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Akira Yamaguchi designed Les Artisans d’Hermès for the Hermès Spring/Summer 2020. As described in the Hermès booklet, Akira Yamaguchi is an artist from Tokyo who is inspired by traditional pictorial forms, which he interprets in a personal and innovative way. Invited to France by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, he discovered the different facets of Hermes. This composition is a meeting of Japanese culture and Lyon silk know-how and pays tribute to the artisans. At the centre of the design are two Samurai: a woman riding a horse motorcycle and a man holding its reins. This modern chimaera is surrounded by scenes depicting the Faubourg Saint-Honoré store in Paris and the silk, leather, and saddlery workshops.
It would be lovely to overlap the corners of King Alfred's Tower, Hermès Faubourg 24 Saint-Honoré store, and the silk workroom at Bourgoin. The other combination is the silk factory at Lyon and the Saddler Workshop from the opposite corner.
The necklace was made for Les Artisans d'Hermès. The idea was inspired by "blown off the roof" painting techniques from the Heian period. I imagined a koi fish pond, cherry blossoms, and bamboo located outside the artist's windows.
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