Atelier YokYok

YokYok is a design studio founded and led by architects Samson Lacoste and Luc Pinsard since 2015. It currently consists of three partners, including Laure Qarémy, a literature teacher.
YokYok's work lies at the intersection of art and architecture. Through immersive installations, they explore the relationship with the body, material, sensory experience, geometry, and landscape. Sometimes site-specific, sometimes nomadic, these installations play with architecture and challenge their environment by shifting its fundamentals.

YokYok creates artworks and installations in festivals, museums, gardens, public squares, private spaces, and public facilities. They enjoy telling stories, weaving an imaginary world, and casting a poetic gaze on the places they encounter.
YokYok's installations have been exhibited, among others, at the International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire (France), the Frac Occitanie Toulouse Les Abattoirs Museum (France), the National Museum of Singapore (Singapore), the Sanayeh Gardens in Beirut (Lebanon), the Marqueyssac Gardens (France), the Montmartre Museum in Paris (France), the International Garden Festival of Métis (Canada), the Light Festival in Alberobello (Italy), and the Sziget Festival in Budapest (Hungary). YokYok is the recipient of the Europe40under40 award in 2022, Surface Design Awards in 2023 and 2022, Le French Design100 by VIA in 2021 and 2019, ADC awards 2017, and Archilovers Best Project 2017. The team was invited by the Voyage à Nantes in 2020.