In Situ: Capsule Inspirations
Since launching Château Blue, I have traveled across four continents, spending time on the ground, meeting with artisans, and experiencing people, culture, and places in ways that held me, nourished me, and stayed with me long after I returned home. Those encounters sparked the early development of two capsule collections currently in the works: Kind of Blue and Under the Warmth of the Atlas Sun.
The photographs and films, captured during my travels and shared here, offer glimpses of what inspired these capsules, moments of light, material, movement, and place that quietly shaped their direction and spirit.
As this magnificent journey of curation continues, I look forward to sharing moments and discoveries with you here as we witness the work unfolding together.
In situ:
In the place itself, as it exists and breathes, before interpretation or extraction. Presence without interruption. Beauty encountered where it lives. Seeing and feeling something in the context that formed it, before it is named, curated, or carried elsewhere.
This collection is inspired by the paradox of the color blue, nature’s most visible yet rarest hue. Blue fills our skies and seas, yet appears sparingly in the material world, except where humans have intentionally summoned her presence: the painted alleyways of Chefchaouen, blue-toned architectural details in Marrakech, the hand-painted İznik tiles of the Blue Mosque in hues of cobalt, turquoise, jade, and coral, and the pale blues and aquas found on doors and thresholds within Gullah Geechee communities of the Lowcountry.
We summon blue because we feel it as much as we see it.
This capsule honors the vibration of blue, its devotion, and its enduring presence.
Capsule 1
Kind of Blue: A meditation on light, devotion, and improvisation
Capsule II
Under the Warmth of the Atlas Sun
This collection is shaped by the ethereal radiance of the sun and the heat and colors it leaves behind: the wheat-colored foothills of the Atlas Mountains, gilded and intricately carved doorways, saffron-dyed handwoven textiles, hammered brass and copper, glowing chandeliers and lanterns that cast amber light across stone, wool, and clay. These are hues born of sun and time, deepened through use, touch, and generations of skilled hands.
Under the Warmth of the Atlas Sun honors the power of warmth to hold us with memory, vibrant color, and deep meaning long after the sun has set.
