French artist brings a layered, poetic gaze to Italy’s design capital in latest release
Louis Vuitton’s Travel Book collection welcomes a new destination: Milan, as seen through the eyes of a French artist whose rich visual storytelling blurs the lines between travelogue and dreamscape. Born in Paris in 1978 to a family of artists, the illustrator has spent her life weaving together influences from fashion, literature, and graphic art. Now based in Brussels, her creative journey has taken her from the runways of Prada to the pages of Vogue and The New Yorker, and even into political graphic novels—most recently, an illustrated biography of Joan Baez.
For her Travel Book commission, Milan offered more than a change of scenery; it was a return to ancestral roots in nearby Piedmont, and a deeply personal space for artistic reinvention. Drawn in by the city’s layered beauty—its architectural contrasts, hidden courtyards, and quiet metaphysical mystery—she visited five times, sketchbook in hand, capturing the city not as a postcard, but as an evolving, living text.
Her Milan is revealed through rich, intimate visuals: delicate linework in charcoal and felt pen, playful paper cut-outs, and whimsical nods to Italy’s design luminaries, from Gio Ponti to Ettore Sottsass. The result is not just a book of drawings, but a tactile experience of the city’s rhythms—its light, its textures, its grids and gaps. Her work invites the viewer into a “messy yet joyful” visual diary that hovers between the familiar and the fantastical.
Far from offering a tourist’s view, this Travel Book captures Milan’s essence with depth and originality. It is a tribute not only to place, but to process—and to the idea that the most vibrant cities are best understood through the lens of intuition, imperfection, and emotional resonance.
