Smarin is a French design studio for furniture, scenography and spatial design. It was founded in 2002/2003 by Stéphanie Marin in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Marin had already begun her career in eco-design in 1990 — with the textile collection "Habits Magiques" made from recycled materials. In 2002 she directed her research towards interior design and habitat. 2004: the first internationally recognised product, Livingstones — pebble-shaped poufs and cushions — brought the studio to global attention. Production: 100% Made in France, in the studio's own workshops in Nice (craft production methods combined with industrial techniques). Team: approximately 15 people. Interdisciplinary collaborations with, among others, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Yto Barrada, Narimane Mari, Mauro Colagreco (two-star chef) and sailor Jean-Pierre Dick (interior design for monohull racing boats).

Design philosophy: objects from natural and durable materials; redefinition of gestures and postures; physical well-being as a primary design priority; systems and families rather than individual objects; maximum adaptability to ever-changing situations. Products are neither scenographically predetermined nor spatially fixed: they enable free, collective invention of uses. Collections: Livingstones, Nénuphars, Les marches, Les angles, sChaise (chair of elastic strips that promotes pelvic movement), AccA, Le hazard and Play yet! (2021, wood and cork, screwless and glueless joints). References: Venice Biennale, Palais de Tokyo, Documenta 14 and Mixc World Shopping Center Shenzhen.

Smarin is for architects, scenographers and hospitality designers the French design studio for body-centred furniture and space systems — with a practice of over 20 years that treats eco-design, therapeutic ergonomics and playful collective use as equal design parameters.