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ART RECHERCHE INDUSTRIE
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GENERAL CREATIVE AGENCY

Art Recherche Industrie is an art direction agency active in major aesthetic fields (architecture, typography, graphic design, photography, writing, product development, development of brand philosophies, redefinition of identities). It distinguishes itself by an original modus operandi: advocating home-made and zero-outsourcing. The agency works under the direction of Ramdane Touhami.

Art Recherche Industrie – Works

ARI, THE GAME

Fashion, design and art definitely deserved a game! Many will laugh, others… much less. If you’re cool, this game will come to you naturally. If not, we’re so sorry. That’s life, bye bye. Complete design from the box to the banknote. Design Ramdane for Art Recherche Industrie.

OFFICINE UNIVERSELLE BULY

In a courtyard protected from the bustle of the Marais, the glass roof of l’Officine Universelle Buly on 45 rue de Saintonge is transformed into a space dedicated to the art of gift giving. Millennia’s protocols used by the Japanese imperial authorities recognized for their chiseled rendering and high technicality. Sublimated by leaves and folds, these gifts are so beautiful that it will be difficult for you to want to offer them! Also available at le Bon Marché boutique. Broadcast on social networks and website.Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

OFFICINE UNIVERSELLE BULY

Entirely handmade in France, this soap oil dispenser is made of brass and gilded with fine gold. Inspired by 19th century taps, it is decorated with the name of the hotel or restaurant for which it is intended. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

GRAND CAFÉ TORTONI

Wonderful Japanese daily life snack, these onigiris with their authentic flavours come in sweet and savoury versions. Located in the shop on rue de Saintonge, these small rice triangles are carefully packed in home-shaped boxes. Logo design, t-shirts and accessories, packaging, and wooden display. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

OFFICINE UNIVERSELLE BULY

For Oxford Street’s London department store, Selfridges, this curvaceous beechwood island floats in an immaculate white space. Nestled in the central alcove, as if plunged into a painting by Dali, the clock and the bronze statue seem to crystallize the time that hasn’t stopped. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

WAM MAGAZINE

Writing, translation, photography, typography, layout of WAM magazine, the first self-centered post-social media publication. Interviews by Ramdane, subjects according to Ramdane, fashion Ramdane’s way. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie. Typography Jan Abellan for Art Recherche Industrie. Printing by the SHIT, Société Helvétique d’Impression Typographique.

ARI – Font design

Tribute and re-creation based on a film title from the 1920s, this typeface called “Guitry” completes a series of custom-developed typographies, based on archives of just a few letters. A historical knowledge of the design of the letter enables the team to identify the original style and compose the entire font, in order to ensure a graphic charter in the continuity of the brand’s history. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

OFFICINE UNIVERSELLE BULY

The corner of the Officine Universelle Buly for the Galeries Lafayette, the Parisian department store on Boulevard Haussmann, was designed around caning. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.

EL TIEMPO DEL POSTINO

At the request of Philippe Parreno and Hans Ulbrich Obrist, creation of costumes for the opera “”Tiempo Del Postino”” in Manchester. Designs and development of the costumes will be done in close collaboration with renowned artists such as Douglas Gordon, Carsten Holler, Pierre Hyugues, Matthew Barney. Design Ramdane Touhami for Art Recherche Industrie.