Ronan Bouroullec was born in the French countryside, Quimper in 1971. He has worked alongside his older brother, Erwan, for over 15 years. Ronan Bouroullec studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art. Their longstanding professional relationship led to the founding of Bouroullec Studio which is located in Paris.
Bouroullec also works outside of this partnership on several projects, creating abstract prints and posters which are now featured in exhibitions such as the Galerie Kreo, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Design Museum and Art Institute of Chicago. Giulio Cappellini also witnessed his work at the Paris Salon du Meuble in 1997 which gave him the opportunity to create his first piece of industrial design which he was awarded the Grand Prix du Design by the City of Paris.