MANIFESTO

#65

MUSE TWENTY FANZINE

HERMÈS PLAY OF LIGHT

2022.06.09

The new Hermès home collection, ensemble of lightness and elegance. An introspective atmosphere at Milan Design Week 2022.

Hermès goes on stage in Milan for Design Week 2022 with four monumental architectures. They are constructions in the shape of water towers that radiate light, light despite their large proportions, made of wood and covered with translucent paper in different colours. Inside there are objects that speak of tradition and innovation.

The research for lightness is the starting point of the project, like a real challenge to gravity that is embodied in the creation of objects for the home. Plays of light and colour accompany us on our journey to discover the new home textile collections. The objects conceived are clear encounters with matter. At a time when everything seems to be ephemeral, abstract and distant, there is a need to re-establish contact with the real.

For the first time, fabrics are the thread running through the home collection. Five creations made of cashmere, one of the Maison’s favourite materials, constitute this manifesto aimed at lightness. Accompanying the textiles, the collection also features various objects, porcelain and furniture. Each element represents the uniqueness and singularity of the project: a sheet of leather cut and folded with hand-painted decorations becomes a centrepiece; porcelain plates reflect the sunlight; a woven cane seat gives a chair as much delicacy as strength. Our perception changes through the play of light on the creations, in shadow compared to the scenic structures: poetic giants and anchor points for these small miracles of balance. Light again plays a key role, enveloping the setting and evoking details. The vertical lighting within each architecture allows the attentive eyes of the observer to focus on the detail.

The crowning glory of the entire project is the unfailing savoir-faire. It recounts the creative process in its entirety, which includes overcoming one’s limits and reimagining one’s origins. The craftsman’s quest and desire is to create timeless objects that tell a tale of elegance and refinement.

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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Annie Leibovitz’s Stream of Consciousness at Hauser & Wirth Monaco brings together works from across her career in a fluid, non-chronological arrangement.

Cinema

The End

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Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, a film about stories: the ones that soften the truth, help us escape it, and the ones we use to live with it. A post-apocalyptic musical starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon.

MIU MIU

MIU MIU SUMMER READS 2025

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Fashion meets literature in the world’s major cities as Miu Miu Summer Reads launches its second edition. This cultural initiative by Miu Miu turns green urban spaces into oases of reflection and reading.

NEWS

X-GIRL SHOW

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The Lost Photos from a Streetwear Moment, a book by Angela Hill featuring an introduction from Chloë Sevigny, unveils a raw archive of never-before-seen images that capture the spirit and style of a defining era in streetwear culture.

Harley Weir

The Garden

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In The Garden, Harley Weir creates fragile, intimate images that linger like sensory relics-where paradise has already begun to decompose, and beauty emerges from the wreckage.