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Ines Le Bihan: hello@ineslebihan.com
I live in Seattle USA 🌲 Product of France Quimper Bzh

Wayfarer Limited Edition Shiny TransparentRay-Ban & Meta
Originally a clear prototype, this frame was developed to allow hardware teams to inspect internals, observe part alignments, and understand what’s happening in each unit.
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Seeing the many components arranged in such a tight space was both impressive and inspiring. The excitement was contagious and ultimately led to its official release.

Images by Yuchia Kao
Material Experiment
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
A series of sculptural structures made by heat-forming agricultural nets. The lamps softly emit light, in the manner of a traditional Japanese paper lantern.

Each lantern is carefully shaped using agricultural meshes typically placed around fruit and vegetables to prevent harm from wind and animals. They are stronger than organdy but more flexible than wire mesh.
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Featured in Wallpaper*
Ofon 01
Ofon Furniture CollectionKokuyo
German design award - Good design award
Initiated while at Nendo, it evolved into a spin-off company distributed by Kokuyo.

An office furniture collection developed to adapt to frequent moves and organizational growth. It includes a coin-operated junction piece, facilitating expansion and disassembly without the need for additional tools.

Featured in The Japan Times - Wired
Jade Ceramic Smart WearableAmazfit
Red Dot Design Award - iF Design Award
Inspired by jade pendants and the rich culture of China, Jade is a smart wearable that monitors activity, sleep, and sends vibration alerts for calls. It also wakes users during light sleep and controls smart home devices. Wireless charging with a 10-day battery life, and various accessories for personalized style.
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Featured in The Next Web - Wareable
Hood LampEstablished & Sons
A desk lamp with a hood-like shape, crafted by stamping a single sheet of aluminum. This metal piece serves as both shade and stand, casting bright light forward and a soft, indirect glow to the rear.
Designed using sketching, model making, CAD, rendering, and 3D printing. Working with Japanese software poses its own set of challenges.
Stylo HeadsetLogitec
Computex D&I Award - Fast Company Favorite Product
A bluetooth headset made from aluminum tubing. It develops a unique surface over time with natural marks and color variations.

The manufacturing process repurposes a pen assembly line, fitting essential components snugly inside the tubing, like an ink cartridge in a pen.
Essential Activity And Sleep WearablesXiaomi
Red Dot Design Award for Arc - iF Design Award for Cor
A series of smart wearables, including the widely popular and affordable Mi Band series, with millions of units shipped quarterly in China.
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The latest models feature NFC, heart rate and blood oxygen sensors, large touch displays, and activity detection capabilities.
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I have directed the design and creative strategy for multiple models, including the Mi Band 1S, Mi Band 2, Mi Band 4, Mi Band 5, Mi Band 6, Amazfit Cor, Amazfit Arc, and the Amazfit X during its concept phase, which raised $2,033,867 from 12,122 backers on Indiegogo.
Jade Launch VideoAmazfit
I defined the creative direction for the Amazfit Jade launch video. This anthem ad makes a connection between fashion and fitness, reflecting the Jade's design - a ceramic smart module that tracks users' activity and sleep, and comes with a wide selection of accessories to suit every style.

I assembled a team of editors, producers, directors, and stylists to bring this idea to life. Over the course of two days of fashion workouts, we went through trials and errors to bring this video to life.
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Lighting InstallationVille de Paris
I collaborated with Yann KersalΓ© on designing and implementing artworks, spanning from products to lighting architectures.
Drawing inspiration from the sea and swayed by the wind, this lighting installation gracefully moves, resembling a shoal of jellyfish.
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It focuses on establishing a festive Christmas ambiance without depending on wasteful lights.
XO Ring
Nio
Nio logo-inspired ring symbolizing connections through sharing and games. Nio, is a Chinese car company, striving to unite people around themes of love, care, memories, and joyful experiences.

With Emma Lundgren
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Included are 4 additional feet designed for use on carpet.
MiScale 1
Xiaomi
iF Design Award - Good Design Award
Thinnest bathroom scale on the market, measuring 20mm, engineered with a concealed metal plate to prevent bending. Priced at $16, it reflects strict manufacturing standards.

Captures 10 data points, displayed and stored in a dedicated app.
Quille Table LampLigne Roset
Cinna Award
A light and airy table lamp ideal for screen work or reading. Designed with gentle balancing, it occupies as much space as a pen on the table.

The released version includes a copper-plated tube, a ribbed epoxy copper lacquer cast metal counter-weight, and a support stem covered in natural leather.
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Exhibited at Imm Cologne - Maison&Objet Paris
With Thomas Droze
Immersive Exhibition Maison&Objet – RF Studio
Six individuals acted out what life would be like in a co-living space of the future at Maison&Objet, creating an immersive exhibition. Over the course of five days, they explored new situations through the lens of design and emerging habits.
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The experience featured a vegetable plot, an aquaponic ecosystem, smart waste management solutions, and smart wearables such as Jade and Arc wristbands, Stylo headset, and MiScale 1 smart scale.
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Oarlock Over-Ear HeadphonesKlipsch
Klipsch Heritage over-ear headphones, made in Hope, Arkansas since 1946, feature exceptional sound and premium materials like steel, wood, leather, and aluminum.

The company initiated an effort to modernize their original line while preserving the headphones' essence.

I proposed removing visible edges and screws, replacing them with clean curves. Drawing inspiration from marine tools, the main metal piece adopts the shape of an oarlock.
Zabuton Futon CollectionMoroso
A seating collection that takes the form of a Japanese futon mattress casually draped over a wire frame. The random folds of the futon are abstracted and captured in a urethane mold, resulting in a unique and subtle pattern of carefully controlled folds.

Featured in The New York Times
With Nendo
The splitting surface of the chopsticks was modeled using a surface sweep technique with a 270Β° twist, utilizing a multi-axis CNC miller for fabrication.
Chopsticks
For Artisan Hashikura Matsukan
Designed at Nendo in Tokyo.
Ordinary chopsticks come in pairs, but these ones are a single unit that can be separated for use and rejoined when not in use.
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