I Can't recommend the current 'Hermès Wanderland' exhibition at The Saatchi Gallery enough! If you are a lover of anything whimsical, Alice in Wonderland, fantastical & just creatively brilliant, you'll LOVE IT!
The concept behind the exhibition is "Flânerie", the art of urban wandering...capturing the day dreaming, intrigue & creativity that the brand embody in their concepts & visual merchandising in a story-tellers journey around Paris. 

The exhibition uses a series of room sets to exhibit Hermès pieces from their archive in amazingly creative & thought provoking ways. A room full of floating walking sticks beautifully captured in the illustrated wallpaper of Ugo Gattoni & my personal favourite, a Parisian park bench scene with a white umbrella propped up & the clever projection of dripping rain-drops slowly trickling down the umbrella & into a projected sky reflected puddle on the floor, complete with ripples from landing rain drops-beautiful! A storm in the saucer of your Hermès tea-cup, a spinning ballerina in the bottom, jewellery & keep-sakes trapped in bottles on the counter of a Parisian cafe bar & exquisite envelope Hermès purses displayed amongst hand written envelopes in a traditional 'La Poste' box on the wall.

The use of projections was so effective creating 3D, tromp l'oeil arches out of original Hermès scarf artworks
& expanding the imagination of the viewer with sounds & music to accompany your wanderings.

The room set (top left) was fascinating, as if poltergeists had taken control of it, spinning the Hermès glassware adorned chandelier, raising the tea-set on the table into the air & moving the characters in the picture above the fireplace.  All exhibiting the unique concept & creativity behind the brand & showcasing their luxury products in thought-provoking, intriguingly clever ways. Everyone needs a bit of fantasy & escapism from time to time, so get yourself down to The Kings Rd to check it out for yourselves & even better it's totally FREE!