Florian Auger
Building products and brands
- 9 Years as Studio Founder, formerly known as Outercraft
- 3 Years as an Aerospace R&D Engineer
- 10 Years as Surfboard Shaper and Glasser
- 3 years as German Design Awards Jury Member
- Founder and Entrepreneur in the Creative Industry
- Dual Background in Fine Arts and Materials Science
”I’m obsessed with brands that are shaking their industry.
They save me from the conformism and conservatisme that make me bored, and quickly depressed.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been picking out the wildest innovations in surf catalogues and figuring out how I could make something that cool. I started by making surfboards, snowboards, and skateboards in my father’s garage (after ruining my ...
Under the creative direction of Florian Auger, the studio relies on a flexible team of experts
Part of our most recent projects, or regularly collaborating:
Mechanical Engineer and Prototypist
Project Manager and UX Strategist
Industrial Designer, 3D Modeler, CGI
Identity and Space Graphic Designer
Illustrator and Web Artist
Design Researcher in Sustainability
Junior Industrial Designer
Strategic and Service Designer
The crafting culture
We are fortunate to have access to a fully equiped workshop : 200 m2 dedicated to Prototyping.
- 3D PRINTING: FDM and large-format silicone
- MECHANICAL WORKSHOP: laser cutting, assisted routing, manual fitting
- MOLDING: silicone duplication, traditional composites
- TEXTILE: light and heavy garment construction, sublimation
- ELECTRONICS: soldering, measurement, wiring
- IMAGING: photo and video studio
Our projects regularly lead us into advanced or unfamiliar processes.
On top of our international network of suppliers, We rely on technological platforms to provide the tools and expertise to experiment exactly when we need them:
- ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- LARGE-SCALE ROBOTIC MACHINING
- METAL MACHINING AND FOUNDRY
- SMALL-BATCH CASTING AND INJECTION
- PATTERN MAKING AND GARMENT CONSTRUCTION
Join us in Biarritz
We've grown in the South West of France, as the perfect playground to innovate in outdoor sports and new mobility, while greatly connected to Paris and the rest of the world.
