TRAEZHENN

Seashells as the snapshot of a moment

2022

Through this project, Lou Pavageau, Raphael Paris and I sought to find an innovative use for an environmentally friendly material that reuses shellfish to create new products.

Traezhenn -black sand in Breton- is a tray intended for restaurants to highlight the oyster as an exceptional dish by presenting it in a high-end tray. The design is worked to appear almost as a fossil of the oysters, while making the aesthetic quality of the material stand out.

This project has been:

Exhibited at Yksi Expo during Dutch Design Week 2022.

Nominated for the Green Concept Award 2023.

Each oyster is placed on its print before presenting it to the guest at the restaurant, who can enjoy them and later place them back on their original spot.

Drawing inspiration from the sea and especially the qualities of sand as the center of the experience - Traezhenn aims to highlight the origins of the oyster - both in form, which evokes sand, and in material.