Design by François Gervais
RITZENHOFF Champagne Flute
François Gervais doesn’t make a big fuss about himself, at least not on paper. A what-ever-that-means DSATC in Visual Communication from the Ecole Superieure des Arts et Industries Graphiques in Paris serves as his academic credentials. His every fax says more about him: Light brushstrokes make his messages small works of art, illustrated with dancing figures, jumping letters and pictorial greetings. So much charm is irresistible – romantic dreams dreamt up in François Gervais’s studio are translated, for instance, into the interior of a restaurant, the design for Fiat or a showroom for Canon. Most of his time, however, is devoted to his work as an artist, including a series of oil paintings with wine as subject; or a sculpture, created from flotsam and driftwood, for the city of Amsterdam. His “Variations” for milk embody his ideas: “Organic with lots of life and movement, positive images” – as he himself characterizes his designs, calling them representative of his work.
More than 280 designers from all over the world work for Ritzenhoff – architects, designers and artists along with comic illustrators, advertisers, illustrators, interior designers, set designers and sculptors. They all contribute their own style and differing working methods to an endless variety of ideas – thus Ritzenhoff has created a minor encyclopedia of contemporary design on glass.
François Gervais doesn’t make a big fuss about himself, at least not on paper. A what-ever-that-means DSATC in Visual Communication from the Ecole Superieure des Arts et Industries Graphiques in Paris serves as his academic credentials. His every fax says more about him: Light brushstrokes make his messages small works of art, illustrated with dancing figures, jumping letters and pictorial greetings. So much charm is irresistible – romantic dreams dreamt up in François Gervais’s studio are translated, for instance, into the interior of a restaurant, the design for Fiat or a showroom for Canon. Most of his time, however, is devoted to his work as an artist, including a series of oil paintings with wine as subject; or a sculpture, created from flotsam and driftwood, for the city of Amsterdam. His “Variations” for milk embody his ideas: “Organic with lots of life and movement, positive images” – as he himself characterizes his designs, calling them representative of his work.
More than 280 designers from all over the world work for Ritzenhoff – architects, designers and artists along with comic illustrators, advertisers, illustrators, interior designers, set designers and sculptors. They all contribute their own style and differing working methods to an endless variety of ideas – thus Ritzenhoff has created a minor encyclopedia of contemporary design on glass.
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