As part of Milan Design Week, the iconic French luxury house of Hermès is presenting its new homeware collection.
According to the house, the 2024 exhibit is inspired by “timeless and ageless” design, which plays on “the equivocation between what came before and what exists today.”
For this year’s exhibition, Hermès is showcasing its new collections in tandem with pieces from the house’s heritage. The house explains “This pairing plays on temporal ambiguity, demonstrating that Hermès objects are unaffected by time and passing trends”.
Raw materials play big in the exhibit, including brick, stone, slate, wood and compacted earth – depicting a jockey’s silk jersey.
Of course, craftsmanship – particularly for a house such as Hermès is also key. The house said “Virtuoso craftsmanship is also apparent on blankets in subtle, graduated shades and on large cashmere bedspreads in new sizes, enhanced with graphic lines which are woven, dyed, tailored or quilted and embroidered. The shape of the new Diapason d’Hermès lounge chair in leather and hammered aluminium is radical and elegant. Ethereal lamps inspired by the codes of equestrian vaulting and the delicate strokes of the Tressages équestres dinner service are the embodiment of lightness and refinement. All of which confirms Hermès’ original spirit of combining excellence with craftsmanship.”
