He painted the Martino Gamper stools and the mood boards. He paints whatever he experiences, so these were actually when he came to our studio with his girlfriend.

And the paintings are by our friend Peter McDonald.

We collaborated on jewelry for the fall collection, and now we collaborated on objects for the first time. PP: For example, Jochen Holz does beautiful glasses and jars. We’ve collaborated on special items that we’ve designed together with them, whereas before we borrowed things and placed them. JKdV: Is this the first time you’ve actually collaborated on the design as opposed to just borrowing objects from them?ĬdV: Exactly. It’s kind of the real story of how our collections are inspired to be.” He adds of the synergy between his and de Vos’s designs and the work of their friends, “I think the things work so well together because they’re often created in parallel.”

“We wanted to echo that energy we feel when we visit our friends' studios and homes,” says Peter Pilotto of his and partner Christopher de Vos’s mission. The group includes Bethan Laura Wood, with whom they codesigned pastel-hued light fixtures artist Peter McDonald glassblower Jochen Holz furniture designer Martino Gamper artist Francis Upritchard and the dealers behind antique store Schmid McDonagh. When the duo behind the popular London fashion label was invited to decorate one of the historic Victorian homes along Cromwell Place in Kensington (the first fashion designers to receive such an invitation), they approached it as a collaborative installation, tapping into their network of friends in creative disciplines ranging from ceramics to furniture design. The Peter Pilotto house at Brompton Design District could be a case study for how art imitates life.

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