For the third year in a row, L’Observatoire International has been invited by Hermès to design the lighting for their Milan Design Week Show in Milan in collaboration with Studio CMP artistic directors of Hermès Maison Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry . The lighting concept follows Hermès design concept emphasing the extraordinary and unique design’s collection in a subtill and dramatic lighting.
For Milan Design Week 2023, Hermès harmonizes colors and furniture with iron rods and concrete. The ensemble inquires about the power of the fundamental through a series of furniture and home collection. Displayed at La Pelota in via Palermo 10 from April 19th to 22nd, 2023 the visitors are guided through a meandering journey in an exhibition of rugs, chairs, and lamps enclosed in iron rods while softened by the polished look of concrete.
This year, the staging has been stripped of all excess to display a framework composed of iron rods and concrete. Its interplay of grids and lines creates, in this radical and powerful structure, an ideal yet very real space for representation. The Hermès creations for the home presented here assert strength through subtraction with effortless presence. This is the very essence of design, drawing inspiration from materials and expressed through skilled know-how.
Know-how is given form with exceptional elements: blown glass for minimalist lamps, traditional upholstery for a simple, refined chair, and virtuoso hand embroidery for rugs with highly graphic motifs. Bronze, glass, wood and leather, showcased in their most elemental manifestations or juxtaposed, affirm this preoccupation with organic materials. The muted colors support the expression of figures that are central to the house’s heritage. Equestrian celebrations adorn a porcelain breakfast service with cheerful lines, as well as rugs and blankets that burst with imaginative flair.
Conceived by Danish designer Cecilie Manz, the Ancelle d’Hermès armchair is compellingly direct: its powerful frame in solid wood is combined with a sheet of leather that creates a light and elegant seat. Heir to a Scandinavian tradition that merges robustness with minimalism, this armchair surprises with the perfection of its elegant design.
This line of objects was born from a strong desire to work leather and bronze together, the raw materials used to create the house’s original harnesses. These ancient materials and the simplicity of their forms radiate intrinsic power. The deep, shimmering patina of the bronze results from unique Japanese know-how. Nasturtium red on the two-toned leather lid of a hinged box creates surprise with its lively contrast, and soothes with the confident triumph of skill over matter.
The aesthetics of Hermès’ creations for the home are inspired by the authenticity of their shapes and the innate strength of their minimalism
