05/30/2026
What does it mean to create? For Elodie Michaud and Rebecca Fezard of , it is an act of care: a chance to do things differently and give overlooked materials a second life.
Working at the intersection of design, research and craftsmanship, the duo transform discarded leather offcuts from France’s maroquinerie industry into Leatherstone©: a richly tactile material made without petrochemicals, pigments or synthetic binders. What emerges is neither leather nor stone, but something entirely new - shaped through experimentation, ancestral gestures and an unwavering commitment to preservation.
Their practice is guided by a simple but radical conviction: that the materials we overlook still carry stories, potential and beauty. Through each piece, proposes another way of making - one where innovation and ecology are not opposing forces, but allies.
It is precisely this dialogue between technical mastery, material invention and savoir faire that the has championed for more than two decades through the Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l’Intelligence de la Main®. A distinction that continues to spotlight the extraordinary vitality of contemporary craft.
Now on view at Invisible Collection New York, ’s sculptural Tufo Table invites a closer look at what design can become when care, experimentation and material intelligence converge.
