Emmanuel Gardin (born 1980 in Namur, Belgium) is the creator of Krizalidstudio — a research and design space.  As Gardin describes, his motivation for founding the studio was "being able to devote time to research and design of modular objects for the home in trying to implement simple mechanical methods to distort and change the subject to create new function."  The ability to change the appearance or shape of an object in order to change its function seemingly underscores Gardin's designs.