Thirty-four futuristic car sculptures transformed the Cour Carrée du Louvre for Louis Vuitton’s spring-summer 2027 show, creating a dense, surreal cityscape within one of Paris’s most recognisable historic courtyards.
The installation was conceived by James Chinlund for the runway presentation by Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière. The hovering concept-vehicle forms introduced an overtly speculative, transport-led visual language to the formal architectural setting.
Set against the Louvre’s ordered stone facades, the sculptures shifted the courtyard’s role from ceremonial public space to temporary scenography. Their repeated presence made the site read less as a single runway venue than as an imagined urban field shaped by mobility and industrial design.
According to Designboom’s report on the installation, the project formed the setting for Ghesquière’s latest seasonal collection. It shows how fashion presentations continue to use landmark architecture as an active element of design, rather than simply a backdrop.