OUR BRAND
Contemporary objects, designed from everyday gestures
OrienX is a contemporary ceramics brand built around original design. Our 26 current pieces are developed with two fixed workshop partners in Jingdezhen and Arita, then imagined for coffee, the table, and everyday life in France.
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OUR POINT OF VIEW
Begin with use. Respect the origin. Design for today
We do not reproduce a generalized image of the East; we begin by observing how an object is held, poured from, shared, and stored. The ceramic cultures of Jingdezhen and Arita retain their own contexts, and OrienX brings them into dialogue with contemporary life without erasing their differences. Culture is not reduced to a surface sign; it is felt through proportion, material, gesture, and use.
HOW WE CREATE
From gesture to object
We begin with real gestures—holding, serving, sharing, and storing—then refine the silhouette, proportions, balance, and contact with the hand through repeated drawings. With our partner workshops in Jingdezhen and Arita, we discuss clay, glaze, and the limits of each process. Prototypes are handled, used, and corrected until original design, workshop knowledge, and everyday experience feel inseparable.
AN ORIENX PRESENCE
Quiet to look at. Right in the hand. Natural to use
An OrienX presence comes from restraint rather than decoration. Clear silhouettes let each piece enter a room quietly, glazes and subtle textures make the material perceptible to the touch, and volume, balance, and scale are adjusted around real gestures. The result is calm to look at, right in the hand, and made to be used again and kept for years.
IN EVERYDAY LIFE
An object finds its meaning when it enters life
From the first drawing to a window, a cup of coffee, and a table in France, the purpose remains the same: to create a piece that is noticed without imposing itself, held with ease, and used again. Only when it accompanies a calm and tangible rhythm of everyday life is the object complete.