While creating his first-ever rug collection for Beni, the New York-based designer Colin King became fascinated with the 19th-century meeting of minds between French and Japanese artisans.
In 2021, while working on the French gallery Demish Damant’s A Harmony of Things” – an exhibit exploring the intersection of Japanese and French minimalism – the interior stylist Colin King had a lightbulb moment. Within the research process, the celebrated decorator dived deep into, the 18th-century French interpretation of Japanese style.
King, who is based in New York City, was immediately fascinated. “It was a movement that radically transformed Europe’s visual culture and permeated fine arts, sculpture, performing arts, architecture, industrial and furniture design, interiors as well as textile and decorative arts,” he explains. “The Japanese elicited the French to question the division between artist and designer and moved them to elevate the contributions of craftsmen.
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