Electronest is the creative association of Pierre Schmidt and Jerome Rigaud. Electronest develops technology for design & communication purposes. Electronest uses culture, knowledge and skills as a mean to develop new concepts, sustainable approaches and nice projects.
*: in the picture above: Maison Martin Margiela, Kitsuné (with Abake), Independent (with Damien Poulain), Build (dev with Digital Club), Front Yard Company, Martino Gamper, Wordland (with Damien Poulain), Pipeline, Digitalism (LP cover with Abake), Node.London, Fontnest.
Portfolio it has been a productive Christmas Assembling Design & Processes Capacity How we do things R-Echos Hybrid magazine & electronic cultures Fontnest The experimental type foundry (we just relaunched) Text as Playground Electronic Presence Electronest Aggregated ∓ an experiment in the economics of production london.tlktlk an event aggregator, in and around London. Email
The design fields confronted to digital mediums aren’t limited anymore to visual beautifications. They have to encompass the boundaries of semantics, mapping, taxonomy, publishing system, diffusion, economy, identity, copyright, ...
Electronest likes to define its activities with terms like ‘electronic presence’ or ‘digital objects’. These terms are going beyond the simple scope of the web page design. Digital objects are not anymore restrained to the flat surface of the screen. The term ‘electronic presence’ doesn’t refer only to an url with nice images and effective logotypes, in fact it’s a little bit more interesting...
Advertisement, commerce and communication became network based.
Database are translated into real life objects like books, or magazine.
Furniture design and production is automated and controlled through algorithms.
Tangible objects are findable online.
Information fluxes went even more complex since the blogosphere.
... and we still speak about web sites.
‘Electronic presence’ refers more to a global attitude towards digital mediums and cultures. In a non-exhaustive list, this attitude refers to customized Content Management System, generative application, e-commerce, dedicated hosting, electronic installation and tangible computing, vjing and live event, etc. - this terms also is applied to more traditional concepts/mediums like magazine layout or corporate identity.
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A visualisation of activities on Electronest‘s various electronic presences. |
Recent collaborations includes design teams such as Åbäke, Damien Poulain, Alexandre Bettler, Daniel Mair, Gaelle Denis and Digital Club.
Latest clients includes art galleries in London: Serpentine Gallery, Maureen Paley; music bands: Daft Punk, Cazals and Digitalism; communication agencies or production companies: JJMarshall Associates, Ramp Industry, Passion Picture and Hi-Res; fashion labels: Maison Martin Margiela, Makin Jan Ma and Backhand TTC; design institutions: Design Museum and RCA.
Talks and workshops about culture, graphic design and new technologies most notably in London (In & Out 1, at the Camberwell College of Art) Stuttgart (In & Out 2, workshop at the Merz Akademie), Paris (Horizome, FING), Brussels (Artist’s Book, workshop at La Cambre), Amiens (re-publication and designers/editors, talk at ESAD Amien) and Lausanne (Robots, workshop at ECAL+EPFL).
