Palais de la Porte Doree, Paris
Role(s):
Scenography, 3D Designer
Design Lead on 2 Rooms
L’Exhibition[niste], a traveling retrospective on Christian Louboutin’s legacy, debuted in Paris in 2020. I was responsible for the design of two rooms: “Salle des Trésors,” inspired by a tower on Louboutin’s Portuguese property designed by Tarek Shamma (itself referencing the Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur), which I reimagined within an exhibition setting; and a second space created to showcase an immersive film commissioned from New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana.
Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Role(s):
Scenography, Lead 3D Designer
Following from the first retrospective in Paris, I was the lead and sole 3D Designer on the over 1000m² exhibition of Christian’s life and work at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Suggestion & Projection (The Granny House)
Role(s):
Scenography, Lead 3D Designer
Expanding on the initial scenography from Chapter 1 (in which it existed as a living room) into a typical UK home.
Allen Jones
Role(s):
Scenography, Lead 3D Designer
In addition to refining and enhancing previous rooms, I designed a new space showcasing a debut series of sculptures, alongside a retrospective of earlier works, by artist Allen Jones.
Musée Imaginaire
Role(s):
Scenography, Lead 3D Designer
The largest room in the exhibition, “Musée Imaginaire” a room which curated Christian’s wide scope of design influences. I handled teasing out a narrative, by way of the layout, as we juxtaposed 19th C Kachina tools next to a headpiece worn by Josephine Baker, 2000BC Mummy Cartonnages with a Damien Hirst bust, and Byzantine crucifixes alongside one of Gilbert and George’s “Fates”. I learnt so much here on the required display conditions of pretty much every media existing.
Unrealised Concept Development
Role(s):
Concept Development
Visuals
Invited back by the Louboutin team to reimagine and adapt exhibition elements for international venues, tailoring the design to different cultural contexts as the show travels globally.