In a complex economic and ecological context, Basile de Gaulle and Romée de La Bigne question the accuracy and legitimacy of adding new objects to those which already exist. They have imagined a various artefacts offering qualities, rather than functions.

Based upon an observation of developing countries, where the lack of manufactured products stimulates creativity, these two young designers design “quality-objects”, questioning our frenetic productivity and the conventional use of the objects that surrounds us. These potential objects – spinning, providing heat, for example – do not serve any particular purpose, but leave room for imagination. They will become “function-objects” through the user’s ability to create. The designers’ role is reversed here: rather than designing objects whose functions grow more complex everyday, they imagine elements, would-be objects, likely to adapt to various environments and specific needs.