The Camper stores in Tokyo and Barcelona (pictured above) are just some of the projects within Jaime Hayón's extensive portfolio. Spanish-born Hayón is known for his opulent, often over-the-top design, making him the ideal person to become the art director of Lladró ceramics, a position he uses to reinvent naff and put a new spin on those tired ornaments most of our parents have at least one of in their homes. In particular, his Re-Deco range for Lladró seems to do so by simultaneously making them more tasteful and more cringeworthy - how he managed it, I may never know...
Another range of his I really like is the Artquitect range of bathroom pieces - baths, sinks and storage units designed to be more like lush furniture than sterile utilities. Throughout the range Hayón seems to maintain a clean, sleek, luxe aesthetic without robbing the pieces of personality. This guy really is a master when it comes to weird and wonderful marriages...
(All images via Hayón Studio)
