May 10, 2023
BANDS AND BENCHES
Light yet substantial. Airy yet resistant: reflecting on this contradiction is probably one of the most widespread approaches in the world of contemporary design. At arche, it has always been a continuous part of our thinking, which explains the interplay of cutouts and volumes, as seen here with our ixoaly spartan sandals - a perfect balance between openings, support, curves and grooves. And of course, it is also the impetus for the rigorous, ultragraphic up and downstrokes of the outdoor furniture from California-based Laun Studio, circular or further, the solid and sunny serpentine benches.
May 10, 2023
BREAK AWAY
Less is more. The old saying that never ages and still holds true, especially on sunny days, when it is often associated with the desire to get back to basics. Well-being, balance, nature, and (day)light. The boutique-hotel Villas Kamezi in Lanzarote applies all of these values to the T: fresh white, bioclimate, ecological architecture, with unlimited horizons between the sky and sea. A proficient minimal design, which in turn echoes the elegant, pure and sleek architecture of our Galax mules.
May 10, 2023
PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS
When design observes nature and its environment with a magnifying glass, the result is a plethora of effects and patterns bordering on the abstract: a framework of droplets inspired by the embossed leather of our auhako sandals, enhancing its graphic dynamics. A shower of rain and the cracking of an egg shell, prompted by the droplets and patterns of Atelier Février’s handmade rugs, a subtle duet by designers based in France.
Apr 26, 2023
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
There are colours. Then there is light, enhanced by colourways and shimmer. This is what gives our myakki sandals their vibrant tone; the copper-coloured leather is everchanging, never quite the same and never quite that different. The pleasure of varying reflections is also due to the atmosphere at the sumptuous spa MiiAmo hotel in the middle of the Arizona desert, which varies from one hour to the next.
Apr 26, 2023
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
There are colours. Then there is light, enhanced by colourways and shimmer. This is what gives our myakki sandals their vibrant tone; the copper-coloured leather is everchanging, never quite the same and never quite that different. The pleasure of varying reflections is also due to the atmosphere at the sumptuous spa MiiAmo hotel in the middle of the Arizona desert, which varies from one hour to the next.
Apr 26, 2023
TOP OF THE TOPS
Green and orange are on the up and up, as you can see with the dazzling colour scheme for the outdoor furniture at London’s rooftop bar and restaurant Wagtail, which allows a 360° panoramic view of the capital. Even on a rainy day, thanks to covered terraces. Green and orange also take on — and over — the streets, with our kimloo and satia sandals and their deep, rich, confident tones, which are highlighted by their uber-graphic geometric contrasts.
Apr 13, 2023
COLOURMANIA
Playing with the full palette of shades and having a great time in the process. Anglo-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori looks on colour as the most relevant path to a fun and joyful of art of living that’s accessible to everyone, with her basket balls, iced cakes, parlour games and crockery, to name but a few. It all lends itself to brighten up everyday living with smiles and personality. This resolutely optimistic approach is, naturally, also shared by our Lilly ballerinas, happy to make a colour splash.
Apr 12, 2023
MAJOR RANGE
Graphic, minimalist, unwavering lines focusing on that essential element: colour. Arche’s Lilly ballerinas Lilly make a striking breakthrough this season, especially as they place the emphasis on variations of deep, rich tones. Whereas the variations of tables and chairs by the Swedish design collective Stamuli AB, in turn, opt for a dazzling colour blocking mood. In either case, there’s no doubt about it: vivid colours are the choice for sealing the pact between form and function.
Apr 12, 2023
NEO NEONS
A technicolour story, crafted with an expert hand. At arche, we take colour shades seriously: whether bright, pastel or natural, they are always treated energetically or delicately, as illustrated by our Ballerina Bar. The same high standards apply at the Italian artist and designer studio Draga & Aurel, whose handmade lamps inspired by the 70s are the result of sophisticated, vibrant harmonies of colourful neon effects.
Mar 22, 2023
GREEN BEAMS
Self-taught, contemporary art-inspired designer Axel Chay does exactly as he pleases. From his Marseille-based studio, in partnership with his brother Aimeric, an experienced metalworker, he follows his instinct, and his taste for sensual curves, graphic waves, and Mediterranean colours. As illustrated here by his lamps, furniture and fun tubular objects in a bright chlorophyll colour palette. Refreshing tones that never cease to give new impetus, as demonstrated by our Fannhy moccasins.
Mar 22, 2023
IN THE FRAME
Set sail for the latitude of your choice and put style in the picture. This season, our Comale flat shoes are at one, body and soul (sole!) with the new ready-to-wear collections, the great majority of which glisten with sailor stripes in all directions and widths.
