Maison Matisse taps the help of British designer Faye Toogood on the new Esquisses collection for Milan Design Week this year. Together, the two interpret Chinese black ink on top of white paper inspired by the book Dessins: Thèmes et Variations by Henri Matisse. The new collection features a living room and bedroom furniture that celebrates the artist's originality.
Toogood shares that "With drawing as the start point, I worked on creating a library of gesture, line, and shape responding to motifs in Matisse’s sketches. I kept coming back to a series of table still life drawings Matisse made in the 40s. Fruits, vegetables, household objects, all rendered in his eloquent, essential line. We ended up with more than 100 sketches and, initially just to catalogue them, we chose the best 24 and stuck them together in a concertina book. That format immediately suggested rugs and a blanket… and so those were there first pieces we developed."
Artist-Honoring Bedroom Furniture
Maison Matisse and Faye Toogood Design the Esquisses Collection
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