Aki & Arnaud Cooren
Principles at A + A Design Studios
One Japanese, one French, partners in creation and life, Aki and Arnaud Cooren founded A+A Cooren in 1999. Through their minimal, simple Japanese-French design aesthetic, they seek to integrate subtlereferences to nature in the everyday interiors and objects they design.
About
This multi-award-winning duo have worked for brands as varied as Shiseido, Artemide, ClassiCon, L'Oréal, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Yamagiwa, Boffi Bains, Cartier, Chanel and Mobilier National on interior, product and furniture design projects as well as scenographies. They also create special pieces for private customers and collaborate with architects on interior design projects.
Since 2019, the duo has been represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery, with their solo show taking place in London in Spring 2021. Since then, they have showcased duo’s work in Paris, New York, and at various art fairs. In the context of the gallery, Aki and Arnaud develop empirical work that questions reality, in collaboration with artisans. Similarly, each piece is either partially or entirely crafted by Aki and Arnaud's hands in their workshop in Paris.
The pair won a Villa Medicis Hors les Murs residence in 2007 and spent several months in Denmark to research “natural and artificial light”. They also have been awarded The Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour
intelligence de la main – Dialogues 2017, for their lowchair 'Tiss-Tiss' with craftsman David de Gourcuff. In 2025, they received the Créateurs Design Award in the category of Best Limited Series and Bespoke Design for their Ishigaki Floor Lamp Coral.
A+A Cooren Design Studio - www.aplusacooren.com - aa@aplusacooren.com
Read the story about Aki & Arnaud in dig.ni.fy magazine’s winter 2022 issue.
Photo credit: Thibaut Chapotot
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This multi-award winning duo develop empirical work that questions reality, in collaboration with artisans...
BEHIND THE SCENES: Aki+Arnaud Cooren | 'Tiss-Tiss' Installation
"DANS UN NUAGE DE PIXELS" (4K) - Miguel Chevalier et A+A Cooren
Since 2019, the duo have been represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery, with their work being showcased in London, Paris and New York...
Flexible Rigidity | Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Simone Prouvé’s ‘hangings’, alongside the Japanese-French duo Aki+Arnaud Cooren’s Tiss-Tiss series, in an exhibition that weaves together the material, conceptual and historical narratives of these renowned artists.
Between Realities is a dual exhibition presenting new and recent works of Japanese-French design duo, Aki+Arnaud Cooren, in dialogue with the works of German-born contemporary artist Thomas Demand. The exhibition develops the themes underpinning both artist’s creative oeuvres that lean into the visual play between “what
is real” and “what is illusion”.
A new collection of award-winning collectible design by Aki and Arnaud Cooren. The French-Japanese duo have a cross disciplinary approach, fusing notions of traditional handwoven textiles with aluminium in a minimalist design aesthetic
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