Mar 22, 2023
WOMAN SAILOR ATTITUDE
Set sail for the latitude of your choice and put style in the picture. This season, our Comale flat shoes are at one, body and soul (sole!) with the new ready-to-wear collections, the great majority of which glisten with sailor stripes in all directions and widths.
Mar 16, 2023
WOMAN SAILOR ATTITUDE
Set sail for the latitude of your choice and put style in the picture. This season, our Comale flat shoes are at one, body and soul (sole!) with the new ready-to-wear collections, the great majority of which glisten with sailor stripes in all directions and widths.
Mar 16, 2023
WAVE CRAFT
Sleek design is celebrated here, striking a perfect balance between form and function. It is the bright clean, precise lines that make our Vanata sneakers an essential companion. Accordingly, it is the minimalist dimensions and up-to-the minute digital technology that make the Alpange piano a major, innovative musical instrument. These two fine examples go to show that the dictum “less is more” still has a great future ahead of it.
Mar 16, 2023
WAVE CRAFT
Sleek design is celebrated here, striking a perfect balance between form and function. It is the bright clean, precise lines that make our Vanata sneakers an essential companion. Accordingly, it is the minimalist dimensions and up-to-the minute digital technology that make the Alpange piano a major, innovative musical instrument. These two fine examples go to show that the dictum “less is more” still has a great future ahead of it.
Mar 1, 2023
OUTSTANDING RANGE
Sleek design is celebrated here, striking a perfect balance between form and function. It is the bright clean, precise lines that make our Vanata sneakers an essential companion. Accordingly, it is the minimalist dimensions and up-to-the minute digital technology that make the Alpange piano a major, innovative musical instrument. These two fine examples go to show that the dictum “less is more” still has a great future ahead of it.
Mar 1, 2023
CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS
Ergonomic lines have the wind in their sails. And luxury natural materials and colourways are in favour. The pleasure of sure-fire, genuine values have pride of place. Which is why our Vaname sneakers have created such excitement: at ease and in their rightful place, with their ultimately contemporary feel. This is also explains the aesthetic and technical prowess of the brand-new Y/Yacht 9 conceived by Norm Architects, a work of art not only in its design, but also in the way it embodies par excellence the quest for freedom and back to real sensations.
Mar 1, 2023
PURE STYLE
Blending into the environment and being an integral part of the landscape is the ethos behind the Sumei Skyline Coast hotel. Created for the tropical island of Hainan, it is the work of Chinese architects GS Design. As illustrated by the atmospheric white colour scheme, wave forms and light effects, with an ultramarine theme running through it. The streamlined design is reflected in the in every last detail, which was also the guiding light for the design of our Hilkho ankle boots — purely and simply beautiful.
Feb 15, 2023
PRESENT COMPOUND
Like a new-look jigsaw puzzle, comprised of colours and pieces that make for ‘fitting’ fit. This is the concept behind the Atelier chair, a one-off piece from French design studio Pool. Taking a front seat, the underlying intention for this experimental, artisanal approach is to turn conventional equilibrium and received ideas on their head. Similarly, our Lamour ballerinas feature graphic effects that are resolutely off the beaten track.
Feb 15, 2023
PRESENT COMPOUND
Like a new-look jigsaw puzzle, comprised of colours and pieces that make for ‘fitting’ fit. This is the concept behind the Atelier chair, a one-off piece from French design studio Pool. Taking a front seat, the underlying intention for this experimental, artisanal approach is to turn conventional equilibrium and received ideas on their head. Similarly, our Lamour ballerinas feature graphic effects that are resolutely off the beaten track.
Feb 15, 2023
SUMMER SAILS
When bold lines and colours get into a holiday mood, a bright, bracing breeze blows over our Andrix sneakers, which weigh anchor for all manner of excursions, including everyday moves. In the same vein, the collection of earthenware vases from Atelier des designers Baptiste & Jaïna takes in the fresh sea air. Inspired by boat buoys and fenders they transport us straight to a yachting harbour — as a souvenir of last summer or the summer to come….
Feb 15, 2023
COLOURAMA
A story of alliances and harmonies off the beaten track, when our Vanako sneakers get a boost with honey-coloured Lactae Hevea® soles and stunning bright pastel accords. When, in turn, Mari Masot clay pottery — handmade by artist Marissa McInturff in her Barcelona-based studio — also attract attention thanks to unusual colour combinations.
Feb 15, 2023
HAND AND FOOTWORK
Wood and wood tones are an invitation to meditate. British designer Luke Hope grasps the subject with talented hands, creating artisanal sculptures, as always, which often come back to his signature lines: spoons. He explores an infinite narrative of minimalistic works, in search of the perfect balance between form and function. This design ideal is also shared by arche, as exemplified here by our Baryky ankle boots, whose ultra soft qualities take on of dark wood tones.
Feb 15, 2023
THE CALL OF THE DESERT
The name of the game is not only variations in colour, but in places too, and spirit, as always. When you think of a desert, it conjures up images of a breathing space, infinity, and back to basics. Which is undoubtedly one of the reasons that this shade suits our iconic Baryky ankle boots so well, with a truly modern sustainable edge. And assuredly, here again, a contributing factor for the great beauty of the new resort hotel — part of the Banyan Tree luxury hotel chain — in the heart of the Al Ula desert. Designed by Paris-based agency AW2, its sustainable architecture with touches of ancestral nomadic seems to be suspended in time.
Feb 15, 2023
EARTHENWARE ON FORM
To highlight the volumes, the choice of white earthenware tones is undoubtedly the most direct way to emphasise the virtuoso contours and sensuality of curves. As illustrated here by our Bariky ankle boots in earthenware tones, which reveal their design unadorned, striking just the right balance and sense of proportion(s). The earthenware effect is also the premise of the sculptures created by ceramicist Johanna de Clisson in her Paris studio Hiromi, but on an entirely different level, with well-rounded shapes, curved cutaways, lamps and mystery objects… The result is architectural profiles sublimated by minimalist tones and nature.
Dec 26, 2022
TRIO BRIO
(S)elective affinities, when contrasting colour trios combine to forge surprising graphic momentum. This is the driving force behind the charismatic vim of our Sixxya ankle boots and Comoco loafers reflective effects and shades ramp up the energy. It also forms the character of the stools designed by Luca Nichetto for French brand La Manufacture: round shapes held by fun metal handles.
Dec 14, 2022
ON THE RIGHT TRACK
A motif in its own right, zips play on graphic effects, as illustrated here on the upper side/top of our Edskow ankle boots, both with metallic spirit and reflections. Rather like a mini railway, whose tracks never cease to inspire tout à la French designer Gwendoline Porte. Her wood furniture sculptures designed to be pieced together at will are actually based on this specific form/shape, the one that also guides her ceramic tile creations for Maison Bahya.
Dec 26, 2022
ON ART AND LACQUER
Sheer tradition and the ultimate in bold modernity all rolled into one. In Japan, the urushi is a form of ancestral know-how — a painstaking technique of handmade natural lacquering. The wooden bowls and vases created at the time by the great design legend Ettore Sottsass, for Japan’s Marutomi, pay tribute to it. The result is an exquisitely polished orange tone, lustrously echoed by the patent leather of our Suzhan sneakers.
Dec 14, 2022
BREAKING THE ICE ...
Heading of for new destinations… The Arctic Circle this time, and Greenland, which boasts architectural treasures from which you can admire close up the treasures of untamed nature. A panoramic building with twists and turns in wood, glass and steel designed with ecology in lind by Dorte Mandrup, the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre affords breathtaking views of the glaciers and their history. This extraordinary edifice is both an exhibition centre and meeting place, far from everything, and yet our warm Lomage ankle boots with their natural shades, lugged soles and contrasting zip seem to be glancing in its direction.
Dec 14, 2022
ON THE MOVE
When a red stripe creates movement. Our Dayzie ankle boots sport a shiny zip on the side - an aesthetic and practical choice- happily lighting up the way. When, American artist K. Smith III chooses, in turn, to highlight the landscape with monumental works, installations in cities and deserts… When bright or reflective graphic effects put everyday life into magnificent perspective, here, there and everywhere.
Dec 1, 2022
TO BE OR KNOT TO BE
The lustrous colour, with the quintessence of black, create a timeless harmony here with technical vibes. Our Padnom ankle boots feature high profiling, metal lace holes and cut-out soleq, for go-anywhere move(s) Industrial materials and classical inspirations are the impetus behind French artist and designer Julien Cedolin’s architectural sculptures. All are driven by the same graphic, practical approach.
Dec 1, 2022
LACES AND RELAXATION
Making the connection… between abstraction and realism, softness and firmness. Such is the congenial rationale behind the Ulu furniture range designed by American-Armenian artist Ara Thorose. The line is uphlstered in foam, wool and silk. Making the connection… between support and well-being, streamlining and precision. This is the well-thought-out approach behind our Lombox ankle boots and their fine, elegant laces.
Dec 1, 2022
WELL RED
The laces and lacing of our Larina ankle boots are naturally designed to ensure a perfect fit — and more. They also add visual accents that highlight their soft feel and make all the difference. A red and, to some extent, common thread that similarly distinguishes the chandeliers from American design duo Astraeus Clarke, whose globes appear to be suspended by a lacquered steel thread.
