Neptune Papers Issue Ten - Cover One: Martin Brûlé's Paris home by Matthieu Lavanchy

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Introducing The Icons Issue.

The Oxford dictionary defines an icon as ‘a person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea or way of life’. At Neptune, we chose to look at it in the idea of a person leading life with a singular point of view. 

First up? Interior designer Martin Brûlé. Fresh of designing the set for Matthieu Blazy’s first resort presentation for Chanel in Biarritz, he is already a favorite the smart circles. As Heike Blumner writes, Brûlé knows how to install himself rent-free in your head. Not just through his work, which – simultaneously and literally – stands for the exact opposite of anything rent or free.  

The owner and creative director of his namesake studio (“Interiors. Antiques. Decoration.”), with headquarters in New York, is at a point in his career, where, if we were watching a movie about him, would show a dynamic success montage of his current projects: The Chanel Cruise Collection in Biarritz! The Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the LACMA! A residence in a Rosario Candela building on Park Avenue! Plus all the other fabulous endeavors that may be talked about in hushed tones only and not to be put into writing.  

“It’s important to be human, it’s important to be kind and positive, but it’s also very important to follow your gut and your purpose. I’m doing what I do because that comes out of me. The more you know, who you are the more things come to you. And if you want my advice: Do something and speak about what you want to do to anyone who listens.” 

This Issue also features: Angela Westwater, Boucheron, Caroline Belhumeur, Celine, Donald Judd Foundation, Dries Van Noten, Emmanuel de Bayser, François Halard, Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Galerie Wittmann, Hauser & Wirth, Husband Wife, Jacques Garcia, Jacques Lacoste, Joseph Dirand, Lauren Hutton, Le Sirenuse, Malgosia Bela, Martin Brûlé, Max Rocha, New York Now, Rajan Bijlani, Saint Laurent, Saman Amel, Somerset House, Sophie Carbonari, Studio Ebur, The Row, Urban Jürgensen and more!