{"id":695692,"date":"2026-07-16T23:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695692\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:41:24","slug":"mestiz-creates-wicker-creatures-for-hermes-windows-across-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695692\/","title":{"rendered":"mestiz creates wicker creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows across mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mestiz\u2019s woven world of flowers, animals, and curious creatures<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mexican design studio MESTIZ turns wicker into a medium of storytelling, unveiling a new family of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/weaving\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> handwoven<\/a> creatures for upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/hermes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herm\u00e8s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/window-display\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">window<\/a> installations across Mexico. Large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/flower-and-leaf-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flowers<\/a> sprout from striped planters, butterflies hover beside violet elephants, crabs clutch bright red handbags, and fish appear to swim through fields of tulips. The collection forms an imagined ecosystem where familiar objects abandon their everyday roles and take on playful personalities, like characters in a children\u2019s book, turning wicker into a medium for storytelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199534 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-9.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images by Mestiz Studio<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>handcrafted creatures head to herm\u00e8s storefronts<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These expressive creatures are set to occupy Herm\u00e8s windows across Mexico, bringing MESTIZ\u2019s woven worlds from the workshop into the street. Oversized flowers emerge from striped planters, handbags sprout legs, while butterflies, birds, elephants, and sea creatures share the same imagined landscape. Their exaggerated proportions and saturated colors draw on the language of folklore and childhood fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project also demonstrates how far the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mestiz.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">studio<\/a> can push the material beyond its familiar forms. The same woven wicker forms flower petals, butterfly wings, elephant trunks, and crab claws, creating a cast of characters from a single material.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pieces are conceived as part of a single environment, within which each creature appears to interact with the next, encouraging passersby to imagine the scene as a living world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199546 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-20.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>flowers, butterflies, birds, and creatures come together in an imagined woven landscape<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199524 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-07.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>oversized flowers emerge from a striped planter balanced inside a pink wheelbarrow<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199537 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-12.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>these expressive creatures are set to occupy Herm\u00e8s windows across Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199525 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 5\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-08.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a giant flower rises from an open woven trunk<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199520 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 6\" width=\"818\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a wheelbarrow carries a cluster of handwoven tulips<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199538 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 7\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-13.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a butterfly is woven from shades of pink, red, and yellow wicker<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199523 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 8\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-06.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a crab-shaped figure transforms a handbag into a playful character<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199521 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 9\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>handwoven fish reinterpret everyday forms through bold color and wicker weaving<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199519 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Herm\u00e8s windows - 10\" width=\"818\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mestiz-vibrant-world-flowers-curious-creatures-hermes-windows-mexico-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a woven bird-shaped umbrella stands on bright yellow legs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mestiz\u2019s woven world of flowers, animals, and curious creatures \u00a0 Mexican design studio MESTIZ turns wicker into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,29817,62013,56,54,55,43569],"class_list":["post-695692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-flower-and-leaf-art","tag-hermes","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}