Nov 16, 2022
COMPOUND INTEREST
Shedding light on movement and vice versa is the extra style feature of our Baosha ankle boots, whose metallic reflections highlight their smoothly rounded, mercurial contours. This is also the secret behind the spectacular effect of the cast aluminium armchair by Objects of Common Interest studio based in New York and Athens, which won the public vote at the 2022 Dezeen awards, for its work on experiential environments and objects within both the realms of the permanent and the ephemeral.
Nov 16, 2022
FOREVER GOLD
Somewhere between sky and earth, air and water, flight and immersion, the Heaven & Hell spa at Hotel Hubertus, -situated in the Italian Tyrol and designed by the Noa agency, is the promise of truly memorable sensations. As though suspended in the air, floating harmoniously with the horizon and the clouds, you lose your bearings as you find a sense of serenity. The especially bright chiaroscuro palette, echoed by the metallic reflections of our Onytri ankle boots, whose vigour/momentum — albeit more everyday and down to earth — is nonetheless truly airborne.
Nov 16, 2022
FOREVER GOLD
Carats with character: whether brushed or patinated, the golden touch is a timeless treasure, as illustrated here by our Joleen Derbies, whose “golden triangle” reflects everlasting style. This approach — a product of deep “reflection” — can also be found in the work of French designers Léa Padovani and Sébastien Kieffer, whose rigorously streamlined creations in copper and brass, including vases, lamps and armchairs, state their case as centrepieces with infinite power of attraction.
Nov 3, 2022
ATMOSPHERIC
There’s something in the air… the desire for peace and quiet, well-rounded authenticity and organic dimensions, like a need to go back to the roots. Making way for greater sensuality, and placing the emphasis on the simple pleasures in life: this was the inspiration for our Baosha ankle boots and their natural allure and clean and streamlined design. The ideal companion for cool days and cold nights here and there, with their fur-lined interior which offers comfy protection from the elements. This snug comfort also inspired young American artist Tara Donovan, as illustrated here by her monumental installation redolent of weightless flakes and cocoons.
Nov 3, 2022
LUSH PLUSH
Sheepskin immediately conjures up thoughts of cosy snugness. And rightly so: very few fabrics come even close in terms of warmth and comfort, which is why we have chosen it for our Andosk ankle boots, for protective, go-anywhere companionship. There again, the same luxuriant plush feel also applies to the Elysia armchair, designed by Luca Nichetto and distributed by De La Espada — furniture that exudes rest, relaxation and the good life.
Nov 3, 2022
DIGITAL (FOOT)PRINTS
Soft focuses and colour fades have been the leitmotif of Taiwanese artist JCT Li work for over a decade now. Her photographs of anonymised subjects, digital images, which she stretches, pulls out of shape and transforms, so as to give them new faces that are no longer human but abstract, as mercurial chiaroscuro figures. Accordingly, these contrasting shades echo our Baosha and Andsky ankle boots, whose shades and varying colour intensity emphasise the momentum effect.
Nov 3, 2022
BLOWING IN THE WIND !
Pastel shades inspired by a gust of wind give the impression that they draw their life force from air and water, soft, wispy bursts carried by the poetry of nature. This is where the added value of our Andosk fur-lined ankle boots lies, in a pastel blue that to all appearances gives them wings. This ethereal feel has, in turn, been captured magnificently by American photographer Thomas Jackson in his series of photos that portray pieces of fabric blown by the wind, lofty images twixt infinite horizons and intangible abstractions.
Oct 18, 2022
ILLUMINATING !
How light influences colour and vice-versa. Major artist Felipe Pantone constantly explores the way that screens, omnipresent in our lives, turn our visual perception on its head. His works are comprised of diffraction effects, metallic reflections and kinetic flows, with variations on a theme of radiance. Our Baryky ankle boots are also, in their way, on the same wavelength, catching both the light and the eye, thanks primarily to use of pearl suede, which offers a plethora of alluring reflections..
Oct 18, 2022
IN THE MOOD FOR OPULENCE
When colour accompanies everyday living and buzzing city life. More than a footnote, our eyecatching Baryky ankle boots, with shifting sparkle and reflections that brightly and smartly blend into the most contemporary of landscapes. In turn, the W Hotel Osaka, designed by Dutch studio Concrete takes on all the codes of the lively area in which is located, featuring neon effects, flowing fluorescent lighting and smooth walls and rounded corners, to create a decidedly festive atmosphere, morning, noon and night.
Oct 18, 2022
STRIKE UP THE BAND(S)!
Colours that take steps in the right direction, on the creativity trail, is the challenge taken up by our Baryky ankle boots. Available in a palette of some twenty shades, they are designed to suit every type of personality — the most natural, too. This is what makes all the difference on the made-to-order wooden loop bench from Porter+Trundle, inspired by city travels and urban jaunts.
