Candidate catalogue entry
Cheval Punk
Title: Candidate · not independently reviewedDaiske Nomura
Artist credit: Candidate · not independently reviewed
The inherited pilot metadata remains provisional. The separately reviewed note below does not promote the catalogue record or establish a first-edition year.
Brief creation story
The story, in brief
This note has its own sources and limits. The inherited catalogue metadata elsewhere on this page remains provisional.
Cheval Punk began with a small object made for writing. In an interview published by Hermès, Daiske Nomura recalls discovering a horse-shaped pen-cleaning brush in the Émile Hermès collection. Its mane formed the brush itself. To him, that crest suggested a mohawk and an equestrian object acquired the attitude of a punk character. The leap from a practical detail to a personality gives the design an unusually tangible starting point.[1]
The background grew through conversation. Nomura credits Christophe Goineau with suggesting tartan, drawing on his knowledge of music and punk culture. Rather than presenting creation as a solitary flash of inspiration, the interview lets us follow an exchange: an object catches the artist’s eye, a resemblance becomes an idea and a colleague helps give that idea its setting.[1]
Hermès’s Ginza art guide also records a framed paper print of the carré design, naming Nomura as its artist. Seen in that documentary context, Cheval Punk belongs to the life of a drawing as well as to the life of a scarf.[2]
First-edition year: not established by these sources.
Sources and limits of this note
- Drawing is the origin of imagination · HermèsHeading / product title · Interview title and The story of Cheval Punk, lines 61–79 · The story of Cheval Punk, line 78 · The story of Cheval Punk, line 79
- Drawing punk · HermèsObject label, lines 70–73 · Line 65
Evidence details and uncertainties
- title · supported
- Cheval Punkoriginal_designDrawing is the origin of imagination, Heading / product title
- artist · supported
- Daiske Nomuraoriginal_designDrawing is the origin of imagination, Interview title and The story of Cheval Punk, lines 61–79
- first edition year · unknown
- Unknownoriginal_design
- inspiration · supported
- Horse-shaped pen-cleaning brush in the Émile Hermès collection; its mane suggested a mohawk.original_designDrawing is the origin of imagination, The story of Cheval Punk, line 78
- collaboration · supported
- Christophe Goineau suggested the tartan background.original_designDrawing is the origin of imagination, The story of Cheval Punk, line 79
- documented display · supported
- Framed paper print of the carré design at Ginza Maison Hermès, first basement.display_objectDrawing punk, Object label, lines 70–73
- source reported drawing year · supported
- 2011drawing_date_not_first_editionDrawing punk, Line 65
- collaboration context · supported
- Nomura describes Goineau as knowledgeable about music and punk culture.manufacturer_narrative_about_designDrawing is the origin of imagination, The story of Cheval Punk, line 79
What is documented
- Title
- Cheval Punk Candidate · not independently reviewed
- Artist credit
- Daiske Nomura Candidate · not independently reviewed
- First edition
- Unknown Unknown
Reviewed product variants
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