Wallpaper - 09.2019

When Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester

left her namesake label in 2013, she found herself

spending more time at her 19th-century country house,

complete with floral park and vegetable garden. But

when it came to perfectly plating up the dishes made

with her homegrown produce, she felt uninspired,

so she put her creative thinking cap on. ‘In my studio

I began to model clay, because sculptural thinking is

part of my DNA,’ she says. At this September’s Maison

& Objet in Paris, she will unveil her ‘Dé’ tableware,

produced with Belgian brand Serax, which will tie the

ritual of laying a table to her signature chiaroscuro

aesthetic. The collection features hand-painted white

porcelain plates with dégradé effects in black and red.

Shady lady

Fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester

sets the tone for tableware

PLATES, FROM £20 EACH,

BY ANN DEMEULEMEESTER,

FOR SERAX. ‘POLO’ MARBLE

TABLE, £10,250, BY BY SPINK.

‘SPOTLIGHT SILVER’ RUG,

£3,237, BY DAVID ROCKWELL,

FOR THE RUG COMPANY

PHOTOGRAPHY: ADRIEN DUBOST WRITER: SISKA LYSSENS

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