Graduate of the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Villemin and post-graduate design from the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Val de Marne, he was then sponsored by the Centre nationale des arts plastiques (CNAP) and the Valorisation de l’innovation dans l’ammeublement (VIA). In 1996, he was selected for the Villa Kujoyama Residency in Kyoto by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the A.F.A.A. where his interest in vegetal design began.
In 1999, Patrick Nadeau set up his eponymous studio and develops projects that combine elements of architecture, design and nature. This unique approach has attracted innovative companies and cultural institutions from product design, to scenography and a company a Reims social housing project that asked him to develop in 2013 an affordable home completely covered with plants and inspired by ecodesign (Maison Vague).
Also interested in using innovative materials, he designed a new range of glass tiles for Saint-Gobain and received design awards at Batimat Salon in 2003 and Janus de l’Industrie in 2005.
His personal exhibition “Nature Individuelle” (Paris – Sabz showroom – September 2008) illustrates his approach, which is the coexistence of all types of materials, natural or artificial, and the integration of living elements in each of his propositions.
Collaborating with author Thierry de Beaumont about his work, Patrick Nadeau Végétal design was co-published by Alternatives (an imprint of Gallimard) and Particule14 in 2012
Patrick Nadeau also acts as research lecturer at the ESAD de Reims where he created the first “vegetal design” studio in an art school in Europe, and is also a guest lecturer at the Ecole Camondo (Les Arts Décoratifs) in Paris. Member of Particule14 -an association of French designers- he collaborates as well with Observatoire des Tendances du Jardin (OJT), an R&D project created by the French garden Jardiland. patricknadeau.com
Wallpaper Design Award for Laorus – 2012
Label VIA for Laorus – 2012
IF Design Award for Authentics (Urban Garden) – 2011
Label VIA for Saint-Gobain Glass (Feeling glass tiles) – 2006
Janus de l’Industrie for Saint-Gobain Glass (Feeling glass tiles) – 2005
Design Trophy for Saint-Gobain glass (Feeling glass tiles) – Batimat 2003
Grand prize of the International Contemporary Furniture Press Critics -2000
FNAC Purchasing – Furniture – 1998
Villa Kujoyama Residency – Japan, Grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs /A.F.A.A. – 1995
Carte blanche luminaire (Group of Industrial Light Manufacturers) – 1995
Research allocation, Délégation aux arts plastiques (CNAP) – work on glass – 1994
Design Award from the Ville de Paris -1991
Faut pas pousser – Design et végétal, Patrick Nadeau & Esad de Reims, Esad Editions – 2013
Végétal design / Patrick Nadeau, Thierry de Beaumont, Alternatives & Particule 1 4 Editions – 2012
Nature individuelle – Patrick Nadeau, Jeanne Queheillad, PN Editions , 2008
“Patrick Nadeau, designer & David Lewis, peintre“, Granville Gallery, Paris, 2013
“Installation végétale“, Les Atelier du Moulin, Moudon, 2011
“Rainforest, Boffi“, Paris, London, Milan, Cologne, 2010
“Nature individuelle”, Sabz, Paris – 2008
“Grand Prix de la critique et de la presse internationale”, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 2000
“Two Man Show”, Galerie du VIA, Paris – 1993
“Lamino-Crinoline”, Galerie Alpha du Lion, Paris – 1990
Life between walls, Patrick Nadeau & Earlwyn Covington, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea – 2014
Design et Végétal, “Parcours de designers”, Le Lieu du Design, Paris – 2014
Vegetal design, Nadeau & de Beaumont, Ecole Camondo – Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris – 2014
Design végétal et nouvelles formes urbaines, Agence d’Urbanisme, Reims – 2013
Les Rendez-vous du design, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris – 2013
Design végétal, entre architecture, objet et jardin, « D’un territoire l’autre”, Lyon – 2012
Table ronde sur l’agriculture urbaine, Design for change, Lille – 2012
Le paysage et ses variations : la question d’une écologie esthétique, INHA, Paris – 2012
Design végétal, Salon du végétal, Angers – 2011
Colloque Terre 2, Végépolys, ENSA, Limoges – 2011
Material Vision, Francfort – 2011
Design & Végétal, Végépolys, Angers – 2010