Impressed by the form of an aspen leaf, this assertion mattress from the Legacy Assortment is made completely from wooden carved by hand in beautiful element.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Luxurious furnishings model Christopher Man has launched the Legacy Assortment, which options beforehand unseen masterpieces created by the corporate’s founder and award-winning designer, Christopher Man Harrison, who handed late final yr.
The Legacy Assortment is impressed by Harrison’s worldwide adventures and his distinctive capacity to evoke and interpret the style, nature, landscapes and tradition so distinctive the place he traveled and lived – from the Mediterranean to Dubai, London to Tokyo, Singapore to Shanghai, to New York, to Los Angeles, to Paris and past.
The introduction represents “Quantity I” of the Legacy Assortment. Quantity II is ready for launch this winter.
True to Harrison’s mantra, “Timeless Designs with a Modernist Edge,” the Legacy Assortment celebrates Harrison’s daring, advanced, but subtle and detailed, design fashion.
All through his lifetime on this planet of design, Christopher conceived, noticed, drew, sketched and collected great pictures for future use in his Design Library of Inspiration. As he catalogued and categorized these archives, he created volumes of curated potentialities for future designs, all in various phases of improvement.
These pictures, a group of design inspirations, draw on Christopher’s life journey. This by no means earlier than seen, and considerably secret, library reveals a recent imaginative and prescient of his best accomplishments and showcases his distinctive expertise.
Harrison developed this intensive design archive alongside his design staff and household throughout his closing years. His philosophies, imaginative and prescient, work ethic and keenness for perfection stay prevalent at Christopher Man, and the corporate’s furnishings proceed to please design lovers the world over.
The existence of those designs was identified solely to Christopher’s inside circle till now. Led by his spouse, Kisa Harrison, Christopher Man by way of the Legacy Assortment honors Harrison’s spirit for timeless, elegant design whereas persevering with to symbolize a forward-thinking, impressed outlook for the worldwide model.
The Fronda mirror’s hand-crafted, carved detailing replicates fronds swaying within the breeze.
“The Legacy Assortment is a celebration of Chris’ extraordinary life,” stated Kisa Harrison in a launch. “It’s additionally the subsequent step in making certain the continuity of the unimaginable international model that he created. Chris all the time stated, ‘The present should go on,’ and with this assortment we have fun and observe the trail he laid for a vibrant future for Christopher Man.”
Philip Treacy, Order of the British Empire and high fashion designer, known as “a novel and classy visionary.”
“He was additionally some of the charming males I’ve ever met whose ardour for design, craftsmanship and originality I tremendously admired,” Treacy stated. “Glamour was Christopher’s inventory in commerce.”
Thomas Heatherwick, founding father of design and structure agency Heatherwick Studio and Commander of the British Empire, praised Harrison’s mixture of intense curiosity in magnificence and design with extraordinary craftsmanship.
“It was inspiring to come back to Indonesia and see the neighborhood he had gathered round him, of amazingly gifted folks, collaborating collectively to make distinctive items,” Heatherwick stated.
Christopher Guy looks to future, honors founder with the Legacy Collection