The brand
Potter, designer and author Jonathan Adler launched his namesake brand after leaving his day job to pursue his first love: pottery. In 1993, Barneys bought his collection of pots, and five years later, he opened his first store in Soho.
Today, they are a design company with retail locations worldwide, a thriving e-commerce site, a full slate of residential and commercial projects, and a global wholesale business. We strive to create luxe and livable interiors that are seriously designed, but don’t take themselves too seriously.
This product
Mustachioed on one side, full-lipped on the other—our two-sided Mr. & Mrs. Muse Vase is the perfect his n hers—literally. Inspired by surrealist painter and printmaker Salvador Dalí and Misia Sert, Polish pianist who hosted an artistic salon in Paris and served as muse to numerous artists, including Renoir.
Jonathan sculpts and throws the models for our Muse pottery and then substitutes our signature geometric relief patterns with body parts—faces, breasts, lips—to create a surreal style. Pieces are inspired by our favorite artists' muses