Pinel & Pinel, which completed its first trunk in 2004, has celebrated by producing a series of six-foot speakers and throwing a “village carnival.”
In the world of luxury trunk making, Fred Pinel is about as out of the box as it gets. So, for that matter, is most of what his company makes.
Pinel & Pinel specializes in handmade trunks, accessories and objects, all created in a workshop it calls the Factory, a three-level, 1,400-square-meter (15,070-square-foot) former print shop that was once home to the John Galliano fashion label. (There is no second Pinel — the double-barreled name was a rhetorical flourish, Mr. Pinel said.)
Its products include colorful cardholders, wallets and totes in printed waxed canvas or leather; conversation-starting oddities; and, increasingly, home décor. Recent creations have included the Kill Croco Bill coffret, or box set, containing five stacks of five reptile-shape gummies that can only be removed by using a miniature black saber. Priced at 20,000 euros ($21,013), the set includes a 25-gummy refill for each of the subsequent 52 weeks.
And among the brand’s most recognizable designs are a taurillon leather-clad Pac-Man arcade game, a trunk that holds D.J. equipment and an iPod-inspired trunk that opens vertically into a desk, complete with a printer and a pair of speakers.
Many such objects are showcased in the brand’s flagship shop near the Madeleine, the neo-Classical church in the 8th Arrondissement; a second boutique dedicated to handbags, high-end cigar boxes and one-of-a-kind items opened this year near the Place Vendôme.
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