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Sidonie Lepetit, Lucile Barbier, Léa Bardin

These three French designers have chosen bread as their experimental ground. Together, they form Studio CoPain, a collective that redefines the boundaries of design by blending craftsmanship, food, and storytelling.

Far from the kitchen, it is in their studio that these creators explore the symbolic and sensory dimension of bread, considered as a material for creation in its own right. Their approach, at the crossroads of culinary design, scenography, and product design, questions the role of gesture, know-how, and tradition in contemporary creation.
With their project, Croûte que Croûte (Crust That Crust), they repurpose bread dough to create chairs, vases, and lamps, all entirely handmade from unworked dough, a paste sculpted like clay. Inspired by traditional decorative techniques, their pieces oscillate between artisanal homage and reflection on our relationship with this universal food.

Through their creations, Studio CoPainc celebrates bread as a symbol of connection, sharing, and heritage, and invites us to rediscover the poetry of simple gestures. Blending art, design, and collective memory, their approach reinvents a material as humble as it is essential.