Q&A What attracted you to the idea of designing an Objet Nomade for Louis Vuitton? The opportunity to work with a brand that represents the highest level of craft and quality was exciting and inspiring. As a designer and maker, I appreciate working with artisans who have extensive knowledge of their materials and tools. What were the inspirations for your Objet? With my Objet Nomade, I wanted to explore the concept of travel in a way that reflected my own passion for experiencing new sights, smells and tastes. Yet there is an inherent tension to travel that I wanted to capture in the Objet: you are pulled between the appeal of the new and the comfort of home, between the rush of movement and the endless waiting, between the desire to go and the inertia of staying. I wanted the Objet to resonate with these forces and represent a balance between all things. Could you describe your Objet in a sentence? Pulled in opposite directions yet completely in equilibrium, the shelf represents a balance of forces: between movement and stability, new and old, hard and soft.