Fabergé Debuts ‘Featured Designer’: James Ganh
We are pleased to announce James Ganh as our first ‘Featured Designer’. This new partnership launches in September 2020 with a vibrant capsule collection inspired by nature and the resplendent colours of summer’s floral blooms. It comes after a year of ‘behind the scenes’ work, with Ganh and his team designing the pieces in secret.
Peter Carl Fabergé, a pioneer and innovator, was considered a maverick when he introduced workmasters in 1882. These independent craftsmen were given the freedom to develop their own characteristic style, with each of their finished pieces personally approved by Peter Carl, or one of his esteemed deputies, to ensure it met Fabergé’s exacting standards. We continue to work with a small number of modern-day workmasters today, and have long held a desire to expand this tradition in a contemporary format, by providing a platform to endorse future talent – this is how the concept of a ‘Featured Designer’ was born.
We see James Ganh as a true innovator and visionary, with a keen eye for detail and an unwavering ability to engineer the type of high-jewellery masterpieces of which Peter Carl Fabergé would be proud. The desire to nurture the talent of such a young, independent creative factored in our decision to select Ganh as our first ‘Featured Designer’.
A Central Saint Martins graduate, Ganh has a very personal connection to Fabergé. He worked for us, for a number of years, and it was while doing so that his passion and superior craftsmanship evolved, inspiring him to turn his design fantasies into reality. “The romantic and loving surprises of Fabergé creations spoke to my heart and inspired my work, and this is evident throughout the new capsule collection,” says Ganh.
Since establishing his own business in 2014, Ganh has developed a reputation amongst his loyal customers and admirers for the hidden details and surprises that appear in his work. Inspired by nature and art, his capsule collection for us take this to a new level of innovation, while also embodying the our ethos of ‘A Life In Colour’. To further highlight homage to Peter Carl Fabergé, Ganh has painted the pieces using a stunning colour palette of gemstones, including blue, pink and yellow sapphires, emeralds, rubies, tanzanites, aquamarines, diamonds, amethysts, and tourmalines, to name just a few. These gems have been partnered with less conventional materials, including carved rock crystal.
These playfully transformable designs also provide the wearer with versatility, transitioning from day to night with ease. A charming element of surprise is neatly woven into the collection, with delightfully innovative mechanical elements. Earrings can be attached as statement drops on co-ordinating necklaces; brooches become bracelets; and pendants become rings.
Selected sets will debut in The Galleria Mall, Houston, Texas and our Harrods boutique in September 2020. It will later be launching in The Dubai Mall and ‘By Appointment’ showrooms in London and New York. To find out more, please contact our Client Relations Team.
Harrods (London): Please contact Kris Patel, Private Sales Manager on +44 (0) 7469 155 392 (call or WhatsApp) or via email kris.patel@faberge.com
The Galleria (Houston): Please contact Yoon Smith, Store Director on +1 (0) 281 615 7358 (Call or WhatsApp) or via email yoon.smith@faberge.com
Dubai Mall: Please call +971-4-324-5978 for all enquiries If you wish to arrange a personal appointment, please contact sales@faberge.com