Oct 5, 2022
"CONVEX"
A cross between abstract and figurative, an exercise in style that has neither beginning nor end. Chilean agency gt2p has explored the specific area where a branch meets the tree trunk for its inspiration, to create a furniture concept dubbed “Suple”. Its range of shelving, seating and tables, described as “convex polygons” and “bounding” forms”, are as aesthetic as they are practical. Our Dayxoo boots, in their own way, prove the point with their patchwork design.
Oct 5, 2022
PASTEL PUZZLES
Selective affinities, and inspirations full of surprises are the order of the day here. Our Sixxoo boots in pastel patchwork are a nod to the works of young Spanish artist Farah Atassi and make their presence felt with their generously soft, geometric design. The truly graphic spirit of Farah Atassi’s paintings is in turn inspired by the Cubist works of Pablo Picasso, which are to be featured in an exhibition at the Musée Picasso name this autumn.
Farah Atassi Exhibition at the Musée Picasso
Oct 5, 2022
INTO THE FOLD
Our Baokow boots create an ethereal feel, a delicate breath, that leaves nothing to chance. They offer the ultimate in support and softness, and can be turned down at will, their pastel shade a perfect match for every mood. In the same vein, the metal furniture by design agency Nendo, the quintessence of gracefulness and sophistication, draw their inspiration from sheets of paper infused with watercolours, folds included. Cosy refinement is the watchword here.
Sep 20, 2022
BLUE WAVE
You could almost call it a tidal wave: blue puts on a show or, to be more specific, “shows”, and gives it its all in full graphic splendour, as the perfect fashion and style companion. Ankle boots, moccasins and ballerinas, tailored capes, dresses or knits, to each her own, finding right matching lines and prints for an all-over personalised look to suit you.
Sep 20, 2022
FUTURE PLEASURES
Designed for lasting enjoyment and rooted in the here, now and always. This is the approach adopted by arche, whose signature — timeless combined with modernity — states its case here in our Joesho ankle boots with its enduring lines and exclusive print, very much of the times. It is also the approach taken by Greek designer Savvas Laz, whose totem-like furniture are one-off pieces made from waste and scrap materials found in the street.
Sep 8, 2022
BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL
This season, blue is the colour, setting the tone and style more so than ever before, as illustrated by its presence — and prominence — in the beauty world. At Ormaie, L’Ivrée Bleue fragrance celebrates the the height of exotic sensuality with its bottle designed by Jade Lombard. Kevin Murphy haircare products slip into blue, graphic plastic bottles that are made entirely from recycled materials. While Tears in Rain mascara, by Ben Gorham from Byredo, has an eye for everything, including its ergonomic design. And last but not least, blue is in the air and on the skin, with this exclusive arche embossed print on full-grain calfskin for its Sixizz ankle boots.
Sep 8, 2022
FOLLOW THE PLASTIC FOLDS
Pastels and draping are ideal partners, creating subtle shading effects. As illustrated here with our Dayski ankle boots, whose ultra supple leather is perfect for making all the right moves. In the same vein, French artist Manon Steyaert’s striking works feature silicone sheets that are sculpted to produce a trompe-l’oeil effect, perhaps the first of a new generation of watercolours.
Sep 8, 2022
SENSATIONS AT WORK
Australian artist Daniel O’Toole’s approach is to film radiant variations in solar activity, record synthesised sounds and to draw his inspiration form these to a world of sensations. His “atmospheric” pieces are accompanied my a music track that is just as hypnotic. His immersive work creates a resolutely luminous experience which, in the process, is perfectly in keeping with the subtle colour palette of our Andsky ankle boots.
Sep 8, 2022
AURORA AURA
With their palette of vibrant, contrasting boreal colours, duos of materials and textures, our Baosha ankle generate a plethora of refined, shifting effects. In turn, the stunning LED lamps by New York-based design studio Richard Clarkson, in resin, acrylic and aluminium, create a subdued, hushed atmosphere with their dispersed reflections — with their lyrical soft focus of blue, mauve and green.
Sep 8, 2022
ART, GOLD AND ARCHES...
It goes without saying that the temptation was too great to mention this work by Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei, installed in front of Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum (after a stint in New York). The golden brushed-steel construction is, moreover, entitled Arch. However, quite apart from this anecdotal aside, and its structural beaty — the silhouette of a couple “opening” the cage — its celebrates a world without borders, travelling without let or hindrance. A cause that our Suzhan sneakers with their matching reflections, and arche shoes in general, have always championed through unrestricted design. They are made to go far, here there and everywhere.
