Champagne house Perrier-Jouët and Dutch designer Iris van Herpen have released a collection built on sound, science and nature. The collaboration, a partnership between the house and the designer, turns recordings from vineyards into a champagne bottle sculpture and new bottle design. Perrier-Jouët is also a partner of Design Miami, where the project will be shown in December 2026.
A champagne bottle sculpture built from vineyard sound
The centrepiece, Symphonic Bloom, is a champagne bottle sculpture made from silk and recycled 22-carat gold. It is designed to twirl up the neck of a Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque 1988 jeroboam, a large-format bottle.
To develop the work, van Herpen recorded soundscapes in Perrier-Jouët’s vineyards in Ambonnay and Cramant. She then used cymatics, a technique that makes sound visible as patterns in sand or water. The champagne bottle sculpture’s patterns follow those vibrations.
Van Herpen says the piece reflects “the unseen”, including sound and energy frequencies. Her approach rests on the idea that invisible forces link living things.
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“The world is not only visual but vibrational,” van Herpen said. “Woven together by invisible forces that connect all living things.”
Regenerative viticulture and sustainable design
The champagne bottle sculpture’s nature-led approach connects to Perrier-Jouët’s experimental regenerative viticulture programme. Viticulture is the cultivation of grapevines, and regenerative methods aim to rebuild soil health rather than only sustain it. The house’s goal is to restore soil across its vineyards.
Perrier-Jouët says the programme has been carried out across 40 per cent of its sites since 2021.
Van Herpen’s own practice follows a similar logic, and she brings the same thinking to champagne design. She uses recycled materials and techniques that cut waste wherever possible.
Three editions from one collaboration
This champagne bottle sculpture also echoes the layered flavours of the Belle Époque cuvées and how they develop over time. The work extends into two further pieces that share its botanical language.
Symphonic Life is a limited edition of ten magnums of Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque 1999. Each magnum carries botanical motifs drawn from Symphonic Bloom.
The third offering is a bespoke Belle Époque 2018. Van Herpen worked with cellar master Séverine Frerson to reimagine the bottle and gift box. Frerson adjusted the dosage, the small addition of sugar given to a champagne before it is sealed, to bring out the wine’s floral character.
Frerson describes notes of white flowers, poached pear and grapefruit, with a touch of white pepper and a silky finish. She links these flavours to the textures of metal, wood, silk and velvet found in the designs.
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Nature as a shared philosophy
Perrier-Jouët says the collaboration rests on a shared view of nature as a source of “inspiration, creation and transformation”.
Axelle de Buffévent, creative director of Perrier-Jouët, praised van Herpen’s work. “Treating nature as a collaborator, Iris van Herpen is one of fashion’s most forward-thinking designers,” she said. Her practice, de Buffévent added, “reveals the invisible beauty of living systems”.
The project also draws on art nouveau, a movement with a long history of ties to the house. Van Herpen used the movements of American dancer Loïe Fuller as a reference point. Those movements appear in an art nouveau lamp by French sculptor Raoul Larche, which belongs to Perrier-Jouët’s collection at Maison Belle Époque in Épernay.
From Paris to Miami
The creations were presented on 21 October at Perrier-Jouët’s Banquet of Nature at The Peninsula Paris. The event combined champagne, art and gastronomy in an interactive sensory gathering. The works had first appeared at Tokyo Gendai in September 2026.
The collaboration began in December 2025, when van Herpen became the first recipient of the Perrier-Jouët Design for Nature Award. Perrier-Jouët launched the award, and Perrier-Jouët is a partner of the fair.
In December, Design Miami will host a final sculptural work by van Herpen, made as part of her award. Perrier-Jouët has a long association with the fair, and the Miami show will test whether a collection rooted in vineyard sound can hold its own among design audiences. The vineyard, it turns out, has been making music all along.
Source: dezeen.com
Frequently asked questions
What is Perrier-Jouët’s Symphonic Bloom sculpture made from?
Symphonic Bloom is a champagne bottle sculpture made from silk and recycled 22-carat gold. It is designed to twirl up the neck of a Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque 1988 jeroboam, a large-format bottle.
How did Iris van Herpen turn vineyard sounds into the sculpture?
Van Herpen recorded soundscapes in Perrier-Jouët’s vineyards in Ambonnay and Cramant. She then used cymatics, a technique that makes sound visible as patterns in sand or water, and the sculpture’s patterns follow those vibrations.
What are the three editions in the Symphonic collection?
The collection includes Symphonic Bloom, the champagne bottle sculpture, and Symphonic Life, a limited edition of ten magnums of Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque 1999 with botanical motifs. The third offering is a bespoke Belle Époque 2018, with a reimagined bottle and gift box designed with van Herpen and cellar master Séverine Frerson.
When and where will the Symphonic Bloom project be shown in Miami?
The project will be shown at Design Miami in December 2026, where Design Miami will host a final sculptural work by van Herpen made as part of her Perrier-Jouët Design for Nature Award. Perrier-Jouët is a partner of the fair.
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