Hypolite Martin (born in 2003 in Brittany, FR) is a researcher in design, visual artist and craftsman (trained cabinetmaker and lacquerer) based in Paris, FR. He graduated from the École Boulle (Paris) in Arts and Crafts. He currently works at the Design Research Center of the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS-Paris-Saclay) and the École Nationale Supérieure de la Création Industrielle (ENSCI-Les Ateliers), while minoring in Data Analysis, Representation & Coding at Institut Mines-Télécom Paris. His work spans industrial, product, object, furniture, and digital design, with a focus on multisensory approaches and scientific research. As the experience of materials and the research into new design interfaces constitute the core of his practice, he founded Awen Creative Lab® in 2025, a creative brand dedicated to pioneering innovative, sustainable, and multisensory decorative experiences. From its very beginning, Awen Creative Lab® has been supported by the startup incubator « Pépite » at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM).
Education
2025 – 2027
MA in Research in Design – École Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay/École Nationale Supérieure de la Création Industrielle Les Ateliers, Paris, Fr.
2021 – 2024
BA in Arts & Crafts specialized in cabinetmaking and lacquering – École Boulle (École Nationale des Arts Appliqués), Paris, Fr.
Exhibitions
2026
Counterfactual Timeline, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France (March 2026)
2026
Reconstraining Buttons, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France (January 2026)
2026
Dessiner le Vivant, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France (January 2026)
2025
Deep Materialities, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France (November 2025)
2025
Group exhibition, Studio Kura 株式会社, Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture (22–28 February 2025)
2024
End of Residency Exhibition, Institut Français d’Alger Algiers, Algeria (4 December 2024)
2024
Research on Raw Earth Furniture, Studio Kutch Algiers, Algeria (5 December 2024)
2024
"Ahlan wa Sahlan" – Bienvenue, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France (28–30 June 2024)
2024
Graduation Exhibition, École Boulle Paris, France (21–22 June 2024)
2024
Projects Exhibition – Prix Jeune Création / Mobilier National Campus d’excellence Mode, Métiers d’Art & Design, Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris, France (17 June 2024)
2024
Moussamimine Dzair (مصممين دزاير), The Great Exhibition of Algiers Villa Abdeltif, Algiers, Algeria (9 May – 8 June 2024)
2024
OPEN DAYS Design & Crafts, École Boulle Paris, France (1st–2nd March 2024)
2023
La Tour Eiffel Paris, France (October 2023)
2023
De la main à l’objet, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris, France (1st April – 10 May 2023)
2023
OPEN DAYS Design & Crafts, École Boulle Paris, France (27–28 January 2023)
2023
Le chant des forêts – L’écho d’un monde qui pousse, MAIF Social Club Paris, France (January – July 2023)
2022
OPEN DAYS Design & Crafts, École Boulle Paris, France (28–29 January 2022)
Residencies
2025
AiR Northern California Summer Residency UC Berkeley Botanical Center & Lab (San Francisco) & The Curious Forge (Nevada City), USA (July 2025)
2025
Studio Kura 株式会社 Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (January – February 2025)
2025
Territory AiR Program Bretagne / Breizh, France (April – May 2025)
2024
Art Residency El Djezaïr Algiers, Algeria (October – mid-December 2024)
Conferences
2026
Frontline Features: Design, Technology and Social Research in Times of War and Repression Universities in Exile (Campus Condorcet), Paris, France
2026
Design Research Society 26: Deep Materiality - Investing the Complex Socio-Technical Entranglements of Materials Towards the Designing of Resilient Futures Edinburgh, Scotland
2025
Research Presentation in Japan Studio Kura 株式会社 and Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (February 2025)
2025
Presentation of My Artistic Approach École Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, Algiers, Algeria
2025
Regular Speaker Lycée Saint Martin, Rennes, France
2024
Where Design Meets Perfumery Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
2024
“Éléments de design” & “Transitions territoriales” École Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, Algiers, Algeria
2023
Les De(ux) Mains du Luxe Comité Colbert, Paris, France