The Story Behind the K.u.K Cardholder. A conversation with the founder of Maison Philippe Montagne, Paris.
Kuk. The name is a small piece of theatre in itself.
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The idea of the MPM R.P.T. A conversation with Philippe Montagne, designer of this bag.
The MPM RPT. The 96Hrs is immediately striking, it commands attention, it defines a room. The R.P.T is almost the opposite: it is discreet, it is precise, it does an enormous amount of work without...
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The Geometry of Concentration: The Ristretto. A conversation with the designer of Maison Philippe Montagne, Paris.
That is a great deal of discipline compressed into an object you could close inside one hand. Which is, I suppose, exactly what a ristretto is supposed to be — the whole character of the coffee, co...
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The Story Behind the Ristretto Mini Bag. A conversation with the founder of Maison Philippe Montagne, Paris.
The Ristretto is the proof that it can just as easily show itself as less, concentrated until only the essential remains, and the essential, it turns out, is more than enough.
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The excellence of balance. The MPM Lungo. A conversation with the founder of Maison Philippe Montagne, Paris.
MPM Lungo. The Lungo by Maison Philippe Montagne could not have chosen the easy version of avant-garde.
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About Beauty. Is beauty transcendental or immanent? The opinion of Plato and Aristotle | MPM
Aristotle's view lets the object stand entirely on its own, complete, needing no permission from anywhere else. Most working days, if I am honest, I find myself entirely on Aristotle's side of the ...
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ArtDeco without the pastiche. The Story Behind the Cappuccino Slim Briefcase. A conversation with the designer of Maison Philippe Montagne
So, the recipe for Art Deco without pastiche, in one answer ? Refuse the motifs, keep the grammar.
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About Beauty. Proportion, symmetry, and the classical ideal — from Athens to the Italian Renaissance.
My own conviction, formed over years of drawing and making objects, is this. Proportion is the necessary foundation of beauty but not its sufficient cause
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