“Finding ways to make carbon esthetically pleasing” is the challenge taken up by Nicolas Blin. First a painter-decorator, he used the material for the first time the day he decided to make furniture for a boat. A search for balance, volume and revelation. At the end of 2005, he designed some jewellery, mostly for fun. Fate decided otherwise. People liked his jewellery, the effect was guaranteed, success on the cards. Three years later, Nicolas Blin and Génération Carbone (a company that handles all of his production in workshops in La Gaude) had finally tamed carbon, revealing its transparency and visual appeal. Its originality too. Nicolas Blin leaps blithely from fashion to interior decor. The ideas are there, their implementation will follow. It’s a sure thing, carbon is going to enter our homes in a big way. www.generationcarbone.com
