For Hermès, the design of an object is the starting point of the reflection showcased at the 2025 Milan Design Week. Each object corresponds to a box, a container, an element that holds it, wraps it, and hides it from the first sight of the one receiving it. All of this sparks curiosity and imagination, dream and desire. To reach the object, it is not necessarily required to open the entire box, but simply to observe it carefully through any small gap that reveals a glimpse of something. One can recognise its colours, shapes, materials, and dimensions. Vision breaks the illusion and brings us back to reality.
The memory of an idealised perfection thus appears concrete in an aseptic, white, and luminous space, where large ephemeral structures float from the ceiling, creating suggestive views between the design pieces created for the occasion. The objects take shape and colour, reassuring the eye with a vibrant choice of chromatic and material combinations. The aura surrounding the entire collection is familiar, tangible, and entirely recognisable. Here, the object becomes a bearer of emotion.
The main themes of this new home collection by Hermès are glass and cashmere. While the former represents a true exploration of the material, the latter tells a story of new forms. The glass is blown, layered, stacked, and fused using various artisanal techniques. The colours and transparencies vary depending on the processing and thickness, making each piece unique due to the techniques employed. The patterns of the new fabrics are intense, made possible by new graphic and geometric designs. Of varying sizes and weights, each piece represents the exceptional savoir-faire of the maison.
Tomás Alonso’s Side Table seeks balance, combining wood and coloured glass, playing with lines, tones, and materials, and giving the table an unexpected movement with a round cedar wood box moving along an eccentric axis within the underlying structure. The vases and glasses embody extreme precision. The layered coloured glass is cut by artisans to create unique patterns. The colours blend depending on the perspective. The technique used for the jugs is yet different: here, the glassmaker melts the material to blow it, rotate it, cut it, and shape it with color ink that freely drips and expands irregularly along its entire dimension. The Points et Plans throw, designed by Amer Musa, recalls a childhood game: large multicoloured dots are applied to a large crisscrossed grid woven in cashmere. H Partition is a precious composition, dusted with 24-carat gold powder. The zigzag pattern is handwoven in natural ivory color. In the Summer Dye and Striped Dye series, coloured and overlapping H shapes appear, created with different layers of painting and dyeing, allowing the uniqueness of each piece to emerge.
Finally, the Hermès en Contrepoint tableware service is introduced, made from white kaolin porcelain and decorated with friezes in soft or vivid tones. The geometric motifs, hand-drawn and painted in watercolour by artist Nigel Peake, lend these pieces an almost theatrical uniqueness. Here, the perfection of imperfection is celebrated.
