The Iridescent Scarab Collection Launch

Lotus Arts de Vivre unveiled The Iridescent Scarab Collection at The Shed Bangkok on 2 February, marking the launch with an evening shaped by atmosphere, material presence, and close connection. Set within the restaurant’s luminous interior, the event brought together friends of the house, collectors, and cultural figures including Diana Flipo, Wipavee “Primmy” Phatthanatsiri, and Eric Touba.

At the centre of the evening was the scarab wing itself — approached not as ornament or symbol, but as material intelligence. Its iridescence, created without pigment and never repeating in form or colour, revealed itself gradually under shifting light, rewarding attention and proximity. The setting allowed guests to experience the work slowly, observing how colour, surface, and movement changed from every angle.

Rooted in Thailand’s natural abundance and resonant with ancient civilisations that understood the scarab as a marker of continuity and renewal, the collection bridges inherited knowledge with a contemporary sensibility. Each piece preserves variation rather than correcting it, allowing the natural structure of the wing to remain visible and unresolved.

Works by Creative Director Sri von Bueren were presented within a spatial composition curated by Nicklas von Bueren, reinforcing the family-led dialogue between design, culture, nature and exotic materials that defines the Lotus Arts de Vivre atelier. The evening also coincided with the first presentation of The Iridescent campaign film, extending the collection’s language into moving image without overshadowing the objects themselves.

The launch marked the first public expression of the Iridescent Scarab Collection — an exploration of rarity not as spectacle, but as something sensed, encountered, and quietly recognised.