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Oscar Lhermitte is an industrial designer, entrepreneur and public speaker. Having graduated from Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art, he now runs his own studio between Paris and London. His process questions the role of products in everyday life and results in multidisciplinary outcomes such as product design, product invention, consulting, photography, video, exhibition curation, set design and art direction. His work has been exhibited and sold in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Design Museum London, the Conran Shop and the Cité du Design Saint-Etienne.

Between 2012 and 2021, he was the co-founder and director of Sidekick Creatives LTD, a London-Berlin-Paris based creative agency providing the tools and expertise required to launch Kickstarter campaigns. Sidekick has been nominated Design Of The Year 2014 by the Design Museum London.

In 2017, Oscar has been appointed Kickstarter Thought Leader amongst 6 other creatives.

He is a visiting tutor at the HEAD Geneva in MA Space & Communication and MA Media Design, the De Vinci Innovation Center in Innovation Research & Manufacturing and has previously taught at the Royal College of Art in MA Product Design.

Selected Exhibitions

2017

Guofeng Art Museum, Shenzhen China
No Randomness

2017

Wuhan Design Biennale, Wuhan China
No Randomness

2017

Galerie Tator, Lyon France
MOON, Making of

2017

ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus Denmark
The Garden

2017

Clerkenwell Design Week, London England
No Randomness

2017

Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Etienne France
Popcorn, Art Design et Cinéma

2017

The Aram Gallery, London England
No Randomness

2016

Lodz Design Festival, Lodz Poland
No Randomness

2015

Designrejio, Kortrijk Belgium
No Randomness

2015

Tallinn Design Festival, Tallinn Estonia
No Randomness

2015

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne France
No Randomness

2015

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne France
Hypervital

2013

Design Biennale, Shanghai China
Night Time Dream Real

Talks

2017

KIKK festival, Namur Belgium
From Project to Product

2017

KIKK festival, Namur Belgium
Kickstarter your project

2017

The Cass – London Metropolitan University, London England
From Project to Product

2017

The Family, Paris France
Meet the Creators

2017

Kickstarter PWL camp, New York USA
I use Kickstarter

2017

Flourish Arts Council, London England
Do it

2017

ENSBA, Lyon France
Look around you

2015

Designrejio, Kortrijk Belgium
Look around you

2015

Designer’s talk, Tallinn Estonia
Understand today, design tomorrow

2015

Pecha Kucha, Tallinn Estonia
How to catch lobsters

2015

Makerversity, London England
Do the right thing

2014

Co-Innovate Brunel, London England
Doing it with the crowd

2014

Southbank, London England
Sidekick

2013

Lodz Design Festival, Lodz Poland
Pecha Kucha – Creativity in Britain

2013

100% Design, London England
Sidekick

2012

Royal Astronomical Society, London England
MOON

2011

Kosmica, London England
Urban Stargazing

2011

Royal Observatory Greenwich, London England
Urban Stargazing

Webdesign by Stinsensqueeze, programmed by Arthur Lhermitte

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I am currently working at QUBS.toys as Chief Design Officer. We make super fun wooden toys with innovative tech hidden inside.

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Oscar Lhermitte is a French product designer, entrepreneur and public speaker. Having graduated from Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art, he now runs his own studio in London. His process questions the role of products in everyday life and results in multidisciplinary outcomes such as product design, consulting, photography, video, exhibition curation, set design and art direction. His work has been exhibited and sold in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Design Museum London, the Conran Shop and the Cité du Design Saint-Etienne.

Since 2012, he is the co-founder and director of Sidekick Creatives LTD, a London-Berlin-Paris based creative agency providing the tools and expertise required to launch Kickstarter campaigns. Sidekick has been nominated Design Of The Year 2014 by the Design Museum London.

In 2017, Oscar has been appointed Kickstarter Thought Leader amongst 6 other creatives.

He is a visiting tutor at the HEAD Geneva in MA Space and Communication and has previously taught at the Royal College of Art in MA Product Design.

Selected Exhibitions

2017

Guofeng Art Museum, Shenzhen China
No Randomness

2017

Wuhan Design Biennale, Wuhan China
No Randomness

2017

Galerie Tator, Lyon France
MOON, Making of

2017

ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus Denmark
The Garden

2017

Clerkenwell Design Week, London England
No Randomness

2017

Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Etienne France
Popcorn, Art Design et Cinéma

2017

The Aram Gallery, London England
No Randomness

2016

Lodz Design Festival, Lodz Poland
No Randomness

2015

Designrejio, Kortrijk Belgium
No Randomness

2015

Tallinn Design Festival, Tallinn Estonia
No Randomness

2015

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne France
No Randomness

2015

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne France
Hypervital

2013

Design Biennale, Shanghai China
Night Time Dream Real

Talks

2017

KIKK festival, Namur Belgium
From Project to Product

2017

KIKK festival, Namur Belgium
Kickstarter your project

2017

The Cass – London Metropolitan University, London England
From Project to Product

2017

The Family, Paris France
Meet the Creators

2017

Kickstarter PWL camp, New York USA
I use Kickstarter

2017

Flourish Arts Council, London England
Do it

2017

ENSBA, Lyon France
Look around you

2015

Designrejio, Kortrijk Belgium
Look around you

2015

Designer’s talk, Tallinn Estonia
Understand today, design tomorrow

2015

Pecha Kucha, Tallinn Estonia
How to catch lobsters

2015

Makerversity, London England
Do the right thing

2014

Co-Innovate Brunel, London England
Doing it with the crowd

2014

Southbank, London England
Sidekick

2013

100% Design, London England
Sidekick

2013

Lodz Design Festival, Lodz Poland
Pecha Kucha – Creativity in Britain

2012

Royal Astronomical Society, London England
MOON

2011

Kosmica, London England
Urban Stargazing

2011

Royal Observatory Greenwich, London England
Urban Stargazing

Webdesign by Stinsensqueeze, programmed by Arthur Lhermitte