Whereas Johnson Hartig’s skills and pursuits have at all times been intensive and large ranging, he discovered his calling in 2001 with his celebrated style model Libertine. Hartig and his then enterprise accomplice Cindy Greene, introduced a recent and creative vibe to style, melding punk road style references with excessive artwork and tradition by repurposing classic items with inventive and typically controversial embellishment. After solely 4 months, Self-importance Truthful known as to do a chunk and 6 months later they each needed to stop their jobs to focus completely on Libertine. Since 2009, Hartig has helmed the label on his personal, furthering his distinctive and visionary quest of revolutionizing the business. And now with a collaboration with Schumacher, Hartig flexes his design muscle tissues in the world of interiors. Please be a part of Susanna and me for an exhilarating go to with the ever exuberant Johnson at his Los Angeles bungalow.

Johnson is fearless in his limitless love of embellishment in each his residence and style label and his interiors are knowledgeable by an easy mixture of excessive and low, from Damien Hirst spin artwork work to marketing campaign button-accessorized lampshades.

Impressed by topics starting from 17th century Dutch portray to Cher, the late Pat Buckley, his rescue canine Terence and punk rock, Johnson employs his cross pollination of creative expression in his interiors with DIY ingenuity and stunning resourcefulness.

And don’t let Johnson’s upbeat vitality, irreverence and depraved humorousness deceive you. He’s extremely educated about historical past, artwork and tradition with a deep curiosity concerning the world round him. A real multi-hyphenate, he fuels his creativity with intensive studying and journey in addition to frequent visits to the whole lot from museums and galleries to flea markets, discovering revolutionary methods to pair seemingly disparate parts.  And that’s the magic about Libertine – you possibly can respect it for its visible vibrancy however there’s at all times one other deeper mental inspiration should you care to look.

And it was video sponsor Libertine’s joyous embrace of coloration and sample that led to Johnson’s subsequent endeavor.  Final yr, he paired his penchant for punchy coloration and exuberant ornamentation with the artisanship of the esteemed household owned Schumacher cloth home, to create a group that reverberates with pleasure. 

This 40 piece assortment—which incorporates velvets, prints, warp prints, wallpapers, and trims—offers his followers an opportunity to infuse their rooms with Hartig’s future-forward sense of style. 

Some patterns really feel already iconic: the Jokhang Tiger velvet, above ( “I like the vitality created by having the tigers floating above the colourful alternating stripes,” says Hartig) or the Trendy Toile, with its outsized repetition utilizing recognizable basic motifs, to not point out the Punk Rock Combine Tape trim. “Security Pins are an iconic emblem of English punk rock of the late 70s- so we created this boarder tape with them,” says Hartig. “I like the way it’s a bit subversive and really fairly on the similar time.” Regardless of the choose (the Terence Ikat beneath), Hartig’s patterns really feel each singular and acquainted.

The complete line is a pure development for Schumacher, given the corporate’s prior collaborations with style designers, the primary of which was with Paul Poiret in 1930. 

all images by Stacey Bewkes for Quintessence

So thanks Johnson! Your exuberance is contagious. We have been dazzled by your energetic spirit, boundless creativity, and galvanizing residence and studio!