Marion Piffaut

www.marionpiffaut.com

Biography

Marion Piffaut is a French textile designer. She obtained her BA at l’ENSAAMA in Paris and completed an MA Design For Textile Futures at the Central St Martins College of Art and Design. She has strong knowledge in research and design of sustainable textiles. She recently worked as a researcher with Suzanne Lee in her new project Bio-Couture. Moreover, she worked as a sustainable designer with Davina Hawthorne (fashion designer) and has also been a freelance consultant in denim design forecasting for Line (material consulting). Other previous experiences are junior car researcher in PSA Peugeot Citroën (car company), junior exhibition manager in Innovathèque (material library) and silk painter in the silk workshop (open to the public to show the traditions of print techniques, in Lyon). Moreover she has team leader skills, IT skills, she is enthusiastic and flexible. On her free time she enjoys photography and drawing everyday life...

Final Project

Memories Revealed

Marion explores the transformation in our textile. She is playing with it to create a scarf collection, which would change over time and wash. This project is supported by Denis & Fils, a silk fabric company.

Keywords

surprise, transformation, time, story

Research Question

How can the transformation of textiles can give an added value? How can “time” be used as a design technique to produce interactive textiles and thus prolonging the life of a product?

Rationale & Context

Inspired by “mat silk” (a very old Chinese silk which over time reveals a new pattern) and observations of overconsumption around her, Marion decided to create a textile which revealed different designs over time through washes. A special and unique relationship with your textile is created by the transformation. Cherish and keep it for ever, or give it to your loved ones with a hidden message reavealed through time.

Material/ Technology

screen and hand print

Images

Links

• Les Racines du Ciel

• LMB textile Recycling

• Elisabeth De Senneville

Contact

• website: marionpiffaut.com

• email: piffautmarion@yahoo.fr

• mobile: +44 (0)7722061976