This training invites participants to take a fresh look at recycled cardboard, revealing it as a fully-fledged creative medium. Through an approach combining experimentation, skills acquisition, and artistic exploration, it offers participants the opportunity to explore a humble yet profoundly expressive material, rich in artistic possibilities.

Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to:

• Choose the type of cardboard best suited to the project
• Design cardboard creations, both three-dimensional and flat
• Develop a template for laminated cardboard and transfer it to the support
• Refine and finalize the finishes of the various creations

Cardboard is no longer just a material: it becomes a canvas for experimentation.

From the very first sessions, participants are invited to repurpose, transform, and reveal its artistic potential. Volume, texture, strength, and delicacy: cardboard bends to the imagination and asserts itself as a medium in its own right.

Projected shadows, unexpected transparencies, subtle vibrations: each creation is born from the interplay between matter and light.

Guided by a decidedly exploratory approach, participants develop a free, intuitive, and engaged practice.

The training opens a creative space where experimentation takes precedence, while grounding the process in contemporary thinking on eco-design and the transformation of materials.

Day 1

Morning

• Presentation of the material and discovery of its specific characteristics
• Time for discussion about everyone's expectations and intentions
• Introduction to cutting techniques

Afternoon

• Exploration of cardboard and corrugation through different uses
• Start of the collaborative piece

Day 2

Morning and Afternoon

• Launch of the individual project using the techniques covered the previous day
• Continuation of the collaborative project

Day 3

Morning

• Finalization of the individual project

Afternoon

• Design and tracing of the template in laminated cardboard
• Continuation of the creation

Group project

Day 4

Morning

• Cutting and assembling the piece from laminated cardboard

Afternoon

• Finishing individual projects
• Continuing work on the group project

Day 5

Morning and afternoon

• Finalizing individual and group projects
• Tidying up the workshop

Ludovic Brosse

At the crossroads of design, fine craftsmanship, and materials innovation research, Ludovic Brosse has been exploring the potential of paper and cellulose for nearly thirty years. A designer by training, he has forged a unique career, fueled by experimentation and collaborations in fields as diverse as textiles, fashion, furniture, set design, and interior design.

This hybrid trajectory has led him to develop a rare expertise: transforming cellulose into a material that is creative, functional, and sustainable. Combining artisanal techniques with applied research, Ludovic Brosse invents new processes and pushes the boundaries of contemporary design, making paper a true testing ground for innovation.

His work quickly attracted numerous brands and institutions, including Vanessa Bruno, Hermès, Sephora, Jean-Paul Knot, and Procédés Chenel, as well as leading trade shows and events.

From 2001 to 2024, he pursued a parallel artistic practice under the name Igor Brossman. A true plastic and conceptual laboratory, this identity allowed him to explore paper as an artistic medium, revealing its poetic and critical dimensions, and questioning our relationship with materials. This formative period continues to inform his design research and paved the way for the creation of his own laboratory.

In 2021, he founded Magic Pulp, a research and development laboratory dedicated to new uses of paper and cellulose. Conceived as a space for experimentation and production, Magic Pulp designs solutions for design, packaging, furniture, textiles, and interior architecture. The laboratory combines unique pieces, prototypes, and limited series with bespoke industrial developments, while supporting brands and companies in collaborative R&D initiatives.

Committed to knowledge transfer, Ludovic Brosse teaches design at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne and Kedge Business School, where he leads workshops and programs focused on design and innovation. For him, teaching and research go hand in hand: transmitting expertise, stimulating creativity, and training new generations for more responsible innovation.

Today, Ludovic Brosse has established himself as one of the leading figures in materials innovation in France and Europe. Through his work, he invites designers, manufacturers, and brands to consider cellulose differently: as a sustainable, sensitive, and resolutely future-oriented resource.

• Classroom, multipurpose room, workshops with professional equipment
• Materials provided
• Individual and collaborative work
• Workshop work
• Active participation and experimentation of participants are encouraged

• Classroom, multipurpose room, workshops with professional equipment
• Materials provided
• Individual and collaborative work
• Workshop work
• Active participation and experimentation of participants are encouraged