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Studio

Paul
Hardy

Architect and designer

Portrait of Paul Hardy, hand over his face, wearing tinted glasses

Paul Hardy is an architect and designer whose work exists at the intersection of architecture, collectible design, and sculpture. His practice is rooted in a direct and sensitive relationship to raw materials, often reclaimed from the world of construction: sand, ashes, concrete residues, industrial steel, rubble, and mineral composites. Materials usually meant to remain invisible become the starting point of the work.

Each piece begins with the physical qualities of matter itself: its texture, density, resistance, fragility, or imperfections. Rather than imposing complete control over the material, Hardy develops a process that allows it to speak, react, and transform. Fractures, oxidation traces, erosion, and irregular surfaces are not corrected or hidden, but preserved as visible evidence of time, gesture, and transformation.

Balancing architectural rigor with instinctive intervention, his work explores the tension between construction and collapse, precision and accident, permanence and instability. Functional objects become sculptural presences, shaped as much by material behavior as by design intention. Influenced by geological formations, ruins, and industrial landscapes, his pieces evoke fragments of architecture altered by pressure, heat, and erosion.

Through this approach, Paul Hardy creates objects where matter is never neutral or decorative. It becomes expressive, carrying memory, tension, and transformation within its surface itself.

Commissions
Bespoke pieces, installations, scenography and brand collaborations
Contact
studio@paul-hardy.com
Instagram
@paulhardy_

Exhibitions

  • Oct 2026BasaltoGroup show, Paris
  • Sept 2026Paris Design Week FactoryGroup show, Paris
  • Sept 2026Curated BXLGroup show curated by Lionel Jadot, MiX Brussels
  • Jun – Jul 2026Archéologie du QuotidienOff Design Parade, group show, Galerie Pour Vous, Hyères
  • Apr 2026DEORONFair, Milan Design Week, Milan
  • Apr 2026AttraversoGroup show curated by House of Time, Milan Design Week, Milan
  • Apr 2026ComuneGroup show, Milan Design Week, Milan
  • Mar 2026CollectibleFair, Curated section by Marine Mimouni, Brussels
  • Sept 2025Paris Design WeekGroup show, Casa Soler, Paris
  • Jun 2025Future ArchiveGroup show, Galerie Paradis, Paris
  • Jun 2025Design Parade OffGroup show, Pour Vous, Hyères
  • Jan 2025Matière mémoireSolo show, Galerie RIVE, Paris
  • Since Jan 2024Galerie 90Group show, Saint-Ouen
  • Since Sept 2022CuratedGroup show, Galerie Paradis, Paris
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