Fabien Cappello collaborates with overlooked industry artisans to create unexpected objects that reshape how we view design in a colorful exhibition.

Sometimes, inspiration strikes in the most unexpected places. For designer Fabien Cappello, it was a local newspaper called Mural in Guadalajara that sparked a collaboration and creative journey with a nearby mosaic workshop. Cappello, who has called Mexico home since 2016, stumbled upon a news story about a mural featuring an eighteenth-century bishop, but it wasn?t the historical figure that caught his eye ? it was the craftsmanship of the intricate mosaic. That discovery led him to Taller de Mosáico Artístico, a local workshop that produced the mural and was serendipitously situated just down the street from his studio. From there, Cappello embarked on a collaboration that blends his love for bold patterns and vibrant colors with the workshop?s meticulous tile-making techniques, which would eventually lead to his exhibition, ?On se rejoint a? la villa!?, presented with Hem, at Villa Noailles in Hyères, France.
With Byzantium and Burle Marx influences, Cappello and Taller de Mosáico Artístico created a series of gem-colored surface designs featuring undulating waves and circles, geometric grids, and a color palette of coral, navy, ochre, and robin?s egg blue that work together in perfect visual harmony. These mosaics were then flat-packed, shipped from Guadalajara to Hyères, and turned into their final forms...