For the new design issue of FD Persoonlijk, the idea was to curate a design story inspired by a single painting. The starting point was Gerhard Richter, the German artist whose layered fields of colour have long shaped how we see abstraction.
His palette naturally became a source of inspiration. In Paris, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is presenting a major retrospective, where works such as Karotte (1984) reveal the layered strength and emotional charge of colour. Those same rich tones find their way into contemporary design, with burgundy patent leather armchairs, glazed ceramics, and glassware shifting through multiple shades of red. The result is an interior that speaks with the same intensity as a canvas on the wall.
An echo of Karotte: red, orange and green move forward this season as the defining design palette, powerful, dynamic and as inevitable as autumn itself. For me, this colour language remains a personal source of inspiration, as I often find myself wearing those very shades together. The exhibition is yet another reason to go to Paris again next year.
Art courtesy of Gerhard Richter and Fondation Louis Vuitton
Curated by Im Fong Liu
Published in FD Persoonlijk
Discover more: www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr
