- Product design
Deploying an installation in the street to do digital mediation with people left behind and, offering playful workshops to create bonds with passers-by in difficulty, is what enables this furniture te be called «The digital gate».
The digital gate is installed in the heart of the urban space (parks, farmer’s markets, shopping malls…) to reach out public we shouldn’t always make assumptions about their needs, interests or about their age, gender, or social situations. The project is also deployable in indoor places like libraries, city halls…
We designed a user-friendly equipment, easily transportable, that adapt to the needs of the mediators. It can operate in two modes:
– A trolley mode. Compact, this configuration permits a mediator to manipulate easily the elements available. The trolley is also storable in a regular car trunk.
– A deployed version allows the mediator to settle in just a few actions. The fiberglass arch is light and demountable. I can be tensioned and strapped around various objects onsite.
We chose basic techniques and materials to make the digital gate. It can be made from everywhere, in Fablabs having standard computer aiding tools such as milling machine, laser-cutter, 3D printing, sewing machine…
The making of this equipment in a third place can also be a topic of digital inclusion: it would allow to discover several Fablabs techniques and address informatics with a concrete relationship to woodwork, metal…
This furniture was open-source designed. The instructions are available through the link below:
> design-ouvert.societenumerique.gouv.fr
Client: Agence Nationale de Cohésion des Territoires
Design team:
Studio Idaë
Cyril Afsa
La Tréso
Thanks to Ethen Ben Abda and Mathilde Vaillant (interns).
Photo credits: Yannick Labrousse.
Home office: 17 rue Dombasle 75015 Paris
Workshop: 111bis rue Molière 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
contact@studioidae.com
A multidisciplinary creative agency founded by Isabelle Daëron in 2018, Studio Idaë arose from a reflection on the use of natural flows — water, air, light — in public space.
The Studio has, ever since, developed an approach based on research and education, focusing on the urban, environmental and societal challenges of the ecological transition.
Driven by a poetical & committed team of designers, Studio Idaë applies its refined, assertive graphic signature to projects of various scales. From urban devices to mediation objects and supports, or scenography, the agency’s protean contributions always strive at others — their needs, their desires, and their evolution.
The agency operates within a network of local companies and collaborates with dedicated craftspeople to adapt to the specific characteristics of each territory. Together, they work towards the most appropriate and relevant response — between narration and mediation.
Graphic design : Audrey Templier
Web development : Francis Josserand
Designer and design researcher, Isabelle Daëron graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Reims in 2005 and the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle in Paris in 2009. She founded Studio Idaë based on her reflections on the use of natural flows—water, air, light—in public spaces. At the heart of the agency’s work, her practice of drawing and narrative opens up the imagination and a sensitive understanding of environments and their resources.
Pauline Avrillon, a graduate of the École Boulle (DSAA product design and DMA carpentry), has been working with Isabelle Daëron since 2016, even before the studio was founded. As a senior project manager, Pauline has a particular interest in materials and manufacturing processes that contribute to resilient and innovative public spaces. She is involved in urban development projects, as well as projects combining mediation and territory.
A graduate of Ensci-Les Ateliers, Nina Capron joined the team in 2024. Within the studio, she is developing expertise in spatial design projects. She pays particular attention to the narrative and educational challenges inherent in the creation of scenography and installations.
Julie Deloraine, a graduate designer from Esad Saint-Etienne, joined the studio in 2025. By collaborating on set design projects, Julie meticulously develops the graphic and visual aspects of our creations, as a means of making them accessible to all.
Eléna Hervé Caro has been Studio Idaë’s office manager since 2023. A trained designer (graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven and École Boulle), she oversees the administrative and logistical aspects of the studio’s activities. Convinced of the impact of teamwork and the power of good planning, she contributes to upholding the values of the studio and the entire ecosystem.
They took part in the studio’s projects: Lucie Blanchot, Angèle Fourteau, Chad Garçon, Dalva Rosepape, Nicolas Vuillerme, Elise Teiller, Pia Debray Sandelin, Jonathan Roditi, Caroline Manowicz, Victoria Gravelier, Floriane Roué, Ambroise Jugan, Julie Arnaud, Charlotte Baverel, Simon Frajer, Lita Gomez Carrera, Anne-Claire Hostequin, Camille Demouge, Julien Peraldi, Jonathan Coat, Adèle Nyitrai, Elizabeth Hong, Mathilde Vaillant, Nina Chalot, Julie Arnaud.
Studio Idaë welcomed the following interns: Charlotte Tirard, Margaux Thuilliez, Alice Babot, Julie Deloraine, Marie Avezard, Garance Delavallade, Jaemo Lee, Audrey Solans, Béatrice Baillard, Pia Debray Sandelin, Thibaut Caudal, Léa Michielin, Yalhma Robette, Adriana Goepp, Mélany Savoie, Marie Lecommandoux, Ethen Ben Abda, Mathilde Vaillant, Florian Meca, Tiffany Silve, Nina Capron, Justine Chagnaud, Monika Olszak, Tom Garçon, Éléonore Gold-Dalg, Lucile Girard, Valentin Aubois-Liogier, Bastien Lafont, Chad Garçon, Marie-Ève Millasseau, Marie-Sarah Adenis, Louise Raguet, Camille Jégo, Claire Aubadie-Ladrix, Fleur Moreau.