Sep 8, 2022
IN ORBIT
Plays on light, a metallic aura and truly magical movement are the keys to the invaluably rich design, with matt and glossy gold tones that celebrate everyday life unstintingly. Accordingly, our Andhye sneakers shine as never before, whilst the Janus table lamp, designed by US agency Trueing, creates a plethora of effects and reflections thanks to its dichromatic glass and its orbiting planet appearance.
Sep 8, 2022
GOLD IN A FOUNTAIN
Black and copper set the tones for a metal veneer to create an about-town look, as seen here with our Joenhy slip-ons, sporting that quintessential style and contemporary lustre. In the same, authentically chic vein, the range of pens by Taiwan’s Ystudio in copper and brass are the perfectly streamlined travelling companions, whose well-thought out designs are a source of endless inspiration.
Sep 8, 2022
GOLDEN WEDDING
With your feet firmly on the ground or your head in the clouds. For the same sophisticated approach to refinement. With, on the one hand, our Joleen derbies, a happy marriage of gold, black and strict elegance. And, on the other, Peak, the New York restaurant created by David Rockwell. Nestled on the 101st floor, the eatery features contrasting panoramic shadows, panoramic lighting and metal reflections.
Aug 8, 2022
GLOWING CONTRASTS
When contrasts are a source of modernity. With their graphic lines and volumes in the round, soft pastels and dynamic flexibility, our Androz sneakers have great fun wrong-footing preconceived ideas. The limited-edition standard lamps from Barber & Osgerby also play the game with combinations of bright contrasting colours. The bronze base, aluminium structure and Murano blown-glass shades rise to the occasion. From straight lines to moving circles, bright colours to glowing opal, these standout pieces resolutely attract the light.
Aug 8, 2022
VIVID VISIONS
Vibrant is the watchword this season. Our timeless moccasins, sporting a palette of bright shades, have a real surprise in store and gaily turn old habits on their head. There’s nothing like a dash of verve to spice up everyday life. This is also the premise for the work of New York designer Mana Sazegara, whose fun constructions, especially her mirrors, create a plethora of jigsaw puzzle effects and ultra-colourful graphic combinations.
Aug 8, 2022
CUTS ABOVE THE REST
The very essence of quintessence, in other words the perfect combination of form, function and functionalism. This objective is undoubtedly one of the most common denominators in the world of design. And yet, it requires experience, rigour and precision, which have always been arche’s driving forces since the very beginning. You will find proof of this in our Swamoy men’s sneakers, which strike just the right balance between well-being and taking comfort in your stride. Another fine example of this are the kitchen-knife and scissor holders designed by the South Korean Isy studio for Modori, compact porcelain blocks that are easy and delightful to handle with their subtle curved shape..
Aug 8, 2022
FOLLOW THE FOLD
Or how materials affect the behaviour of colours. Young Swedish artist Darja Vereinova Nordberg has set out to explore this relationship, as illustrated here by her cleverly arranged folded or pleated textiles — woven and twisted to create contrasting colour gradients and light variations. Here again, fabrics and fashioning are the watchwords. Depending on the tone, our Nirano full-grain nubuck calfskin moccasins take on a new spin, with even greater depth and intensity.
Aug 8, 2022
ARTISTIC CLIMAX
When two great minds think alike and come together in the Pinault Collection - Bourse de Commerce, in Paris, it’s a chance to (re)discover the works of the late Cuban conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. His oeuvre echoes the installations of American artist and writer Roni Horn, a proponent of radical minimalism, whose glass cylinders – like nuances of air, water and ice – give pride of place to the full potential of white. In doing so, they act as reminders of the colour’s natural luminosity. As a result, white casts light on timeless, eternal and irrepressible brightness, a source of sleek design here, there and everywhere — as illustrated by our Naskay sneakers in immaculate white.
Aug 8, 2022
NEW WAVES
This is a tale of serenity and calm. So much more than just a colour, blue bursts with poignant musings and timelessness. This is the secret of our Naskay sneaker, infusing it with a sense of harmony, or rather airiness. It also inspired Korean artist and designer Rahee Yoon for her installations, furniture and objects in the form of translucent blocks, which diffuse a blue aura from within, as hypnotic as it is intangible.
Jun 1, 2022
ZIG-ZAG ZOOM
Striking just the right balance is the cornerstone of the most enduring… and sustainable design. Which explains the meticulous precision of the cut-outs of our Kimono and Gymliz sandals, the use of contrasting soft and tauter materials, and graphic interspersions. The model has been designed with particular attention to both the overall concept and the minutest detail. And if proof were needed of the prime importance of proportions, look no further than the iconic Zig-Zag created by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1934 (and reissued by Cassina), whose timeless design is as contemporary today as it was back then.
