Architectural harmony definition series#

Each object goes through a process of ripening, and is used here in a moment that’s right for them.

For some, it takes years before they are finished, for others we conceive and produce them within a few months. “They have been worked out and finished over varying timelines.

Architectural harmony definition series#

“This year, we displayed a series of objects-we don’t call them a collection, by the way-which are articulate and talk to each other,” said Fabry. Towards the end of the walk was placed the simple yet so spectacular Ancelle d’Hermès armchair, conceived by Danish designer Cecilie Manz, holding court with its sleek solid-wood frame so elegantly lightened by its sling of a leather seat. The domed boxes, Patine d’Hermès, combined bronze with leather, like the house’s original harnesses, and the historic Conservatoire chair was reimagined by Jasper Morrison with a lighter touch. The same underlying search for harmony existed in the curation of the objects as well, which ranged from a playful porcelain breakfast service with equestrian-inspired illustrations, drawn freehand by French artist Jochen Gerner, to the archetypal Contour d’Hermès sofa placed across, with discreet references to Hermès’s leather-crafting heritage. Making the legs slimmer and revising its proportions, the designer has imbued it with a form of modernity. Conservatoire, a chair with an angular, geometric look, sheathed in leather by Hermès in the 1930s, inspired Jasper Morrison to reinterpret it with a light touch.