Pillow Talk is a concept from COLLECTIBLE In-Depth. This series of articles  instigates  design encounters in a playful setting. The idea is simple: we pair designers from the CURATED section and each duo then freely chooses three questions to ask to each other. They can tackle any subject, within the realm of design - or not! Today’s duo is Misses Brown x Studio BrichetZiegler.

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Studio BrichetZiegler: We are both duos, but yours is less ordinary as you are twin sisters. What does this special link brings to your work? How do you proceed on your projects?

Misses Brown: During the creative process, we often notice that we think the same and have the same idea in our minds. Others frequently tell us that we have some sort of unspoken language of our own. Because of this, we barely need words to bring a creative idea to life. At the same time, we are both individuals with different identities and life experiences. So we also work from a different direction, where one person begins to visualize an idea and the other can take it over, adding different knowledge. This is leading us to surprisingly new creations.

Studio BrichetZiegler: The Henry chair was your first product, maybe it has to be seen as a creative statement. What does this piece tells about your approach of design?

Misses Brown: The seat of the chair is stretched over a frame and secured by leather straps. By displaying the method of  fastenings, the chair gets an honest and pure character. This purity is something we value in our designs. At the same time, there is a play between the rugged authentic way of binding and the elegance created by the lines of the frame. It's a balance of Yin and Yang that we strive for, which also applies to us as a design duo.

Studio BrichetZiegler: Which piece would you dream to design in the future?

Misses Brown: We have a whole list of ideas that we still have to develop. In the beginning, we could get so caught up in all these ideas that we were quickly exhausted without having worked anything out yet, - haha. At the top of this list is completing the paper pulp series, designing a lamp and bringing our design into public space. The intersection of these three pursuits offers a glimpse of what lies ahead.

Misses Brown: In 2015 you started the ‘By Hands collection’ where the self-production is completely done by your studio. We are 8 years further. How do you look back on this period?

Studio BrichetZiegler: Self-production is where we can express most freely and without limits. It allowed us to design and produce objects that are quite complex and to push our work on shapes and materials further. This is now a playground that we use to experiment and propose new projects. Ideas are often easier to realize when we make them by ourselves.

Misses Brown: You have some nice portraits of yourself. What is the story behind these greeting cards and what does it tell about your studio?

Studio BrichetZiegler: We shot our first funny portrait in 2013 where Pierre was dressed in Caroline and Caroline in Pierre as a joke…Then we had a lot of comments, and everybody asked for next one. That is how it started. We like this yearly appointment because it is important not to take ourselves and design too seriously. We like to have this “off-the-wall” attitude in order to renew our cretaive approach.

Misses Brown: If you could name one place or person where you wish one of your collectible design pieces were located, where or with whom would it be?

Studio BrichetZiegler: We already have lamps on the French President’s desk so we won’t name someone else  but it could be great to have some pieces in dialogue with great architects’ buildings. We would dream to see our products in spaces created by Franck Gehry, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Charlotte Perriand, Oscar Niemeyer, or Shigeru Ban.