Roxane Lahidji is a social designer whose practice centers on material research and innovative applications, exploring how modest resources can be transformed into objects and surfaces of striking refinement. Her work investigates the possibility of achieving a sense of luxury through low-cost, often overlooked materials, while critically engaging with their environmental, political, and economic implications.
At the core of her approach lies a desire to redefine the value and meaning of objects. By balancing local and renewable resources with responsible production processes, Lahidji articulates a design philosophy grounded in essential human values. Her practice addresses the challenge of reconciling production with sustainability, reviving disregarded or inexpensive materials through reinterpreted low-tech processes and traditional craft techniques. She describes her work as an alchemical journey, developing proprietary methods of transformation and molding that imbue raw matter with new narrative and material depth.
Born in Paris in 1992, Lahidji studied illustration and product design at HEAR in Strasbourg before graduating from the Social Design department of the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017. Her project Marbled Salts has received international recognition, earning her multiple FD100 VIA awards and the Bolia Award. Her work has been featured by Wallpaper and acquired by major institutions including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Design Museum Ghent, and CID Grand-Hornu.
Roxane Lahidji is a social designer whose practice centers on material research and innovative applications, exploring how modest resources can be transformed into objects and surfaces of striking refinement. Her work investigates the possibility of achieving a sense of luxury through low-cost, often overlooked materials, while critically engaging with their environmental, political, and economic implications.
At the core of her approach lies a desire to redefine the value and meaning of objects. By balancing local and renewable resources with responsible production processes, Lahidji articulates a design philosophy grounded in essential human values. Her practice addresses the challenge of reconciling production with sustainability, reviving disregarded or inexpensive materials through reinterpreted low-tech processes and traditional craft techniques. She describes her work as an alchemical journey, developing proprietary methods of transformation and molding that imbue raw matter with new narrative and material depth.
Born in Paris in 1992, Lahidji studied illustration and product design at HEAR in Strasbourg before graduating from the Social Design department of the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017. Her project Marbled Salts has received international recognition, earning her multiple FD100 VIA awards and the Bolia Award. Her work has been featured by Wallpaper and acquired by major institutions including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Design Museum Ghent, and CID Grand-Hornu.
