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A vibrant illustration announcing a new Hermès store opening in Williamsburg, featuring an ornate car interior with figures and horses viewed through the windshield, set against a densely patterned cityscape with buildings, palm trees, and…

Hermès City of Light (Williamsburg Store Opening)

Fell in love when I found out this design is on a silk scarf.

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hermes.com

Credit

Creator
Design by Elias Kafouros
Rights
Hermès
Year
2026
Found via
Hermès

Clipped

danysegv

September 23, 2026

Traits

Movement

SciuraMaximalism

Highly layered, texture-rich compositions mixing vintage and modern codes.

Typography

HandTypeScript / Handwritten Type

Personal, imperfect handwriting-style lettering used as a human counterbalance to AI-generated sameness.

Palette & Light

HighEnergyHyper-Saturation

High-saturation, unexpected hues injecting playful personality and warmth into clean geometric spaces.

Layout

FrontalSymmetrySymmetry

Highly structured, perfectly centered focal points emerging from negative space.

Medium

DrawnWorkDrawing & Illustration

Work made by hand or by digital brush — ink, pencil, watercolour, gouache, painted mural, vector illustration — shown as the image itself rather than as an element inside a poster, cover or spread.

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