LET US BE ASTONISHED BY THE LIGHT IN OUR SECRET PLACE
Inspired by the work of Tatsuya Tanaka, particularly the Japanese pavillion in the Universal expo in Dubai, his work makes us reimagine the world by revisiting the scales of objects and giving them a whole new existence.
There is something very astonishing to find many small things happening in a bigger picture so we imagined secret realms in revised lanterns that would become like cities.
A SECRET REALM
In this year’s theme of Astonishment by Hermes our “Secret realm” is the story of a passageway into a fantastical parallel universe. Reinventing what we know we lose sense of gravity through an invisible line.
You may see a squirrel escape from a red fox down a birch tree to emerge in a swing city or an ostrich with her head buried in paradise, penguins skiing on the other side of the iceberg or a very interesting hoarding tree.
Whatever it is you see let’s hope it’s the “upside down” with a much brighter and optimistic outcome
A SECRET REALM
In this year’s theme of Astonishment by Hermes our “Secret realm” is the story of a passageway into a fantastical parallel universe. Reinventing what we know we lose sense of gravity through an invisible line. You may see a squirrel escape from a red fox down a birch tree to emerge in a swing city or an ostrich with her head buried in paradise, penguins skiing on the other side of the iceberg or a very interesting hoarding tree. Whatever it is you see let’s hope it’s the “upside down” with a much brighter and optimistic outcome!
For the final season of Hermés ‘s Lightness theme step into the House of cards « Les châteaux de cartes »
Find the queen of hearts over her castle, The king of spades showjumping, the Jack of clubs playing chess and the Ace of diamonds bending the rules…
For our first collaboration with Hermes India I was inspired by the universe of Alexander Calder’s circus. I was fascinated by the movements and simplicity of form with wire and decided to add a touch of fabric. The idea that we could create a circus in the sky at different times of day or on a tornado amused me. I really wanted to keep the twists and disproportions we find in circus folks.
We have an elephant balancing act on a tornado with spinning plates
A Ballerina on a cloud spinning plates whilst a dog makes it rain
A tightrope walker with his head in the clouds
A Flying trapeze artist at dawn
A Horse canon ball in the night
A unicyclist in an Electric storm
A carousel rider’s journey
In a decomposing symphony a Rider dismounts his horse to explore what’s beyond.
The piano keys take him to a flying mobile on which he mounts a new horse
He arrives through the windows of a strange castle where a Hobby horse king sits on his throne
He parachutes himself through the chimney of a wonky dollhouse where his fellow riders are having a tea party.
Our story this year is a metaphor of the change our hearts undergo during Ramadan. It opens up, changes and flies.
True to the theme of lightness, we explore the lightness of form in a minimalistic décor.
The story starts in a modern Arabic house where at night the architecture has intriguing shapes that seem to want to flap out. Through the windows shadows of flowers are growing.
The house doesn’t really look like a house anymore. It morphs into some kind of architectural bird. The flowers have now revealed themselves and start growing from the ground.
It’s a Falcon that flies off from the last structure leaving the ground. He flies towards the moon whilst many others too. The flowers have grown and carry remains of the house. They seem to be anchored by the tiling of where the house used to be as if to stop them from flying too.
Our story this year is a metaphor of the change our hearts undergo during Ramadan. It opens up, changes and flies.
True to the theme of lightness, we explore the lightness of form in a minimalistic décor.
Hermès Plein Air conveys a certain idea of freedom, simplicity, movement and well-being. In these paper lasered windows we depict the sea and beaches of the Somme.
Winter 2021 for The Human Odyssey I imagined a world where humans would be able to make themselves very small and build Pods to look like animals and infiltrate secret worlds. I loved the possible section from land to water and how both universes can be shown in a single tableau.