About

Studio Cédric Etienne is a multi disciplinary design office working on international projects across the fields of meditation spaces, interior, hospitality, furniture and product design, to creative direction in design collaborations.

In a hectic world that repeatedly challenges our concentration and focus, Cédric Etienne and his team of designers and interior architects create contemplative atmospheres to integrate stillness into our daily lives.

Cédric Etienne was born in 1980 in Antwerp, Belgium. To study interior architecture, he went to The Faydherbe Academy in Mechelen and later finished his master’s degree at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

The first ten years of his professional career he spent developing in-depth experience in scenography and event design, working for luxury brands like Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Chanel ... Especially the high pace of the fashion industry and the pressure and tough deadlines in event production brought Etienne towards a search for more solid ground and quietness.

In 2015, he participated in a vipassana retreat in Japan where he stayed ten days in complete silence, following the daily rituals of the buddhist monks. What he discovered there was ‘Ma’, the Japanese term for ‘pause in time’ or ‘emptiness of space’; a spiritual concept which strongly influenced his following career path.

After a few years of research and development, Etienne launched the brand Corkinho in 2017. Numerous trips to Portugal exploring the harvest and production of the material cork had offered him enough knowledge and stable relations to set out on an entrepreneurial quest of bringing this natural material into contemporary interiors. With its granular texture and warmth and its inherent sound absorption properties, cork would become the essential fundament to design calming interiors and noble objects.

Cédric Etienne , an interior architect, understands the challenges of living in a fast paced society in which the speed of data overloads our lives where more and more is happening in a shorter time.

In response, its creative studio is dedicated to creating immersive design narratives that engage our senses and inspire us connect with stillness, serenity and harmony. The studio starts every project from a design manifesto which is influenced by sacred architecture, invite people to cultivate a deeper sense of inner space.

The studio’s built environments and creations facilitates to profoundly indulge in quiet wellbeing and comfort.

Based in the vibrant Harbour of Antwerp, Studio Cédric Etienne honours simplicity and the art of grounding in the energetic field of presence.

Our design approach seamlessly integrates the patina of time in dialogue with the emotional power of space, creating serene atmospheres where the modern human can reconnect with a sense of simplicity and inner calm.

Based on a personal wish to slow down and to travel inwards, Etienne has built up a creative studio around the philosophy of shaping dialogue between silence and space.

Studio Cédric Etienne takes a modern-day obstacle serious by proposing interiors, objects and rituals which cater directly to the senses and remind us of the present moment.

Today, stillness is the signature of Studio Cédric Etienne.

As part of the studio philosophy, Cédric Etienne also occasionally conducts meditationcourses and invites yoga and meditation instructors at the studio’s own still room, sharing the humble rituals and learnings to explore stillness even further.