SALONE DEL MOBILE 2022
On the occasion of the Salone del Mobile 2022, Louis Vuitton will celebrate ten years of its Objets Nomades collection of furniture and objects. In a specially designed exhibition space in the iconic Garage Traversi, the Maison will present the latest Objets Nomades – by Atelier Oï, the Campana Brothers, and Raw Edges – and a wide selection of other pieces from the collection, created by 14 designers over the past decade. During the Salone, Louis Vuitton will also continue its nowestablished exhibition of nomadic architecture. For 2022, it is bringing the Nova House by Studio Rochel to the famous Piazza San Babila.
Since its creation in 2012, the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades collection of inventive and functional furniture and objects has expanded to welcome creations by an evergrowing roster of renowned international designers: Patricia Urquiola, India Mahdavi, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Atelier Oï, Raw Edges, Atelier Biagetti, Zanellato/ Bortotto, Andrew Kudless, Tokujin Yoshioka, Frank Chou, Nendo, Damien LangloisMeurinne, Barber & Osgerby, and Marcel Wanders Studio. Both inspired by the House’s 160-year-old “Art of Travel” and a reinterpretation of that essential spirit, each Objet Nomade is an expression of the unique combination of its designer’s creativity and Louis Vuitton’s unparalleled savoir-faire. The collection, which is now made up of over sixty pieces, will have a strong presence at this year’s Salone del Mobile.
Five new Objets Nomades will be unveiled in Milan. Swiss design studio Atelier Oï, which has been working on Objets Nomades since the collection’s foundation, is introducing three new pieces, inspired by their now-classic Belt Chair: the Belt Lounge Chair, Belt Bar Stool, and Belt Side Stool. All feature a seat made of strips of rich Louis Vuitton leather held in place with brass buckles that recall those used on the Maison’s bags, while the relaxing Belt Lounge Chair and portable Belt Side Stool have elegant metal and wood frames, and the taller Belt Bar Stool has a graceful metal frame. They are joined in the collection by a new four-seater version of the Campana Brothers’ Bomboca, a modular sofa named after confectionery served at wedding and children’s parties in Brazil. Inspired by cloud shapes, it has eleven removable fabric-covered cushions arranged to fit into its rigid, leather-covered shell. The final new Objet is Raw Edges’ Cosmic Table in both indoor and outdoor versions. The table’s inventive and “infinite” carbon-fibre base is covered with brightly coloured Louis Vuitton leather for indoors and treated with an enamelled or weathered-metal-style finish for outdoors. Both versions perfectly complement a beautifully crafted glass top.
During the Salone, a wide selection of pieces from the Objets Nomades collection will be shown in a specially designed exhibition at Garage Traversi, a Milanese architectural landmark. Spread across two floors of the Rationalist building – originally an innovative garage planned by Giuseppe De Min in 1939 – the showcase will reveal the full breadth of invention, imagination and savoir-faire in the Objets Nomades collection. Among the pieces on show are six Objets making their European debuts: Frank Chou’s flowing Signature Sofa and Armchair; the Campana Brothers’ brightly coloured Aguacate wall hanging and playful Merengue seat; Marcel Wanders Studio’s startlingly beautiful Petal Chair; and Louis Vuitton Studio’s elegant Muranoglass Totem Lumineux.
To continue the celebration of the Objets Nomades, Atelier Oï’s delightful leather Origami flowers will also be on display in Louis Vuitton flower kiosks in central Milan, while specially branded newspaper kiosks will feature books published by the Maison.
Finally, Louis Vuitton’s presence in Milan will be capped off by this year’s exhibition of nomadic architecture. After Charlotte Perriand’s La Maison au bord de l’eau (2015), Matti Suuronen’s Futuro House (2017), George Candilis’s Hexacube (2018), and Shigeru Ban’s Paper Temporary Studio (2019), this year, the Maison is bringing the Nova House to Milan. Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House is a striking ovoid “living pod”, with a steel frame covered with 180 made-to-measure aluminium-alloy strips. The building, which packs two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom into its 45m2, will be on view for the duration of the Salone.
The Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades exhibition will be open at Garage Traversi, via Bagutta 2, 20121 Milan, June 7th, 2.00pm-6.00pm, June 8th-12th 10am to 8pm.
The Nova House will be on display at Piazza San Babila, Milan, from 7th to 12th June 2022.
Since its creation in 2012, the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades collection of inventive and functional furniture and objects has expanded to welcome creations by an evergrowing roster of renowned international designers: Patricia Urquiola, India Mahdavi, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Atelier Oï, Raw Edges, Atelier Biagetti, Zanellato/ Bortotto, Andrew Kudless, Tokujin Yoshioka, Frank Chou, Nendo, Damien LangloisMeurinne, Barber & Osgerby, and Marcel Wanders Studio. Both inspired by the House’s 160-year-old “Art of Travel” and a reinterpretation of that essential spirit, each Objet Nomade is an expression of the unique combination of its designer’s creativity and Louis Vuitton’s unparalleled savoir-faire. The collection, which is now made up of over sixty pieces, will have a strong presence at this year’s Salone del Mobile.
Five new Objets Nomades will be unveiled in Milan. Swiss design studio Atelier Oï, which has been working on Objets Nomades since the collection’s foundation, is introducing three new pieces, inspired by their now-classic Belt Chair: the Belt Lounge Chair, Belt Bar Stool, and Belt Side Stool. All feature a seat made of strips of rich Louis Vuitton leather held in place with brass buckles that recall those used on the Maison’s bags, while the relaxing Belt Lounge Chair and portable Belt Side Stool have elegant metal and wood frames, and the taller Belt Bar Stool has a graceful metal frame. They are joined in the collection by a new four-seater version of the Campana Brothers’ Bomboca, a modular sofa named after confectionery served at wedding and children’s parties in Brazil. Inspired by cloud shapes, it has eleven removable fabric-covered cushions arranged to fit into its rigid, leather-covered shell. The final new Objet is Raw Edges’ Cosmic Table in both indoor and outdoor versions. The table’s inventive and “infinite” carbon-fibre base is covered with brightly coloured Louis Vuitton leather for indoors and treated with an enamelled or weathered-metal-style finish for outdoors. Both versions perfectly complement a beautifully crafted glass top.
During the Salone, a wide selection of pieces from the Objets Nomades collection will be shown in a specially designed exhibition at Garage Traversi, a Milanese architectural landmark. Spread across two floors of the Rationalist building – originally an innovative garage planned by Giuseppe De Min in 1939 – the showcase will reveal the full breadth of invention, imagination and savoir-faire in the Objets Nomades collection. Among the pieces on show are six Objets making their European debuts: Frank Chou’s flowing Signature Sofa and Armchair; the Campana Brothers’ brightly coloured Aguacate wall hanging and playful Merengue seat; Marcel Wanders Studio’s startlingly beautiful Petal Chair; and Louis Vuitton Studio’s elegant Muranoglass Totem Lumineux.
To continue the celebration of the Objets Nomades, Atelier Oï’s delightful leather Origami flowers will also be on display in Louis Vuitton flower kiosks in central Milan, while specially branded newspaper kiosks will feature books published by the Maison.
Finally, Louis Vuitton’s presence in Milan will be capped off by this year’s exhibition of nomadic architecture. After Charlotte Perriand’s La Maison au bord de l’eau (2015), Matti Suuronen’s Futuro House (2017), George Candilis’s Hexacube (2018), and Shigeru Ban’s Paper Temporary Studio (2019), this year, the Maison is bringing the Nova House to Milan. Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House is a striking ovoid “living pod”, with a steel frame covered with 180 made-to-measure aluminium-alloy strips. The building, which packs two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom into its 45m2, will be on view for the duration of the Salone.
The Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades exhibition will be open at Garage Traversi, via Bagutta 2, 20121 Milan, June 7th, 2.00pm-6.00pm, June 8th-12th 10am to 8pm.
The Nova House will be on display at Piazza San Babila, Milan, from 7th to 12th June 2022.