1595 is a collectible design studio founded in Barcelona by Clara and Alexis Grimaud. They design every piece together.

Clara studied product design and critical design at Central Saint Martins in London. She went on to art direct major houses, many in fine fragrance. Her work was to give form to something that has none: the glass of a bottle, the weight of a stopper, the colour of a light, so that a perfume is understood before it is even smelled.

Alexis founded Monde Singulier, a collectible design gallery in Paris, Barcelona, New York and Dubai. He spends his days with designers, makers and collectors. He knows how a piece is made, what it costs in time, and why some stay in a family for fifty years.

1595 grew out of their conversations at home in Barcelona. They draw together. One sets down a form, the other pushes back, and they start again.

Each piece starts from one precise sensation, the way a perfume starts from a note: the warmth of wax, the powder of iris, a lime-washed wall. Then comes the longest part, finding the material and the maker able to hold that sensation.

Their pieces begin in the penumbra, the moment when you see the shape of an object before its details. That is also how they show them: in black and white, with plenty of space around.

The pieces are made in numbered editions signed by both. Each one comes with a touche, the thin paper strip perfumers use to smell a fragrance, carrying the scent of the workshop.