers de Paris. At the same time, his work was exhibited in La Fabrique du Vivant at the Centre Pompidou, and some of his pieces entered the museum's collection. A finalist of the 14th Design Parade, he exhibited his Alga project at the Villa Noailles. Also in 2019, he won the Déclic Jeune grant from the Fondation de France. In 2021, the exhibition Alga 2017–2021 presented the whole of his research at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal. The same year, he won the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris. In 2022, his work was exhibited at the Design Museum Gent, in Japan for Maison&Objet, at the Centre Pompidou for the exhibition "Réseaux-Mondes" and at the Centre Pompidou-Metz for the exhibition "Mimésis". Also in 2022, upholsterer Anaïs Jarnoux and Samuel Tomatis received the prestigious Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Intelligence of the Hand – Dialogues for their piece MS.86.Ulva, which embodies their research into new materials made from invasive seaweed for upholstery, leather goods and saddlery. Studio Samuel Tomatis also won the international Dezeen Awards in the "Emerging design studio of the year" category.
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Clients & Collaborators
Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Pavillon de L’arsenal
Design Museum Gent
Mobilier National
Agora du design
French Ministry of Culture
Fondation de France
Villa Noailles
BDMMA - Ateliers de Paris
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
Dezeen
BPI France
Decathlon
L’Oréal
Rubis Mécénat
Hermès
Hermès petit h
Maison&Objet
Injectose
Michelin
INRAE
CNRS
Awards & Distinctions
2022. Winner of the Dezeen Awards, International Emerging design studio of the year.
2022. Winner of the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Intelligence of the Hand - Dialogues.
2021. Winner of the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris.
2019. Winner of the Déclic Jeune grant, Fondation de France, Paris.
2019. AD 100 selection, Architectural Digest, France.
2019. Finalist, Design Parade 14, Villa Noailles, Hyères.
2018. Finalist, Rado Star Prize France, Paris.
2017. Winner of the Agora design grant, French Ministry of Culture, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Paris.
2017. Finalist, Audi Talents, Audi France, Paris.
Acquisitions
2022. Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2019. Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Residencies
2021 - 2026. Lab Ndao Hanavao, Rubis Mécénat, Madagascar.
2021 - La Mac, Pérouges.
2019 - 2021. Les Ateliers de Paris.
Exhibitions
2026. 20 + 10 Génération(s), Design Parade, Villa Noailles, Médiathèque Chalucet, Toulon.
2026. Prototype, Hôtel de l’Industrie, Mobilier National, Paris.
2025. Surface de Réparation, Explo 2042, Decathlon, Magasins Généraux, Pantin.
2025. Le Bal des Matières, Laboratoire des Pratiques Durables, Mobilier National, Paris.
2025. Néo-Préhistoire, Galerie BDMMA, Paris.
2025. Vert nuit, noir jade, Paris Design Week, Paris.
2025. Explo 2042, Decathlon, Lille.
2025. Salone del Mobile, Milan.
2025. Collectible, Brussels.
2024 jtm, pour que tu m'aimes encore, Paris Design Week, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris.
2024. Précieux Déchets, Wast Age : What Can Design Do ? Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris.
2024. Regenerative Futures, Fondation Thalie, Brussels.
2024. What's New ? Nouveaux Mondes - About new territories, Maison&Objet, Villepinte.
2023. Goûter de Monde, le banquet des merveilles, Musée du vin de Champagne et d'Archéologie, Épernay.
2023. Seconde Nature, pour un design durable, Centre Pompidou, Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (MAD), Mobilier National, Villa Noailles, Hôtel des Arts, Toulon.
2023. Thema Fair, Hôtel de Guise, Paris.
2023. Maison&Objet, Hall 7 Signature, Villepinte.
2023. Sempervirens, desirable objects for a sustainable world, le JAD, Sèvres.
2022. PlasticoBIS, le BIS, ENSCI - les Ateliers, Paris.
2022. Mimésis, Centre Pompidou, Metz.
2022 Maison&Objet Design Dialogues, Takashimaya, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Japan.
2022. Design Fest, Design Museum Gent, Belgium.
2022. Réseaux-Mondes, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2022. La Culture au temps de l'Anthropocène. Héritage et création face à l'urgence environnementale, France.
2021. Autrement, Archik, Paris.
2021. Talents à suivre, Joyce Gallery, Paris.
2021. Paris Design Week, Villa du Lavoir, Paris.
2021. Alga 2017-2021, Agora du Design, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris.
2020. Demain plus beau, Où est le beau, Espace Commines, Paris.
2019. Re-source, des potentiels à explorer Innovathèque, Architect at Work, Paris.
2019. Design Parade 14, Villa Noailles, Hyères.
2019. La Fabrique du Vivant, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2019. Un Océan High Tech, Musée de l’île de Tatihou, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
2018. Le OFF, Paris Design Week, Maison&Objet, Paris.
2017. Dans un champ, une paire de ciseaux suspendue, Galerie du Crous, Paris.
2017. Diplorama #3, ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris.
2016. Diplorama ctc, ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris.
2014. Jardins, jardin, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris.
Publications
Libération (August 2026)
Formae (April/June 2026)
Geste/s (March 2026)
Domus (November 2025)
Atelier d’art de France (August/September 2025)
Beau Magazine (June 2025)
Milk Décoration no. 56 (April 2025)
Hum Magazine (March 2025)
AD Collectible (March 2025)
Ouest France, Océan no. 3 (October 2024)
SoSoir (April 2024)
Espaces Contemporains (March 2024)
Mirà no. 4 (2024)
Idéat (February 2024)
Formae no. 2 (January/March 2024)
Loyauté B. (2023). Goûter le monde, le Banquet des merveilles: JBE Books.
