On the Couch with Catherine

AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH CREATIVE FORCE, DEDICATED MAXIMALIST, AND LONG-TIME MOKUM COLLABORATOR CATHERINE MARTIN

Nestled into an opulent array of pink and green velvets and maximalist animal prints sits the denimon-denim clad Catherine Martin. We’ve found a midphotoshoot moment to pause with the Academy Award winning costume and set designer to find out what inspires her at work and in her home.

Since childhood Catherine has immersed herself in the world of art and design. She muses, “I don’t know how talented I was as a fine artist, but I was certainly prolific. In kindergarten I would make thousands of pieces of art and I was extremely proud of them; it was impossible for my mother to keep pace with my desire to have things put on the fridge at home.” These abstract scrawls had become tangible items by the age of six, when her mother taught her to use a sewing machine...

SOFA Monarque colour Moss

CUSHIONS L-R Bengal Tiger colour Whisky, Leopardo colour Palm Leaf, Bengal Tiger colour Palm Leaf, Monarque colour Peach

CHAIRS & OTTOMAN Leopardo colour Palm Leaf