Sam Baron

Born in France, Sam Baron graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Saint Etienne and has a post-graduate degree from the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris.

By anchoring his creations in functional and artistic research, without omitting cultural and historical narratives, Sam Baron positions his gaze in our daily life and its contemporaneity through rereadings and reinterpretations of artisanal or industrial know-how.

He works as a designer for brands such as Louis Vuitton, La Redoute, Vista Alegre, Petite Friture and Hennessy and was for ten years the creative director of the design department of Fabrica, the international communication research center based in Italy. His work is represented abroad by the galleries C. Grajales (USA), Nilufar (It), Mint (UK) and is part of the collections of several museums such as the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York / Gardiner Museum, Toronto / Mudam, Art Modern Museum of Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg / Center G. Pompidou / Grand Hornu art & design Museum (Belgium), Triennale Milano (It) / V&A (London) / Stiftung Stadtmuseum, Berlin / Kópavogur Art Museum, Iceland. ..

In 2009 he received the grand prize for creation from the city of Paris in the confirmed designer section and was named in 2010 by Philipe Starck as one of the most important designers of the decade.

Sam Baron divides his time between Portugal and France where he recently took part in the think-tank Thinkers & Doers.