Born from a Moroccan mother
and a French father, Younes
Duret is an internationally
renowned young designer
known for his innovative
approach to design. Duret
studied in Paris at the Ecole
Nationale Supérieure de
Création Industrielle (ENSCI)
where he had already stood
out from the crowd. After
graduating, he decided to
settle in Marrakech where he
now has his own office and
continually tries to manifest
his two roots through iconic
designs. Strongly inspired
by the ways and customs
of Moroccan lifestyle, his
creations are deeply saturated
with traditional influences. The
bookcase Zelli has the shape
of zellige, a traditional ceramic
geometric decorative element
from Moroccan architecture.
He reinvests quotidian objects
of Moroccan lifestyle through
items such as Canoon, a small
space heater that was created
from a reinterpretation of
Moroccan cooking vessels.
Duret’s design is therefore
a bridge between time and
culture, that develops and
perpetuates traditional North
African objects and patterns
while innovating through a
new and pragmatic approach
to modern design.
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