WORLD OF WONDER
Colour Play
A flash of bold hues greeted the guests of Hermes, which showcased its home collection in an impressive purpose-built exhibition at La Permanente. The museum housed soaring structures clad in 150,000 handmade glazed tiles from Morocco rendered in shades of turquoise, amber, sea green, sienna, and more. The imposing architecture, which took a month to construct for the week-long exhibition, was meant to contrast the whimsical, detail-oriented pieces that make up this year’s collection. “We wanted to work with scale. Most of the pieces this year are small so we created towering structures; the height is emphasised by the use of stairs in the scenography,” says Charlotte Macaux Perelman, co-artistic director at Hermes Maison.
In line with the maison’s overall theme of “play,” the home metier featured whimsical pieces that referenced games, most occasional table. A standout was series—decorative desk objects crafted out of a single sheet of bridle leather and held together with four stitches of white linen thread.
