02-05-2025
Louis Vuitton plates: bold, bright and beautifully over the top
Louis Vuitton introduced its Objets Nomades collection in Miami during Art Basel and Design Miami in 2012. That collection, of nomadic objects such as folding stools, portable lamps and a hammock, was brought to Milan during Design Week ten years ago.
It has been presented in the design capital ever since, where the collection has evolved into limited-edition pieces by a host of international talents. This year the house launched the Louis Vuitton Signature Collection, a larger, more complete home offering comprising furniture, lighting, tabletop items, accessories and games.
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That includes textiles re-editioned from the archive of Charlotte Perriand, with whom the house has a longstanding collaboration since 2013, and textiles and ceramics from the Italian futurist painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). The key figure of the Italian futurist movement worked across many disciplines, from art to advertising, creating iconic campaigns.
In collaboration with the artist's family and archive, Vuitton has incorporated designs created between 1920 and 1950 — some originally executed in ceramic and others in intarsia of woollen cloth — into a collection of plates hand-decorated with Depero's fantastical motifs, featuring cockerels, horses, monkeys, pelicans and fish. A joyful way to celebrate the new season.
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Available from June, €4,000 each,
