Arthur Vallin did not arrive at furniture design through traditional industrial design or architecture.
Trained as an art director at Penninghen in Paris, he began his career creating visual identities, immersive installations and large-scale experiences through the creative agency he co-founded with his partner, Sarah Hall. Working alongside carpenters, lighting specialists and fabricators introduced him to the physical process of making, but it also exposed the fleeting nature of commercial projects. Months of collaborative work often disappeared overnight once an exhibition or event came to an end. The pandemic offered an unexpected pause and prompted a fundamental shift in his practice—from designing temporary experiences to creating objects intended to endure. Furniture became a way of giving permanence to ideas that previously existed only for a moment.