Jun 1, 2022
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
Lines with a cabalistic feel that makes its marks as an adornment shrouded in magic and mystery. Graphic effects that step out of the realm of strict geometry to reach a more… irrational… dimension. Accordingly, the black-and-white colour scheme of andbal sneakers and aurnaa sandals follows in the footsteps of slick raw tribal art, whereas Mexican artist Jimena Montemayor, in turn, creates a plethora of media and techniques in a search for the poetry of signs.
Jun 1, 2022
ON THE CULTURE GRID
Graphic precision and radiance in black and white: with Gervasoni, Italy’s Paola Navone, one of today’s most talented designers takes on steel for a set of coffee tables made with what looks like a structure of random joins and intersections. The result is furniture that can best be described as virtuoso sculpture from end to end. In turn, our Ikorro sandals look at criss-crossing lines from a different angle, with a more exotic inspiration, admittedly, yet equally powerful visually.
Apr 15, 2022
DESIGNER INK
When graphic precision is at one with free reflection and thinking. Combined with our superbly structured Kisumi and Himawa sandals, their iridescent leathers add a poetic touch, a cross between flora and fauna. Young French designer Riwan Coëffic, in turn, always keeps his four-colour biros close at hand, using them to compose his shaded gradients. He then transforms his sketches into all manner of furniture using spray paints. This change in dimension applies the same sense for nuance and tone.
Apr 12, 2022
GREEN, GREEN… GLASS
On the one hand, arche draws its inspiration from nature. Its choice of outstanding leathers and its palette of fresh and vital green colours, plant and flora shades which bring on the sun in style, as with its Myakki sandals. On the other, young Breton designer Lucile Viaud sourced her creations from the sea bed.. In conjunction with the Institute Chemical Sciences in Rennes, she designed her Ostraco geoglass range using marine waste. Her marine glass pieces, which found favour with Michelin three-star chef Olivier Roellinger and now grace the tables at his restaurant, earned her France’s “Initiative Remarquable” prize in 2021 for “the expertise of tomorrow”.
Apr 9, 2022
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR
Being part of a story, a heritage, a part of nature is more than a principle: it is a state of mind and respect. The determination to match ethics with aesthetics. At arche, this philosophy is a part of the House DNA, whose designs, made in the Loire Valley, are the result of short supply chains with long-established partner suppliers. This ensures that each model, as with the Vayani sandal, is authentic, sustainable and long-lasting, with that special je-ne-sais-quoi. In a different manner, but with similar convictions, Indian architecture and interior design firm Renesa has created a new restaurant, bar and café, Elgin Café, in the Punjab. The new venue, a mix of smart and traditions, is in emerald green, the colour of the local granite, and bedecked with wood and wicker, which are also local.
Apr 6, 2022
RADIANT GLASS
There’s no doubt about it: reflecting effects here and there are enable you to broaden your horizons, outlook and perspectives is. The secret is to merge colour and light that shimmer and resonate together. This is what gives Dutch designers Rive Roshan’s corrugated glass panels their poetic beauty, and the illuminated and illuminating purity of their dial table. And, naturally, adds an extra dimension to our andozy slip-ons, whose leather wavers between green and bronze hues, creates a radiant movement.
Mar 29, 2022
LINEN AND LINES
Both natural and ecological, linen weaves and entwines its true fibre everywhere. Here, it wraps our Auhala in elegant beige. It also, it rounds off the corners of the minimalist furniture created by French designers Charlotte Esquenet & Julie Entremont d’Exsud, in raw, chic fashion. For their Flax range, a black steel coffee table, stool and mirror take on a highly tactile dimension.
Mar 26, 2022
DESIGNER MATERIAL
Linen is an infinite source of technical innovation. Accordingly, its uses are developing as myriad ecosystems of and for the future, with inventive combinations creating new highly resistant and ecologically virtuous materials. The result of European know-how, the linen selected by arche — lined with technical jersey — creates a sense of well-being, well ahead of its times. Proof of this is to be found in our Edeana and Edearo sneakers. Allied with plant resin and renamed Varian®, it has become a structural textile for French designers, as illustrated by the acoustic screen from Juam Studio published by Cider, and these Rivage light fittings from Market Set. In turn, the avant-garde chair designed by Christien Meiderstma in 2015 combines linen with a bioplastic. The design, with its virtuous life cycle, won a raft of awards at the time and is still highly contemporary, so much so that it has been reissued by Label/Breed.
