ARCHIPEL PARIS

BRAND STORY

Archipel started out on Isola Comacina, on Lake Como. Out of a traveller’s need was born a simple, seamless bag: made of a sheet of leather, folded and held in place by the handle.
The designer Sébastien Cordoleani, inspired by natural materials and expertise in crafts and manufacture, dreamt up the Archipel brand.

MEET THE DESIGNER

Sébastien Cordoleani is Industrial Designer, trained at ENSCI – les Ateliers Saint Sabin. For more than 10 years he’s been working in close collaboration with manufacturers and craftsmen on the development of products and furniture. In particular he collaborates with the publishers Moustache, Tolix, Gan Rugs, Ligne Roset and develops several research projects in cooperation with workshops in France, Spain, Mexico, Taiwan and Japan, for instance at the Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto and at the Villa Noailles in Hyères. His fascination for natural materials such as bamboo, wood, minerals and leather, as well as the relevant workmanship, gave him the idea for a particular modality of creation distinguished by products that are manufactured and assembled by hand.

His fascination for natural materials such as bamboo, wood, minerals and leather, as well as the associated workmanship, made him imagine another modality of creation – a production defined by the realization of works that are crafted and made by hand.