Artist Collaborations

HERITAGE & CRAFSTMANSHIP

Artist Collaborations
Through the Years

At Oribe, every product is born of a commitment to design and artisanal craft. Each holiday season, we partner with artists and makers who elevate and celebrate our shared values of craftsmanship and storytelling into museum-quality works of art—just as Oribe Canales embraced and elevated the craft of hairdressing to an art form.

Discover our past collaborations.

KUSTAA SAKSI

THANDIWE MURIU

CHRIS CHUN

SPIROS HALARIS

LOUIS BARTHÉLEMY

KOHEI KYOMORI

ANTOINETTE POISSON

ROWAN HARRISON

BLOCK SHOP TEXTILES

AOI YAMAGUCHI

For our latest Holiday Collection, Oribe collaborated with multidisciplinary Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi, who specializes in graphic storytelling through patterns, textile art and installation. Exploring geometry, collage, fractals and symmetry, Saksi's work reflects ideas of nature seen from the abstracted edge of perception.

Inspired by Gold Lust and the Oribe Goddess emblem, Saksi blends mythology, geometry, and natural beauty into a rich, modern expression of artistry with the design of "Golden Threads"—featured on limited-edition gift sets with ornately layered gold foils and intricate embossing. To further celebrate artistry and craft, Oribe commissioned Saksi to bring the woven design to life in the form of a one-of-a-kind tapestry woven from wool, cotton, mohair, and gold leaf.

Through meticulous technique and vivid storytelling, Oribe’s collaboration with Kustaa Saksi celebrates the essence of nature’s beauty and the enduring power of craft.

For our 2024 Holiday Collection, Oribe partnered with Kenyan artist, Thandiwe Muriu, whose artistic vision embodies the jubilant spirit of community and togetherness. In Muriu's award-winning work, she often photographs her subjects—who wear intricate eyewear that she crafts from upcycled material—enveloped in and backdropped by a richly patterned African textile, creating a hypnotic and energizing optical illusion.

Muriu created two bespoke textile patterns for our collaboration that blend her artistic flair with iconic Oribe design elements. She worked with upcycled Oribe packaging from the archives to handcraft one-of-a-kind eyewear and partnered with talented Oribe hair artists to present a bold expression of beauty that encapsulates the timeless African proverb, "When your sister does your hair you do not need a mirror."

In celebration of Lunar New Year, Oribe has collaborated with Australian-Chinese artist Chris Chun to blend traditional Chinese art with a vibrant and modern twist. Taking inspiration from his cultural heritage, childhood memories, and travels around Asia, Chun captures this time of renewal in a captivating artwork featured on our limited-edition Lunar New Year Sets.

In his 2024 design for the Year of the Dragon, "The Dragon and the Peony," Chun wove in bold colors and lush, maximalist patterns. The wood dragon symbolizes vitality, growth, and kindness, while the Peony Rose embodies the essence of spring. For 2025's Year of the Snake, Chun's bold, mesmerizing packaging transformed the Snake into a tapestry of symbolism brimming with cultural richness and artistic flair. Through vibrant swirls of traditional auspicious patterns and motifs, from lush peonies and chrysanthemums to slinky snakeskin, Chun spoke to the traditions that hold us together.

Oribe welcomed the arrival of spring with two limited-edition gift sets designed in collaboration with Spiros Halaris—a multi-disciplinary artist and designer whose work evokes an imaginative world imbued with elegant classicism and ornamented with rich motifs.

The captivating design borrows from the Victorian practice of Floriography, often referred to as the language of flowers, to depict a lush floral pattern bursting forth from our Oribe fragrance bottle. Each detail is a tribute to the floral notes in our collection, evoking the messages of our signature scents: Côte d’Azur’s White Butterfly Jasmine is a symbol of grace and elegance, Valley of Flowers’ Blue Violet an expression of faithfulness, and Desertland’s Angelica Root is meant to represent inspiration.

Louis Barthélemy is an illustrator, textile designer and artist whose work is rooted in a deep commitment to the preservation and revival of traditional crafts.

For our holiday collaboration, Louis showcased the central role that haircare has played in our daily life since antiquity with a sprawling three-part tapestry. The whimsical narrative in “Eternal Rituals” visualizes thousands of years of haircare ritual, starting with a sublime deity, whose hair flows upwards like the life-giving Nile river. Under the watchful eye of the god Horus, the flowing locks are tended to and braided by mythical Egyptian gods and goddesses, surrounded by lush flora and fauna, all with playful nods to Oribe throughout.

