Small Talk ALEXANDRE BENJAMIN NAVET

The French artist collaborates with Van Cleef & Arpels, transforming the interiors of the maison’s boutiques around the world

You trained in industrial design; how did you translate your skills to the jewellery world? I can see links between the two. For me, jewellery and design are both fields of controlled, strict and precise expertise, yet ones that require out-of-the-box thinking to create exceptional pieces. What did you hope to achieve with this project? A high jewellery boutique is a nice place; you feel safe there. But it also feels quite solemn and imposing. I thought it would be the ideal place for an unexpected project like this. We leave the scale of jewellery behind and move to that of interior design; we move from the scale of the hand to that of the body. I really want to set up an artistic dialogue with the space. It’s your first time working with…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2022

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