LIVING IT UP

Argentinian designer Cristian Mohaded channels emotions and memories into Louis Vuitton's inaugural Home Collections

- Chantal Sajan Senior Correspondent

Mohaded's Noe Lamp (above) radiates warmth and a luminous spirit, inspired by the designer's poetic interplay of "noble" materials such as leather. The Pegaso Chair (left), named in honour of the mythical winged horse, is crafted using leather and natural wood.

(PHOTOS: LOUIS VUITTON)

Louis Vuitton's latest design collaborator, Argentinian designer Cristian Mohaded, gets emotional when he sees or touches materials such as wood, stone, textiles or leather.

"I feel like a child again when I get to work with raw materials and the powerful emotions excitement, awe, exuberance help guide my vision in imbuing form to something that looks almost shapeless," the 45-year-old multidisciplinary designer tells The Straits Times.

He flew into town on Oct 1 from his home base in Buenos Aires for the week-long Savoir Rever event, which showcases French luxury maison Louis Vuitton's new home decor line.

Shoppers and collectors pay thousands of dollars for its iconic monogram, which features stylised quatrefoil flowers - with four petals forming a diamond shape - and the overlapping initials of its namesake founder, who started the brand in Paris in 1854.

In 2023, Mohaded was invited by LV to collaborate with other renowned designers for the inaugural LV Home Collections.

The collection was first shown in the northern Italian style capital of Milan in April during Milan Design Week 2025.

PASSION AND PALETTES

Mohaded's work caught the eye of the LV team for his namesake studio's focus on creating a synergy between his cultural Latin American roots and a more universal design approach.

He and his team in the Mohaded Studio in Buenos Aires work at the intersection of heritage, materials and narrative, drawing on techniques and memories rooted in his birth town in Catamarca and the urban sprawl of Buenos Aires.