About us

Twenty-four years of friendship

Yann Croain and Rémi Leray met at middle school, in the seventh grade, in Linselles. They were twelve. That was twenty-four years ago.

Yann, born in Roncq, became a stonecutter. Rémi built a career in sales. Two trades with no reason to ever cross paths — until one winter evening.

A night between Paris and Lille

Rémi was driving back from Paris. It was dark, the road was long, and he was thinking about the Deleau farm, his in-laws' farm, left empty.

He had been working for fifteen years in retail and tech: Boulanger — in store, then on the website, then in central purchasing —, Acer, and finally Hisense, where he sold televisions to the major retailers. A good job, a good position. And an increasingly clear feeling of not being where he was meant to be.

He called Yann.

"It was dark, it was winter, and I was mulling over the farm. I called Yann, and everything started."

"Bro, your creations are incredible"

Alongside his job, Yann cut pieces for himself, for pleasure, and showed them on social media. That is where the conversation started.

Yann thought he was mad.

One house, two trades

Two months later, the project was launched. Three months after that conversation, Yann cut the first piece: a Polystone wall light in Saint-Maximin stone.

Since then, the roles have not changed. Yann runs the workshop: he chooses the stone, cuts every piece, and he is the one who shows them on our social media. Rémi handles sales, online and in person, and custom projects: he is the one who answers you.

We signed a partners' agreement before starting — because a twenty-four-year friendship deserves better than a tacit understanding.

Why stone

Because Yann is a stonecutter. There is no other reason, and it is the best one.

What we hold against the lighting market is its lack of nobility. Too much plastic, too much of the same, too many objects you replace. We wanted pieces you do not replace.

The principle of the house comes down to three choices, in this order: first a stone, then a design, finally a size. Three styles — Tubular, Polystone, Raw —, two stones, and the same hand from one end of the range to the other.

Yann chose our two stones for their texture, their relief, their shells and their tones: Brétigny Fine Rock stone, from Jardres in the Vienne, and Saint-Maximin stone, from the Oise. There is no quarry in the Cambrésis: we chose the material, not proximity. Our suppliers, for their part, are French.

When a block breaks while being cut, it does not go in the skip: it becomes a smaller piece.

Choose your stone — grain, shade, care: our stones compared.

Durable, noble, singular objects, for demanding people.

Never plastic. Never all-metal.

And a piece that, the day you open the box, lives up to the expectation.