Nigel Peake leans over his desk, one hand steadying a pencil, eyebrows furrowed behind rectangular glasses. The studio is still, save for the rhythmic scratch of graphite against paper. Before him, a pristine canvas awaits. He draws a clean, deliberate line, then another that intersects it. Slowly, shapes begin to emerge: a circle suggesting movement accented with sharp strokes within it.
He pauses, as if listening to something only he can hear, then reaches for his brush, dipping it into violet. The watercolour blooms across the page like lilacs in spring, seeping into the pencil-drawn edges. Here, rigid lines meet the softness of watercolour, forming a quiet tension in counterpoint where structure embraces fluidity.
This is how En Contrepoint, Hermès’ latest porcelain collection, takes shape. What begins as a two-dimensional…