Frame Magazine (December 2023)
City Magazine International (June 2023)
Salone Del Mobile Milano (February 2023)
Formes de Luxe no. 152 (winter 2023)
Le Monde (December 2022)
Télérama no. 3803 (December 2022)
Geste/s no. 3 (autumn 2022)
AD no. 175 (November 2022)
Madame Figaro no. 1992 (October 2022)
AMC no. 309 (November 2022)
Brayer M.A., Zeitoune O. (2022). Mimésis, Metz: Éditions du Centre Pompidou-Metz.
Brayer M.A., Zeitoune O. (2022). Réseaux Mondes, Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou.
Damn no. 80 (winter 2022)
AD Collector no. 25 (2022)
Marie Claire Maison no. 531 (February 2022)
Télérama no. 3746 (Oct/Nov 2021)
M le Monde no. 526 (October 2021)
Home Fashion News no. 43 (Nov/Dec 2021)
La Revue Archik no. 3 (2021)
Libération (October 2021)
Le Monde (October 2021)
Tools no. 1 (2021)
DA Architecture no. 292 (September 2021)
Intramuros no. 208 (June/July 2021)
Elle Green special issue no. 30 (spring 2021)
Idéat no. 146 (November/December 2020)
Gallot G., Fleury C. (2020). 75 Designers pour un monde durable: Éditions de La Martinière.
Le Monde special issue (October/December 2019)
Elle Décoration no. 276 (November 2019)
AD100 special issue no. 21, Design le grand guide 2019
14th International Design Festival, Design Parade Hyères 2019, Hyères: Éditions Villa Noailles.
M le Monde no. 405 (June 2019)
AD no. 154 (May/June 2019)
Beaux Arts Magazine (May 2019)
Brayer M.A., Zeitoune O. (2019). La Fabrique du Vivant, Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou.
Viewpoint Colour no. 5, Organic Matter (2019)
Interior Trend Vision: 2019 (December 2018)
Damn no. 70 (September/October 2018)
AD Collector no. 8 (2018)
Intramuros no. 194 (March/April 2018)
La Gazette de Monaco no. 521 (March 2018)
AD no. 145 (December 2017/January 2018)
Le Monde Planète (January 2018)
Intramuros no. 189 (March/April 2017)
Culturebox (February 2016)
Talks & Podcasts
2026. Talk, Ndao Hanavao, Café de la Gare, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2026. Talk, Ndao Hanavao, Centre Anjaranay, Sainte-Marie, Madagascar.
2025. Talk, Matériaux du déchet à la ressource (From waste to resource), ENSAD Nancy.
2025. Talk, Ndao Hanavao, Tana Design Week.
2025. Talk, Rencontres Art et engagement, Thanks for Nothing, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
2025. Round table Nouvelles perspectives artisanales, Nouvelles alchimies de la matière, Mobilier National, Paris.
2025. Rendez-vous du Design, ENSAD, Paris.
2024. Talk Alga, ESAD Toulon Provence Méditerranée.
2023. Talk Alga, Lycée des métiers du design et des technologies Edouard Branly, Amiens.
2022. CNAM seminar, French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research, Paris.
2022. Talk, Le design, porteur de solutions d’adaptation au changement climatique (Design as a source of solutions for adapting to climate change), Forum Climat : quelle culture pour quel futur ?, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2022. Talk Alga 2017-2021, Sainte-Marie, Madagascar.
2021. Talk Alga 2017-2021, École Boulle, Paris.
2021. Seminar objet, projet, transdisciplinarité, Mobilier National, Paris.
2021. Talk Alga 2017-2021, Lab Ndao Hanavao.
2021. Matériaux innovants et biomatériaux (Innovative materials and biomaterials), Talks Paris Design Week.
2021. L’Algue, Podcast, Où est le beau.
2019. Talk Alga, Jarry, Guadeloupe.
2019. Matériaux naturels, matériaux recomposés (Natural materials, recomposed materials). Talks Paris Design Week.
2019. L’Extérieur, Le Chaudron talk, École Camondo, Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
2019. Les Carnets de la Création, radio, France Culture.
2019. Design Parade 2019, Podcast, Où est le beau.
Jury & Workshop
2025. Jury, Bourse Dynamo, ADAGP, Paris.
2024. Diploma jury, DSAA Product Design, ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, Paris.
2023. Diploma jury, DSAA Product Design, ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, Paris.
2022. Eco-design and Creation Chair, by Decathlon and the École des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
2022. Cross-disciplinary workshops, ESAD de Reims.
2021. Workshop, École Boulle, Paris.
2021. Textile design diploma jury, ENSCI - les Ateliers, Paris.
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