Emmanuel Babled, born in France in 1967, graduated in Industrial Design from the European Institute of Design in Milan in 1989.

In 1992, he founded Emmanuel Babled Studio. Since 1995, he has created luxury glassware, tableware, and unique pieces for renowned brands like Baccarat, Bulgari, and Venini. His work spans industrial design, furniture, and lighting for top companies.

Babled’s work has been showcased in major institutions, museums, and galleries worldwide, and he has been featured in leading design publications. He has curated exhibitions and taught at the Domus Academy and Eindhoven Design Academy. His designs are held in museums such as MoMA, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and The Design Museum.

Babled’s approach emphasizes direct engagement with local materials, techniques, and cultures, blending tradition with modernity and sustainability. His designs reflect a poetic, transcultural vision that balances craftsmanship with contemporary sensibilities.

For Babled, creation is a shared experience with the places and people he encounters. He immerses himself in the context of production, absorbing the essence of each material—whether it’s Murano glass, Carrara marble, Sicilian volcanic stone, or casting bronze in Lombardy, among many others.

This approach allows him to harmonize with local artisans, drawing from their expertise while infusing his own creative vision. Each piece reflects a unique narrative, blending tradition with innovation. It’s a celebration of the intrinsic qualities of materials, where colors, textures, and forms merge through cultural exchange.

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we produce for you

For many years, Emmanuel Babled has involved with worldwide craftsmanship. Through the exploration of different types of local raw materials and human skills, he has developed ample knowledge about distinct production processes.

Babled Design Lda is the Lisbon based studio of Emmanuel Babled and consists of a pan-European team and production, that collaborates with numerous European craft districts and leads to a worldwide visibility.Driven by anthropological interest and physical presence, it integrates observation of materials and techniques in their authentic surroundings committed to places and social conditions.

Babled Design creates artworks with the highest quality and experience in craftsmanship ability, by mixing ancient knowledge with high performance technological tools to allow for sophisticated production processes to create iconic pieces and inspire design community.

Explores technical heritage and knowhow in a methodology that is based on coordination, speed, intuition and knowledge, in order to
revitalize the interest in craft production and career and promotes crafted production towards a top worldwide market of international connoisseur.

The Babled Design signature is distinguished by original forms and excellence of materials resulting from a work process that celebrates traditional techniques respects the raw materials and is committed to cultural and human characteristics of each production context.

We offer our expertise to bring our production quality to your design vision.

Feel free to send your project drafts and questions to receive an evaluation of feasibility, through our network of high-end craft experts. We will be pleased to give a quote for your project.