DAMIEN LANGLOIS-MEURINNE LOUIS VUITTON OBJETS NOMADES

"A designer is nothing without the savoir-faire of the craftsman who brings to life his ideas and sketches." 

Damien Langlois-Meurinne started his career with Christian Liaigre before founding his agency, the DL-M, in 2003: since then, he has been working in a large range of interior design's projects, between french elegance and sense of eternity. More than imposing a style, his philosophy aims to spread joy in a space, respecting the personality of each clients. Besides interior design, Langlois-Meurinne creates personalised design collections which combine elegance and semplicity. Taking care of spaces and objets which sourround him, he uses exclusively natural materials like bronze and refined wood. Damien Langlois-Meurinn has collaborated with Louis Vuitton in the creation of two items for the Objets Nomades collection: the Valet and the Totem Floral.

1# Valet

A minimalist reinterpretation of Louis Vuitton’s historical trunks, Damien Langlois-Meurinne’s Valet is a graceful return to the essentials of dressing. Attached to a slender, Nomade leather-covered pole, gilded brass brackets present everything a person might need to get ready– whether going out or to bed. A lamp with a frosted Murano glass shade illuminates an elegant mirror, while a bracket for hanging clothing is accompanied by a wooden valet tray and a shelf for accessories. Taking up little floor space and easily dismantled and moved, the Valet is Langlois-Meurinne’s contemporary vision of nomadic furniture.

2# Totem Floral

Inspired by the legendary Noé bag, the Totem Floral is an exquisite, nomadic structure for plants and flowers that is simple to assemble wherever it is needed. Like a delicate stem with flower-covered branches, it has five gold-plated brass brackets that sprout from a floor-to-ceiling, Nomade leather-covered pole on which flower- or plant-filled ceramic pots in leather holders can be elegantly hung.

What inspired your Objets?

To me Louis Vuitton is more than a brand, it’s a House dedicated to the art of living and travel, devoted to luxury. I love its sense of travel, so uncompromising in terms of the comfort and elegance that make up the brand’s DNA. Today we have a tendency to travel ever lighter, but who can forget the legendary made-to-measure trunks that opened up to reveal their ingenuity and, with extreme elegance, of fered a whole range of dif ferent, sophisticated uses? I thought of the Valet as a continuation of this idea. I imagined it being taken out of one of those treasure trunks, an object dedicated to its owner, standing slightly at a distance, discreet, of fering its services regardless of time or fashion, devoted to a single purpose: the art of living.

While designing the Objets, did you think first about form or function?

Perfect harmony between function and form has to be arrived at naturally – that’s the designer’s job. It’s a perfect balance, which is the result of a back-and-forth between the two, which guarantees an object its coherence and delicacy.

How did you use the savoir-faire of Louis Vuitton’s ateliers?

For a designer, roaming around Louis Vuitton’s ateliers is an absolutely magical moment. After all, a designer is nothing without the savoir-faire of the artisans who bring the ideas and sketches to life. It is always stimulating to meet these men and women who use their hands to transform things and make them sublime.