To further celebrate the craft, Oribe commissioned Louis to create a one-of-a-kind kilim, or a handwoven tapestry, of the artwork with a team of artisans at the Kahhal Looms located outside of Cairo.

Contemporary Japanese artist, Kohei Kyomori, is known for his vibrant digital paintings that reinterpret the concepts of classic ornamentation and handmade craftsmanship for the modern age.

Inspired by the Oribe “goddess” logo, Kohei created “Goddess of Paradise” for our holiday collection, which weaves together traditional Japanese animal and plant motifs in a brilliant garden where a goddess’ flowing hair transforms into cascading water. The myriad shapes and forms that the water takes represent the diverse range of hair textures—all beautiful—seen in this world. The animals and insects shown in the work are allured by the scents of plants evocative of the Oribe signature Côte d’Azur fragrance.

Vincent Farelly and Jean-Baptiste Martin, co-founders and artistic directors of À Paris chez Antoinette Poisson, specialize in the making of intricate hand-drawn and water-colored single sheet wallpapers dating from the 18th century, historically known as decorative “papier dominoté,” or “domino papers.”

Using this traditional printing technique, Vincent and Jean-Baptiste created four unique designs for our holiday collection. They incorporated elements of Oribe’s history—from the goddess logo to the floral notes found in the Côte d’Azur fragrance—into 18th and 19th century motifs of repetitive geometrics and florals, weaving together the heritage of both brands. Oribe Canales’ tattoos even inspired some elements found in these intricate designs.

Rowan Harrison, illustrator and founder of Two Tribes Pottery, classifies his work as contemporary decorative pottery and ink drawings that have a strong tie to his Native American heritage and culture.

Using the Native American technique of hand-coiled pottery, combined with a contemporary vision, Rowan creates unique artwork that honors the artisanship and skills of the Indigenous people of North America, who for hundreds of years have experimented with Earth’s natural elements for both beauty and function.

For our collection, Rowan created three original works of art using traditional Southwestern indigenous motifs. Each design was intricately hand-drawn and painted, combining elements of the Pueblo craftspeople to represent the land, natural beauty and spiritual elements of the American Southwest.

Block Shop is a Los Angeles-based textile brand and design studio founded by artist sisters, Hopie and Lily Stockman. They started with a small collection of scarves in 2013 made in Jaipur, India, with the goal of supporting and celebrating the Indian hand block printing tradition.

For our collaboration, four original works of art were hand-printed by fifth-generation master craftspeople in India, using carved wooden blocks and natural dyes on paper handmade from cotton rag. These limited-edition prints play upon the timeless theme of balance though arcs and stripes that are vibrant, harmonious and optimistic.

Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan, Aoi Yamaguchi is an award-winning calligraphy artist trained to master the basics of calligraphy learning under the Master Zuiho Sato since the age of 6.

For our holiday collaboration, Yamaguchi created an original work of art using sumi ink on the highest-grade Japanese gasen-shi paper to create a calligraphy symbol that intertwines traditional technique with creative expression, resulting in a fluid nijimi (blurred) effect making the characters feel alive. The kanji character "想 (sou・omo-u)" embodies a deep, mindful gratitude and love for those you hold most dear, as well as an inspired imagination.

HERITAGE & CRAFSTMANSHIP

Artist CollaborationsThrough the Years

Kustaa Saksi

Kustaa Saksi

Holiday 2025

Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Holiday 2024

Chris Chun

Chris Chun

Lunar New Year 2024 & 2025

Spiros Halaris

Spiros Halaris

Spring 2024

Louis Barthélemy

Louis Barthélemy

Holiday 2023

Kohei Kyomori

Kohei Kyomori

Holiday 2022

Antoinette Poisson

Antoinette Poisson

Holiday 2021

Rowan Harrison

Rowan Harrison

Holiday 2020

Block Shop Textiles

Block Shop Textiles

Holiday 2019

Aoi Yamaguchi

Aoi Yamaguchi

Holiday 2018

Artist Collaborations
Through the Years

Louis Barthélemy

Louis Barthélemy