When in Copenhagen, a go to to Studio Oliver Gustav is at all times one of many highlights of my journey. Having visited the studio commonly since 2017, final yr’s exhibition by Oliver Gustav and Rick Owens was a private favorite, bringing collectively two worlds I like in a single fantastically curated setting by Oliver Gustav and Michèlle Lamy. Together with work of her daughter Scarlett Rouge. Take a look right here when you missed it: Rick Owens and Scarlett Rouge | Staging by Michèle Lamy & Oliver Gustav
Each go to brings one thing surprising, and every of the successive rooms, with its excessive ceilings, lovely previous floorboards, and grey-painted partitions, is a world in itself. The serene environment in each room virtually makes you whisper and fills me with marvel each time, simply because the identify of the present exhibition of the identical identify, ‘Wunder’, suggests.
A World of Collectible Design and On a regular basis Objects
There will not be many different Studios that come so near my sense of aesthetics. The mixture of the furnishings, a lot of Oliver’s personal assortment, chosen artworks, and objects is a world which may shock many guests, partly as a result of high-end design items.
However it makes me very blissful each time I’m there, watching lovely design, previous weathered objects in historical wooden and stone, and maybe that one considerably unusual, extravagant object. I simply love immersing myself on this world, the place each go to reveals one thing new.
The orangery
One of many final rooms within the studio is the Orangery, a big area full of vegetation and timber. The room has a lovely skylight, permitting loads of pure gentle to stream in. Right here, I found a real masterpiece by visible artist Georg Jagunov. The white ‘clouds’ rising from the steel ‘altar’ fashioned a panoramic composition, enhanced by the accompanying music. Go to my 3 days of design 2026 spotlight on Instagram to see this lovely set up in motion or watch right here
Scroll additional to see what I introduced house and extra pictures from my studio go to.
Glassware Assortment
There are various items I’d fortunately take house, together with the lamps by Michel Verheijden, which have been on my want listing for fairly a while. What I discover lovely about Oliver is that, alongside the artwork and collectible design, he additionally provides a rigorously curated collection of smaller objects and on a regular basis items. It permits guests to take a small a part of the studio’s environment house with them.
Final yr I took house one of many potpourris with a big stone from Iceland, for me, it was particularly significant as a result of I’ve lovely recollections of the nation. It was a small element, however one which made the thing really feel extra private. I had an identical feeling after I determined to purchase the handmade purse by Rick Owens in Milan, created from leather-based processed in Naples, a metropolis I had visited a number of months earlier and fully fell in love with. Serious about the place the supplies got here from, and the individuals I met there, added one other layer of that means to the thing.
Finally, for me, every little thing revolves round feelings and the connection we create with objects, whether or not it considerations a lovely design object or a rigorously chosen piece. That is additionally what I recognize about Oliver Gustav’s new Glassware assortment, which consists of assorted vases and a group of ingesting glasses impressed by historical Roman glassware. Accessible in clear or a white sanded finishes, every bit is mouth-blown, with the attractive imperfections that make each object distinctive.
Thanks Oliver for one more nice morning at your Studio
The exhibition is on show till October in Studio Oliver Gustav’s neoclassical museum constructing on Kastelsvej 18, 2100 Copenhagen
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