Harry Nuriev talks about his collaboration with Jimmy Choo for Salone del Mobile

Jimmy Choo and Crosby Studios have joined forces to transform its Sant’Andrea boutique into an immersive space where design, fashion, and memory converge. The result is a powerful installation imagined by Harry Nuriev, the architect and creative director, known for his bold use of materiality and his ability to blur the lines between art and function. Nuriev’s concept is rooted in the archive of Jimmy Choo, treating each shoe as both a brushstroke and a pixel in a larger visual tapestry. Glass becomes more than just a material—it acts as a threshold between the viewer and the object, evoking the layered tension of window displays and museum vitrines.

What unfolds is not only a celebration of almost 30 years of Jimmy Choo’s iconic designs, but also a reflection on time itself—its intimacy, its distance, and its power to shape emotion. In this conversation, we dive into Nuriev’s process, his obsession with archives, and the subtle tension between feeling and function in his work.