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The Last Luxury - Why the collector knows what the market is only beginning to admit

Apr 09, 2026

A single run of twelve chairs just sold for more than most people spend on a car. No one is surprised. Not the collectors who waited months for the allocation. Not the designers who placed three requests knowing they'd receive one. Certainly not the atelier that made them — an atelier that could have made twelve hundred, twelve thousand, and chose — deliberately, with full...

My Design Process: Part 1 – Starting Without a Plan

Feb 18, 2026

Most people assume collections begin with intention.Mine begin with questions. I don’t start with a collection.I don’t force one either. For years I believed good design required certainty — a clear direction, a strong concept, a confident plan. Now I understand that the opposite is often true. The best work arrives slowly. Narrative has become the foundation of my process. I only recently realised how...

Journal

The Last Luxury - Why the collector knows what the market is only beginning to admit

My Design Process: Part 1 – Starting Without a Plan

How Haute Couture Shaped My Vision for the IDIO-Collection