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GOOD SESSIONS Could you introduce yourself in a few lines?
NAULA STUDIO I am from New Caledonia, a French island located in the Pacific Ocean. The leitmotiv of my work is my Pacific origins, I am also fascinated by futuristic scenarios. I feel the urge to give back to my island and spread the indigenous stories through minimal and futuristic designs. I intend to create more than simple jewelry pieces, but rather ‘artifacts’ holding ancestral and mystical power.
I completed my studies at the Design Academy of Eindhoven in the department «Man and Identity». It is after a few projects working with metals, that I decided to start my own jewelry line next to my studies. In 2019 I interned for Chrishabana in New York, where I realize projects for celebrities such as Christina Aguilera. Later I shortly interned for Parts of 4 in Bali, Indonesia. You can see my collection Alliage-Cu29Zn30 in the Design Museum of Denbosch, Netherlands.
GS Can you give us some information about your background, education, training formation. How did you come to what you do today?
NS I am Loan Favan, a jewelry designer, art director, and the founder of Naula_studio, currently based in Bali, Indonesia. I was born and raised in New Caledonia. I am mixed blood with various ethnicities; half Vietnamese, French, Irish, Indian... I have followed my school years until high school in New Caledonia. I tried to take as many art classes as I could, choosing a literature curriculum to be able to practice art 8 hours per week.
Pursuing my dream of becoming an artist/designer on an international level I went to Auckland, New Zealand where I completed a Cambridge certification to study abroad with a sufficient English level. I followed a MANAA at Ecole Boulle in Paris, where I discovered the different design fields. And I started understanding that my dream of working in fashion from the early age of 5 was possible.
I discovered the Design Academy Eindhoven and fell in love with the conceptual and free-minded educational system. I followed a bachelor program in the department ‘Man and Identity’ and discovered many sides of my artistic personality; my fast pace of work, my love for aesthetical pieces and their craft, and my will to tell authentic stories. The academy also provided a rich creative surrounding for me. I met various other creatives who lead me into the person I am today. Even tho I was not in a jewelry school, the DAE gives me the freedom to express my full character and potential with access to many workshops and a large range of assignments.
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