MICHÈLE LAMY
CREATIVE PARTNER, POETIC FORCE
PORTRAIT
More than a muse to husband Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy breathes life into their furniture creations. In her Paris-based atelier she talks about how her creativity is fuelled by emotion or seduction and that the designs are all about materials, noble or otherwise.
“THE CORE CONCEPT IS TO TAKE A CHEAP MATERIAL LIKE PLYWOOD, THEN WORK WITH IT AS IF IT WAS EBONY.”
This interview is featured in Ark Journal VOL II
WORDS ALICE CAVANAGH
PHOTOGRAPHY WICHMANN + BENDTSEN
STYLING HELLE WALSTED
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
— LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE
Promoting modernisation of tradition within the realm of craft, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022 is now open for submissions. Ark Journal talked to Chairperson of the Jury, Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, about contemporary craft and it’s impact through the fifth edition of the award.
SHAPED MEMORY
— MALENE HVIDT & NIKOLAJ LORENTZ MENTZE
Designed with rigour and made with love and care, a modest 1980s home is reimagined by architect Malene Hvidt and designer/maker Nikolaj Lorentz Mentze to express their formative values.
RECREATING HISTORY
— DANIELLE SIGGERUD
In personal as well as professional projects, Danielle Siggerud respects the past but also sheds and refines before creating tailored layers of significance.
MICHÈLE LAMY
CREATIVE PARTNER, POETIC FORCE
PORTRAIT
More than a muse to husband Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy breathes life into their furniture creations. In her Paris-based atelier she talks about how her creativity is fuelled by emotion or seduction and that the designs are all about materials, noble or otherwise.
“THE CORE CONCEPT IS TO TAKE A CHEAP MATERIAL LIKE PLYWOOD, THEN WORK WITH IT AS IF IT WAS EBONY.”
This interview is featured in Ark Journal VOL II
WORDS ALICE CAVANAGH
PHOTOGRAPHY WICHMANN + BENDTSEN
STYLING HELLE WALSTED