--- title: "Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani named in ’20 for 2025 World Design Congress Trailblazers’" url: https://www.voxelmatters.com/architect-mamou-mami-named-in-20-for-2025-world-design-congress-trailblazers/ date: 2025-03-18 modified: 2025-03-19 lang: en author: "Tess Boissonneault" description: "This September, the World Design Congress (WDC) will be held in London, where designers and organizations from all over the world will come together to explore the theme \"Design for..." categories: - "Architecture" - "Art" - "Sustainability" tags: - "future" image: https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/mamou-mani-3-640x274.jpeg word_count: 621 --- # Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani named in ’20 for 2025 World Design Congress Trailblazers’ This September, the World Design Congress (WDC) will be held in London, where designers and organizations from all over the world will come together to explore the theme "Design for Planet". Ahead of the biannual event, a Design Council consisting of five British design ambassadors (menswear designer Foday Dumbuya, furniture designer Tom Dixon, architect Lesley Lokko, AI specialist Suhair Khan and designer Es Devlin) has elected 20 designers from all over the world as the "2025 World Design Congress Trailblazers". Among these design innovators is architect Mamou-Mani, who specializes in architectural structures made using parametric design and technologies like laser cutting and 3D printing. "All 20 nominated designers have been selected for their potential to inspire meaningful change at the intersection of creativity and environmental sustainability. Championing narrative-driven principles, pioneering next-generation materials, reshaping educational and creative frameworks and democratising design through emerging technologies," [says](https://wdo.org/the-design-council-names-25-for-2025-design-trailblazers-changing-the-industry-ahead-of-the-world-design-congress-london/) the World Design Organization. [![Mamou-Mani architect World Design Congress](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/conifera-1.jpg)](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/conifera-1.jpg)3D printed installation at Milan's Palazzo Isimbardi for Salone del Mobile in 2019 (Mamou-Mani) While it would be worthwhile to go into great detail about each of these trailblazers' design specialities, here at VoxelMatters we are most interested in one thing: additive manufacturing. In this context, French architect Mamou-Mani has been on our radar for some time. Specifically since 2019, when he collaborated with fashion brand COS to design a [3D printed installation in Milan's Palazzo Isimbardi for Salone del Mobile](https://www.voxelmatters.com/arthur-mamou-mani-cos-salone-del-mobile/). But this project is far from the architect's only foray into 3D printing: he also leveraged the technology (and parametric design) to create a mandala for an ephemeral temple at Burning Man, and to create what has been recognized as the latest 3D printed pavilion made from sand. [![](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/mamou-mani-1.jpg)](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/mamou-mani-1.jpg)Melifera (The Dancing Beehives) commissioned by Fortnum & Mason in 2021 (Mamou-Mani) Whether he's relying on 3D printing or other production methods for his large-scale installations, sustainability is core to Mamou-Mani's work, particularly when it comes to using recycled materials, like reclaimed timber and compostable bioplastics. His work often also emphasizes a connection with nature. For example, in designing an installation for Fortnum & Mason's London department store atrium in 2021, Mamou-Mani drew inspiration from beehives with the aim of highlighting the "need for rewilding our urban spaces". The installation consisted of 44 beehive modules, each 3D printed from PLA, a material derived from fermented sugars. After the installation was removed to make way for a new display, the beehives were all recycled. More recently, Mamou-Mani worked on the design of The Roe Restaurant in Canary Wharf, London. For this project, the architect was interested in evoking coral formations and created a one-of-a-kind 3D printed tree-like centerpiece that spans 4 meters in height and 6.4 meters in width. The expansive structure brings nature inside the restaurant and gives diners the effect of eating under an otherwordly canopy. The tree itself is 3D printed from PLA and complemented by backlit 3D printed bar facades and clay pots made using a 3D printed mold. [![Architect Mamou-Mani World Design Congress](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/mamou-mani-4.jpg)](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/mamou-mani-4.jpg)Roe Restaurant and its coral-inspired 3D printed centerpiece, London (Mamou-Mani) Manou-Mani's website says of the project: "Complete with a scenic wraparound terrace overlooking the South Dock Canal, the restaurant draws inspiration from its cuisine and underwater themes. Integrated parametric design elements, including a striking 3D printed central ‘tree’ structure inspired by the logarithmic growth patterns of corals. This underwater motif extends to the counter panels, wall decorations, and feature wall lighting, all designed to evoke the softness and textures of marine life." Mamou-Mani's unique perspective on architecture, which bridges the natural world with cutting edge technologies like parametric design and 3D printing, will be highlighted at the 34th World Design Congress, held in London from September 9 to 11, 2025.