Patricia Urquiola, Humberto Campana and Gabriele Chiave explain their pieces for this year's collection.
He continued that he was inspired by the Vuitton legacy of travel goods that were built to last lifetimes.
“These pieces are pieces that have to last for hundreds of years. If you remember, Vuitton was not a fashion brand, Vuitton was a product brand. They did trunks, they did objects,” Chiave said. “So we can think of this object today as very near to that beautiful quality of items that people would keep forever, would love forever, would collect and keep in their homes.”
“I came up with the idea to do something about a curtain,” said Campana of his contribution, motioning to the pieces that hung on the wall above. Made in the shape of an avocado, the original was made in leather, while the ones on display in the store are aluminum. “Something that could create rooms whilst hanging from the ceiling. And I like the transparency, something that doesn’t block the visual but that transports the visual,” he added.
She started working on the installation during the pandemic, from what was originally a project for Louis Vuitton jewelry. “The conversation began in the middle of lockdown, that they were needing a more open attitude to a corner for jewels,” she said. “That was another department, but inside the company.