We take you to the launch of Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades 2026 Collection, which was presented during Milano Design Week at the historic Palazzo Serbelloni.
Since 2012, Louis Vuitton has invited renowned designers worldwide to create experimental yet functional furniture and design pieces for its Objets Nomades collection. For the 2026 iteration of Objets Nomades, the collection was presented during Milano Design Week at Palazzo Serbelloni, a culturally and institutionally significant 17th to 18th century former residence in the heart of the city.
Something that’s distinct and unique to this collection is it references the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, in which the Art Deco movement was born, and in which the house had participated.
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Unraveling The Louis Vuitton Vision
The exhibition revealed itself across one room after another in the expansive palazzo, each space articulating a distinct narrative and atmosphere. Together, they formed a layered journey that both honored the house’s heritage and recontextualized its lasting dialogue with Art Deco.
Gaston-Louis Vuitton, grandson to the house’s founder, steered the house into new creative territory, expanding its iconic trunks into refined objects, accessories, and furniture. Heavily influenced by Art Deco, his vision fused geometric clarity with rich materials, bold color, and exceptional craftsmanship. These aesthetics went on to shape the House’s codes and creative contributions moving forward, featured heavily in the show.
The centerpiece of the exhibition was a tribute to Pierre Legrain—decorator, bookbinder, cabinet-maker, illustrator, and a leading figure of Art Deco. Commissioned in 1921 by Gaston-Louis Vuitton, he created the House’s first piece of furniture: a red-and-black dressing table, reimagined here in lacquered wood and Nomade leather.
Other furniture pieces exhibited were created from Legrain’s archives, including a deck chair in oak, leather, and mother-of-pearl inlay, and a folding screen of geometric figures, all emblematic of the movement in which he was so instrumental.
As with many other Objet Nomades exhibitions, including the Savoir Rêver exhibited in Manila at Palacio de Memoria in 2024, the narrative of the House’s heritage and relationship to the art of travel, especially through their signature trunks, is felt throughout the exhibition space.
Their presence and reception at Design Week through Objets Nomades affirms Louis Vuitton as a constant, culturally relevant force, engaging and captivating a wide spectrum of audiences, drawing lines that wrapped around the street all throughout the week.
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