Creative talk

Emily Forgot

Wednesday 23 July 2025

Photo credit: Thea Caroline Sneve Løvstad

On the occasion of the launch of Vitaminé, a capsule collection inspired by the vibrant light of sunny days, Sessùn presents an exclusive collaboration with three illustrators — Clara Cebrian, Emily Forgot and Rosie McGuinness. Three female voices, three artistic sensibilities, brought together around a singular object: the silk crepe scarf.

A nod to artistic forms and textile craftsmanship, this collaboration celebrates creative freedom, instinctive gestures and the joy of colour.

Emily Forgot unveils a bold, architectural illustration — the result of a sensitive dialogue between graphic shapes and tactile textures. A universe where design, sculpture and creative freedom meet, driven by instinct and vibrant energy. A conversation with an artist who brings matter and form to life in rhythm with her inspirations.

Can you tell us how this collaboration with Sessùn came about? What drew you to this creative exchange?

The research phase is one I particularly cherish in my creative process. I really appreciated how the Sessùn team shared their inspirations and visual world with me from the very start — it offered a true springboard to feed my own explorations. Through their references, I immediately understood the value they place on texture, organic forms and craftsmanship — a sensibility I deeply share. In a time where digital dominates, it felt important that our collaborative piece retained a human, almost tangible quality — a handmade authenticity that resonates with both our approaches.

Your universe blends illustration, graphic design and sculptural forms. How did you approach creating this textile illustration?

Sculptural forms really laid the foundations for my thinking, right from the first sketches. I immersed myself in a visual exploration that led me to discover YANTRA, a series of works by designer Ettore Sottsass I wasn’t familiar with until then. To me, this series encapsulated a kind of energy very close to the spirit of Sessùn’s collection, somewhere between structure and spirituality. I liked the idea of bringing together these graphic, architectural lines with more organic, floral motifs, which were also among the inspirations. I included a striped pattern, a recurring element in my work, almost like a signature. In the end, the process felt much like creating a recipe: blending the right ingredients until everything falls into place.

Sessùn and you share a love for craftsmanship, materials and multiple cultural references. In what way does this collaboration reflect these creative affinities, and how have these shared values shaped your work together?

What made this collaboration flow so naturally was this common ground: a genuine love for handmade work, a curiosity for forms from elsewhere, and a strong appetite for experimentation. As I explored their sources of inspiration, I extracted what resonated with my world, then reinterpreted and deepened it. This encounter sparked a rich creative dialogue, where form and material respond to each other with authenticity and freedom. The final piece tells this story through texture — a narrative shaped by discovery, play and experimentation, born from this back-and-forth between our respective universes.

You’re known for your graphic, geometric and architectural world. What inspired you for this exclusive illustration for Sessùn?

I was really inspired by the idea of contrasts. Some of my favourite projects have emerged from this tension between elements. The floral motif I created resonates with the more graphic, striped pattern, itself echoing a sculptural structure drawn from the YANTRA series. It’s in these points of friction that the energy of the drawing is born.

I also drew from other influences, like the textile work of Eduardo Paolozzi, whose instinctive approach to collage provided a kind of backdrop for my thinking. Even if these influences aren’t always visible at first glance, they subtly infuse the spirit of the piece.

Colour is a strong language in your work. The “Vitaminé” collection’s colour palette was given to you as a starting point. How did you incorporate this chromatic framework into your creative process?

I love working with bold yet minimal colour palettes, so the Vitaminé universe naturally aligned with my visual language. The terracotta, violet, yellow and burgundy shades evoke the 1970s, a decade I’m particularly fond of for its creative freedom. This nod to the past really spoke to me. Playing with colour is one of my greatest joys in creation, and I loved bringing my own interpretation to this palette while embracing Sessùn’s chromatic vision.

If you could imagine the next step in this textile collaboration with Sessùn, what object or medium would you like to explore?

I would love to explore the world of knitwear. What fascinates me in design is the way a flat piece, a drawing, a sketch, can become an everyday object. That’s what I enjoy in creating rugs or in my research around furniture. Where art meets function is exactly where I feel at home. And this collaboration with Sessùn really echoed that space in between: poetic and functional at once.

What does Sessùn evoke for you?

Creativity, craftsmanship, and understated luxury.

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