Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has unveiled 11 limited-edition handbags for fashion brand Louis Vuitton at Art Basel Miami Beach during Miami art week.
Named Louis Vuitton x Frank Gehry, the collection contains bags informed by the Canadian-American architect's buildings and by animals.
They were displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach in an installation featuring several of Gehry's previous pieces for the brand.
Top: the bags were unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach. Above: Capucines BB Shimmer Haze (left), Capucines BB Analog Bag (centre) and Capucines MM Concrete Pockets (right) were informed by Gehry's architecture. Photo by Mario Kroes
For the collection, Gehry reimagined a trio of Louis Vuitton Capucines bags based on the form and finish of some of his best-known buildings. The Capucines BB Shimmer Haze bag has a shimmering, translucence finish made from six panels of Plexiglas, informed by the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, while the Capucines MM Concrete Pockets bag was designed with a multi-layered calfskin finish to evoke the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The IAC Building in New York informed the Capucines BB Analog Bag, which has angled-leather sections screen-printed with sections of the building's facade.
Capucines Mini Drawn Fish (left) and Capucines MM Fish bags (right) were informed by animals
Three more Louis Vuitton Capucines bags were reinvented with the addition of animals, including a...