ARTEFACT 00
by Lionel Jadot
2026 Mixed media (repurposed industrial elements)
Designer Lionel Jadot’s Artefact 00 reflects on the extraordinary journeys of
matter—from the cosmos, through the Earth, and into the objects humans create.
Inspired by meteorites—ancient fragments of celestial bodies that have traveled vast distances before reaching our planet—the work considers the fundamental connections that bind matter across seemingly disparate worlds. Many of the elements found in meteorites are also present in materials here on Earth. Jadot draws on this continuity in a dramatic sculptural seating piece made from repurposed industrial materials, transforming remnants of human production into a bold, almost otherworldly form.
Conceived as a future artifact, Artefact 00 asks what traces we will leave behind—and what they might reveal about how we understand our relationship to the cosmos, technology, and the world we inhabit.