la dimension sacrée du chocolat

In partnership with chocolate makers Weiss, the Object Design students at Esad Saint-Étienne and their lecturers explored the theme of chocolate as it ties in with the theme of the Biennale. The young designers considered chocolate as a resource to be preserved and reinvented in a context of depletion of the raw material: cocoa.

Thus, all the projects proposed by the students promote a "committed" chocolate that has a story to tell. To do that, they considered that it was essential to reintegrate sacred, mythical and ritual elements, whilst rethinking the traditional uses of chocolate. The objective was therefore to design chocolates taking account of the territorial roots of the chocolate maker and local know-how, of the promotion of the company as living heritage, of the links with the traditional tools of Saint-Étienne.

The proposals also highlight the mythology associated with Chocolat Weiss and the raw materials used, such as the cocoa pods and beans. 

Exploratory study conducted by Frédéric Beuvry, Jean-François Dingjian, Rodolphe Dogniaux, Elen Gavillet, Grégory Granados, Christophe Marx and Marie-Aurore Stiker-Metral with the 4th and 5th-year students of the Design option, specialising in Object.

Exploratory study conducted in partnership with Chocolate Weiss.