Incollect Magazine - Issue 10

Incollect Magazine 19 Twenty First Gallery in New York. “They are inspired by many things, sometimes by nature, observations in daily life, fascinating stories or mythology. Like, for instance, the splash of a water drop creating ‘mathematical’ lines on the facade of a credenza — that is grounded in a physical phenomenon that Boulloud observes, which I find meaningful and continually intriguing.” Other dealers are similarly in awe of Boulloud. “I admire Erwan Boulloud’s genius and I have been working with him since 2018,” says Paolo Tozzi, a designer and dealer from Florence, Italy. “I have commissioned several pieces and I have used them for a few of my interior projects. All of Erwan’s pieces are a great source of inspiration and they are close to my personal taste which leans toward items that have a space-age approach to design. He is one of the foremost designers of this period.” Much of the allure of Boulloud’s pieces is in the craftsmanship. He likes to oversee the fabrication of every element of his creations with teams of studio artisans tasked with bringing an individual piece to completion before starting to work on anything else. “We subcontract out a few things we can’t make ourselves, such as the foundry work, as we do not have the casting equipment,” Boulloud says, “but pretty much we make, assemble, weld, and finish everything here by hand.” All the pieces are unique except for Erwan Boulloud, Multivers Coffee Table, 2024. Black concrete, patinated and polished brass marquetry, black steel base. Signed and dated. Image courtesy of Twenty First Gallery. Photo: Harry Matenaer. Available from Twenty First Gallery through Incollect.com.