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SO DROP is a call for projects, under the artistic direction of Sophie Larger, to imagine an object from Drop® Cake, the new material created by Procédés Chénel International. The Drop® Cake is made from 60% Drop paper waste and 40% polyethylene. Twenty creations were imagined solo or in duo by Alban Gilles + Vincent Tordjman, Alix Delmas, Anne Xiradakis, Anne-Hélène Temenides, Aurélie Mathigot, Clara + Clémence, Florence Doléac, Laurent Godart, Lauriane Beaunier + Aurélien Veyrat, Marco Mencacci, Marianne Guedin, Nicolas Verschaeve, Pierre Charrié, Roméo Shultz, Soizick Berthelot + Nicolas...

At Procédés Chénel International, we have been committed to an environmental approach for many years. Conscious of our impacts, and keen to make progress in terms of end-of-life processing of our materials, we are constantly researching and developing solutions to minimize our environmental footprint and to commit to circular economy options. Drop® Paper production waste amounts to several tonnes each year. Procédés Chénel International has therefore launched multiple initiatives to promote the reuse of this material at the end of its life: the Drop Seat®, a seat to be filled with scraps ;...

ALBAN GILLES + VINCENT TORDJMAN PROJECT NAME Skake DIMENSIONS Longboard, approx. 90 x 25 cm USAGE The environmental crisis is above all a social crisis. We need to change our behavior and in particular our relationship to mobility. INSPIRATION The 80s, Back to the Future. Cool and fun green mobility, parametric design. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? Skake or Die ! Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2020 Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2020

ALIX DELMAS PROJECT NAME Colored Version Drop® Cake: Pinède White Version Drop® Cake: Bouleaux DIMENSIONS Variable WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? Offering a response to the awareness and to the research for an ecological and economic future for the material. USAGE Partition Wall - Working Space - Home Decoration INSPIRATION The «Blanc-Seing» from Magritte Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2020

ANNE-HELENE TEMENIDES PROJECT NAME Nomadic Boxes DIMENSIONS Small module = 26 x 26 x 26 cm Medium module = 34 x 34 x 34 cm (developed module) Large module = 42 x 42 x 42 cm USAGE Nomadic boxes for people who are on the move all the time. 4 square, incised, identical plates. 2 rectangular plates, one back, one front. The plates fit together and form a box. The boxes can be stacked, combined, and turn into high or low shelves, columns, partitions... The nomadic box Installs very quickly Can be combined and stacked Adapts to all spaces. Closes and can be transported From one space to another...

ANNE XIRADAKIS PROJECT NAME Buckle Console WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? I love the possibilities for color variations and its complementarity with Drop® Paper. DIMENSIONS 150 x 40 x 75 cm USAGE Furniture to be positioned against a wall to leave objects. INSPIRATION The desire to combine the colorful richness of Drop® Cake with the flexibility of Drop® Paper. Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2020 Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2

ANNE XIRADAKIS PROJECT NAME Fan DIMENSIONS 40 x 550 mm USAGE Drop® Paper Swatch Card. INSPIRATION “After having designed the Buckle Console and having hesitated in front of all the Drop® Paper colors, I wanted to imagine an object with all these colors, an object that makes you want to take it in your hand to make waves, move the strips of Drop® Paper and show off its beautiful qualities, such as its perfect drape ability and the tension in its curls. « Procedes Chenel - SO DROP - July 2020 Procedes Chenel - SO DROP - July 2020

AURÉLIE MATHIGOT PROJECT NAME The Wave DIMENSIONS 65 x 50 cm USAGE Sculpture WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? Very interesting material for its roughness and random texture, and essential now and in the future for the development of productions based on materials resulting from the modification and reuse of waste. INSPIRATION Hokusai Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 2020 Procédés Chénel - SO DROP - July 20

CLARA + CLÉMENCE PROJECT NAME Picnic in Pornic DIMENSIONS Stool : H35 x 37 x 40 cm Table : H 45 x 45 x 80 cm USAGE «Pique-nique à Pornic» is a set of ephemeral furniture for conviviality, ideal for a summer picnic or a festival. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? The Drop® Cake opens up new perspectives for the production of ephemeral furniture, offering multiple life to these festive objects. Its durability combined with its lightness and maneuverability inspired this joyous project. INSPIRATION Enzo Mari’s “Autoprogettazione” and the furniture of Asian street food. Procédés Chénel - SO DROP...

FLORENCE DOLEAC PROJECT NAME Drop Flac DIMENSIONS 200 x 120 cm USAGE Drop flac is a coffee table, large, but easily movable, thanks to its lightness, and its 4 handles. SOURCE D’INSPIRATION A pagoda that passes through the living room. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON DROP® CAKE? Drop® Cake is an interesting material. Anti-stain in its darker color version, or prone to dirt when white. A white version of the table would be ready to be stained over time, by meals and parties therefore memorized by the material. The paper table becomes an open book. Precedes Chenel - SO DROP - July 2020 Precedes Chenel -...

LAURENT GODART tional framework inviting me to imagine the limits of an unknown material in an allegory of architectural possibilities. The inability to verify my intuitions in confinement also prompted a certain idea of risk taking. I might well fail... Finally, in its plate form the paper is quite heavy, I tried to give it some of its lightness... PROJECT NAME Pirouette DIMENSIONS H197 x 149 x 14,3 cm USAGE A wall, a partition... INSPIRATION On February 25, 2020, Gabrielle Grandière passed away at the age of 99, a teacher in Alençon. For her students, in 1951, she wrote a rhyming rhyme in...