Mar 23, 2022
ON ART AND LINEN
Linen offers endless creative possibilities. It is a natural choice and ally at arche, whose Egeori sandals illustrate the perfect balance between resilience and sensuality. It is also an organic material for American artist Sheila Hicks, who has made textiles and fibres — linen, in particular — the leitmotif of a monumental body of work exhibited in some of the world’s leading museums. Her sculpted, woven and knotted works, which exude a form of voluptuous beauty, a cross between raw art and tribute to femininity, are waiting to be discovered at one of the UK’s finest art galleries, The Hepworth Wakefield, until the end of September. Sheila Hicks – Off Grid From 7 April to 25 September 202 – The Hepworth Wakefield.
Mar 15, 2021
INTENSELY...
Share and share alike, with a variety of bean(s) and a taste for colour. When classics are reinvented, they're never quite the same or completely different. Our Auhala sandals are decked in « tonka » leather, an original mix of warm red and uber-graphic features. In turn, award-winning chef Yannick Alleno and eminent pastry chef Aurélien Rivoire have created a range of chocolates with novel flavours and highly graphic designs.
Mar 12, 2021
VISIBLY...
With his feel for grid patterns, subtle curves and a creative flame, Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed his revolutionary, now-legendary, Hill House chair 120 years ago. Eighteen years ago, German designer Maarten Baas made headline news with his burnt-design classics “Where There’s Smoke” show, for which he set fire to some twenty iconic 20th-century chairs, including the Hill House model. The charred piece, partly consumed by the flames as a result has, in turn, made it into posterity with its strong, confident aesthetic. Today, arche has created a connection between the timeless and the here and now with its Drick sandal, as a tribute to lasting design.
Mar 9, 2021
ESSENTIALLY...
Genuine materials, familiar lines and proportions, ingrained in our individual and collective memories. These are the classic premises for creating elements of surprise. Following suit, our legendary Baryky ankle boots and Baliko sandals dress up in terracotta red with ethnic motifs, while ceramist Manon Oller uses essential shapes as the artistic playground for her works.
Mar 1, 2022
ARTISTIC ROOTS
Organic lines and links, wood with nothing to hide — quite the contrary. Henrique Oliveira’s Momento fecundo in the Grange aux Abeilles at the Domaine de Chaumont sur Loire catches the eye and taps into our emotions. In the same way as with the Brazilian artist’s other works, this sculpture tells of life, its fractures and accidents… And, like our Lombha ballerinas, reminds us how much nature and the tree of life nurture art and craftsmanship.
Feb 27, 2022
SUMPTUOUS FORESTS
The Loire Valley is a true source of inspiration, which arche taps into for its driving force and sustainable values. These values are exemplified especially by its 99% plant-derived lines, as used in its Comhan sandals. The Loire Valley is also a true source of respiration, where another of nature’s treasures nestles. Make tracks for the direction highly eco-responsible Loire Valley Lodges hotel to live life to the full in the heart of nature. By a centuries-old oak and a wishing tree, the cabins are perched between the branches to create comfy and cosy nests. The perfect resort setting for getting away from it all, designed by Tourangeau architect Isabelle Poulain using wood essences from the surrounding forest: Douglas fir, chestnut and oak.
Feb 23, 2022
DOWN TO THE HOLLOW
The supreme art of filling a void or when alveolar effects fulfil a specific function. In the case lines in Lactae Hevea®, such as Comlow derby or Lomzee richelieus, the air bubbles contained in the material provide outstanding flexibility. On the artistic front, Vincent Mauger — a visual artist from the Loire Valley region — focuses on exploring thought and space constructions with his “honeycomb” structures.
Feb 17, 2022
SHINING EXAMPLES
There’s nothing like shades of orange to shine at all times, casting a stream of light caught mid-air. Especially if they’re lacquered, like our Nasdry slip-on. Or translucent like the resin column and bench by designer Laurids Gallée, a master in the use of the substance as robust as it is refined.
Feb 13, 2022
GO ORANGE
British artist Es Devlin, whose spectacular installations are celebrated around the world, is campaigning concretely against the climate crisis: after her games of mirrors and perspectives presented in 2021 in Miami - reflections on breath and respiration - here she is associated with the very ethical fashion brand Pangaia for a collab of four pieces in organic cotton, the profits of which will be donated to an environmental NGO. A resolutely orange lifewear, symbol for her of the ecological fight. Arche will not contradict it, by making bright orange one of its flagship colors this season…. Evidenced by its Andrya sneakers with anti-cyclonic energy.
Feb 9, 2022
BRIGHT CONNECTIONS
Banking on the play of contrasts and constructions: this is one of arche's skills, as shown here by the luminous ballerina Onyoko crossing brilliantly graphic bands. And this is also what characterizes the work – and the finds – of the German designer Andreas Berlin< /a>. His sources of inspiration: vintage objects gleaned from junk shops and antique dealers with which he composes unique table legs surmounted by well-balanced tops.